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Phone privacy

iPhone can lock an app behind Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode, and hide apps you downloaded in a locked Hidden folder at the bottom of App Library. These guides cover hiding and locking apps and the places a hidden app still shows, using Apple’s own documentation, checked on iOS 27.

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In short

  • iPhone can hide downloaded apps in a locked Hidden folder in App Library.
  • A hidden app’s name can still show in Settings, Screen Time and your purchase history.

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How to hide apps on iPhone

How to hide an app on iPhone, where its name still shows, which apps can't be hidden, and when locking or removing it works better.

Updated 25 October 2026 · 5 min read

What Hideroom protects

Keep your private photos in a room of their own.

Which phone?

One email when Hideroom launches on iPhone. Then we delete your address. Privacy