iOS 13/13.2: Unable to rearrange app icons on iPhone XS


Many iPhone users after updating their iPhone to latest iOS 13 are facing issue in rearranging app icon on iPhone with iOS 13.  The issue seems to be occurring after iOS 13 update and after upgrading the iPhone to iOS 13 and when trying to rearrange app icons by long pressing the app icon and select "Rearrange Apps" from the context menu, Now the apps icon will have x mark and jiggles. Now when tried to move/rearrange an icon and after a 1-2 second delay the icon moves but then freezes on the screen without the "x" mark. Screen also becomes sluggish and you can’t move app icon on iPhone/iOS 13. After sometimes the x marks disappear, and fails to rearrange the app icon. 

iOS 13 unable to rearrange icons


It is almost impossible to move icons on the Home Screen. Sometimes, the icon do move onto the exact perfect pixel, start to giggle again and stay in place but most times it will be frozen. This is absolutely a serious bug.

How to fix unable to rearrange app icons in iPhone XS Max/XR/7/8/6s Plus :



Fix 1 : turn off Zoom in accessibility  

One possible reason for the issue is the Zoom feature in iPhone/iOS 13. The icon bug in ios 13 is related to the three finger zoom feature in Accessibility. Zoom function may get enabled with the three finger double tap active in accessibility settings which can be the cause of this problem. Disable this in settings (Turn Zoom off in settings > accessibility-Zoom) and after this moving the icon on screen should be normal.



Please note that this is a workaround as after turning Zoom back on, restarting the phone causes the bug to come back again. Unless you move apps around constantly, turn off Zoom, move the apps, then turn Zoom back on, until Apple fixes this.

It might be pain for you to toggle zoom from setting, everytime. One easy way to do this :
  1. Tap Settings
  2. Tap Accessibility
  3. scroll down to Accessibility Shortcut
  4. Put a check by Zoom in the list of services by tapping on Zoom.
This will enable triple clicking the Home button to disable / enable zoom. No more having to go in and out of settings to toggle3 the setting.

Fix 2: Do a Hard press

  1. Rest your finger on the app you want to move until the option box comes up
  2. Tap Rearrange
  3. The apps jiggle
  4. NOW, put your finger on the app and press HARDER on the app icon and slowly move it where you want to move it, keeping more pressure on the app as you slide your finger around

Fix 3: Takes some time


It takes a harder press on the icon in order to control the movement. It takes a little getting used to, but the harder press is the way to get it to work.

Fix 4: Update to latest iOS 13




Apple must be aware of such issues and a permanent fix for these issue will be released in iOS 13 next releases. The iOS 13.1 is out but still iPhone users can’t rearrange app icon in this release also. Hopefully Apple fixes this issue in next build.


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