Many
iPhone X/8/7/6 users after updating to iOS10 or iOS11 are facing issue with
apps icon visibility on home screen. After successfully installing the apps the
user finds that all of apps (except for the pre-loaded ones) are not on the
home screen. They are surely on the iPhone as they are shown in settings, and you
can search them from spotlight search, but the "icon buttons" are not
on the home screen of iPhone. The issue is quite annoying as Phone apps are
missing but marked "installed" in App Store.
There
are few workaround to fix “downloaded app but no icon iphone” issue as listed
below:
Fix 1: Reset Home
screen layout
You
can refresh your home screen in iPhone to get back all the icons. In iOS11
Goto->settings->General->Reset->RestHomeScreenLayout. It will
rearrange all your apps and take away all your folders but your apps should be
visible. Once you have done this the missing app icon may start to appear
again.
Fix 2: Remove
restriction
Check
Setting -> General -> Restrictions. If restrictions are enabled for the
App Store, it's icon is removed and you cannot install apps on the phone. Eg If
you have it set to anything 12+ and lower YouTube will be restricted. You’ll
need to set it too 17+ to be able to launch it again.
Fix 3: Use iTunes to
load the icon
Connect
the iphone to computer and open iTunes app. Once iTunes detect your phone,
scroll through the device's homescreens via iTunes and see if you can locate
the app. If not, do an iTunes backup. Afterwards, see if the app is listed
among the synced apps as displayed via iTunes.
Fix 4: Delete and
re-install the apps
It
is possible that you can still delete these apps via the Settings menu on your
iPhone.
Open
Settings -> General -> Usage, then wait for the list of installed apps to
appear.
Once
the list populates, find your app, tap on it and then choose ‘Delete App’. Once
the app is deleted you can fresh reinstall it.
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