Before you use iOS 18‘s new ability to lock and hide apps, be sure you know how to find them again when you need them.
All iOS 18 users now get a folder called Hidden in their App Library, whether they’re hiding anything or not
All iOS 18 users now get a folder called Hidden in their App Library, whether they’re hiding anything or not
Since your iPhone is already protected by Face ID, it might seem like a case of belt and braces to then hide individual apps under the same biometric system, but it’s a feature you’ll use. It means you can unlock your iPhone to hand over to someone, but know, for instance, that they can’t accidentally open your banking apps.
It’s up to you which apps you lock, if you lock any at all, but thereafter the process is the same. When anyone taps to open them, they are scanned by Face ID and only you are let in.
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How to lock apps, hide apps, and find them again in iOS 18