With iOS 18, Apple continues to enhance iPhone customization, bringing a subtle yet impactful feature that allows users to hide app names on the Home Screen. This new capability helps users create a cleaner, more minimalistic look for their devices.
iOS 18 offers users new options to natively create a theme, a more robust and versatile Control Center, and more. Among these features, the ability to place apps and widgets anywhere on the screen stands out, now coupled with the option to hide app names for a minimal aesthetic. This feature also applies to widgets and folders.
Apple first introduced the option to hide names for apps in the Dock with iOS 11, but now extends this functionality to all apps, widgets, and folders on the Home Screen.
How to hide app names on iPhone with iOS 18
- Make sure you’re running the iOS 18 beta on your iPhone.
- Long-press on a blank space on your Home Screen.
- Tap Edit in the top left corner.
- Choose Customize.
- Now tap Large.
- Tap on the screen to leave the Customize menu.
That’s it! With these steps, your Home Screen will display apps, widgets, and folders without their names, creating a cleaner look.
Currently, there doesn’t appear to be a way to hide app names while keeping the default small icon size, but this might change in future updates.
Here’s how it looks to hide app names on iPhone:
After you tap Edit and Customize, look at the bottom of your iPhone:
Tap the Large button (just above the app color buttons):
With iOS 18, Apple continues to lead in giving users more control over their device’s appearance, further enhancing the iPhone’s customization capabilities.
