# How do you organize the apps on your phone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-the-apps-on-your-phone/825746>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-the-apps-on-your-phone/825746 "2018-12-07T13:41:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-the-apps-on-your-phone/825746/21 "2018-12-08T20:21:47Z")

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Mainly in folders. Main page has the time, icons for the clock and camera; smaller icons for phone, contacts, email, whatsapp and SMS; folder for games; folder for travel.

Other stuff is in the second page and also organized in folders. I keep the lantern off-folder for aesthetic reasons: three folders left me with a space (what?). The smaller icons also repeat here but that’s a feature of this particular phone model.

But I do similar things on my computer desktop (there are at most three four columns and two partial ones) or on my physical one (yes, lots of items, but anything pile-able is piled up when not in direct use).

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-the-apps-on-your-phone/825746/22 "2018-12-09T02:05:38Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> I keep the lantern off-folder for aesthetic reasons

What’s the lantern?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-the-apps-on-your-phone/825746/23 "2018-12-09T02:38:11Z")

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I have all my apps on the home screen. There aren’t many. I have my social media apps on my old phone that sits on my bedside table for use as my alarm clock.

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**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-the-apps-on-your-phone/825746/24 "2018-12-09T03:31:14Z")

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Home screen  
Five folders above the dock with corresponding apps: News, Applications (most used), Media, Games, and Work. On the dock itself are Messaging, Gmail, Google, Contacts, and Chrome.

Swipe right from Home  
News widget

Swipe left from Home  
Work and personal calendar

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-the-apps-on-your-phone/825746/25 "2018-12-09T08:47:58Z")

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> [@Misnomer](#):
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> What’s the lantern?

It’s the “I was falling asleep” false friend. The light.

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