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Nearly every iOS user has a folder called called "junk" to deal with apps they don't want on their home-screen but also can't uninstall. This isn't an edge case

Nearly every iOS user has a folder called called "junk" to deal with apps they don't want on their home-screen but also can't uninstall. This isn't an edge case at all...

TomAnthony 6y ago
Is the solution not to allow people to uninstall them, rather than just a better way to hide them?
- gbear605 6y ago
  Often times the "junk" app is a third party app that the OS allows them to uninstall but they can't uninstall because they need to have it once a year for checking something.
- addicted44 6y ago
  There's also apps you just want for the integration they may provide (for example, a keyboard app) but don't want to install the entire app. I have the Pocket app installed on my iPhone, because I want to be able to share stuff to Pocket, but I don't ever actually use the Pocket app to read stuff. Then there are utility apps, such as the app that I used to setup my wifi, that I rarely open but still want to keep around in case something goes wrong. There's all sorts of reasons to have apps installed but not showing in the most prime real estate in the world.
- samatman 6y ago
  Nah, I have (for one example) a collection of apps that just exist to power the real version on my watch. Note that these apps actually do something in some cases, like I have a Twitter app (Chirp) where I'm pretty sure the heavy lifting happens on my phone and the watch just does the display.
threeseed 6y ago
And nearly every iOS user is a mass-murderer. Because I also can make definitive yet unsubstantiated claims about the entire iOS community. Fact is nobody (likely including Apple) knows whether users are putting apps into Junk folders or not.
randomsearch 6y ago
That's not what the post I replied to was saying: > Finally, a way to remove apps from the home screen without uninstalling them You're talking about a different problem. The solution in your case is surely to allow the apps to be uninstalled!

Nearly every iOS user has a folder called called "junk" to deal with apps they don't want on their home-screen but also can't uninstall. This isn't an edge case at all...

TomAnthony 6y ago

Is the solution not to allow people to uninstall them, rather than just a better way to hide them?

gbear605 6y ago
Often times the "junk" app is a third party app that the OS allows them to uninstall but they can't uninstall because they need to have it once a year for checking something.
addicted44 6y ago
There's also apps you just want for the integration they may provide (for example, a keyboard app) but don't want to install the entire app. I have the Pocket app installed on my iPhone, because I want to be able to share stuff to Pocket, but I don't ever actually use the Pocket app to read stuff. Then there are utility apps, such as the app that I used to setup my wifi, that I rarely open but still want to keep around in case something goes wrong. There's all sorts of reasons to have apps installed but not showing in the most prime real estate in the world.
samatman 6y ago
Nah, I have (for one example) a collection of apps that just exist to power the real version on my watch. Note that these apps actually do something in some cases, like I have a Twitter app (Chirp) where I'm pretty sure the heavy lifting happens on my phone and the watch just does the display.

threeseed 6y ago

And nearly every iOS user is a mass-murderer. Because I also can make definitive yet unsubstantiated claims about the entire iOS community. Fact is nobody (likely including Apple) knows whether users are putting apps into Junk folders or not.

randomsearch 6y ago

That's not what the post I replied to was saying: > Finally, a way to remove apps from the home screen without uninstalling them You're talking about a different problem. The solution in your case is surely to allow the apps to be uninstalled!