If you prefer your iPhone home screen to be neat and tidy, you can remove all app names, folders, and widgets. We were working around this with some solutions in iOS 17 and previous updates, but Apple finally gave us an official feature in IOS 18 update To hide the names of applications, folders, and widgets on the home screen, the feature also works with the iPad on iPadOS 18.
With older versions of operating systems, it was possible to hide the folder name using a special, invisible Unicode character, such as Braille whitespace. You can also use this invisible character to hide the app name, but that requires a little more work than just renaming the app. To achieve this, you had to create a shortcut to the application in question, save it to the home screen by giving it a name made up of the invisible letter, and then hide the actual application.
In iOS 17 and earlier, customization of widgets was very limited, and the only way to remove their names was by sending them to the “Today” screen on the iPhone.
As for the iPad with versions of iPadOS 17 and earlier, the names of the widgets did not appear at all, so there was no problem in seeing the names of the widgets on the iPad. The problem was specific to the iPhone only until now, before the new versions of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.
How to hide app names, folders, and widgets on iOS 18
In iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 updates, there's an easy way to manage app icons, app names, and widget names with just a few taps with the new Home Screen Editor.
Touch and hold on the wallpaper to enter the screen editor.
Click “Edit” in the corner, then choose “Customize” from the new menu.
A window will appear at the bottom. The only thing you need to change here to hide the names of apps, folders, and widgets on your home screen is the size. Instead of “Small,” just click “Large.” All icons and widgets will immediately grow larger in size, and hide their names.
This is how the final form is:
That's all. By enlarging the icons, the names will be automatically hidden, and you will get a clear screen with little noise or distraction. You may not prefer to enlarge icons, but it is still the current official method, and Apple may intend to put an option to remove only names without enlargement in one of the experimental updates.
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