{"id":47532,"date":"2018-06-27T11:03:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T11:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/?p=47532"},"modified":"2018-06-28T02:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T02:04:03","slug":"how-to-fix-iphone-app-icon-missing-1361","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/how-to-fix-iphone-app-icon-missing-1361.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix \"iPhone App Icon Missing\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, the phenomenon of missing icon on iPhone occurs and you may have no clue on where it went. This may become troublesome if you need the data of the missing app and do not know how to fix how to get icons back on iPhone. In order to assist you to settle iPhone app icon missing issue, I would like to share some methods with you. I hope these solutions can do you some help indeed.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"anchor-list-dark\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#part1\">Part 1: How to Fix iPhone Built-in App Icon Missing <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#part2\">Part 2: How to Fix iPhone App Icon Missing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#part3\">Part 3: How to Backup iPhone App from iPhone to Mac <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part1\"><strong>Part 1: How to Fix iPhone Built-in App Icon Missing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As we all know, there are many built-in apps on iPhone, which plays great role in iPhone performance, such as iCloud Drive, Mail, iTunes Store, App Store, Music and so on. For example, when you lost Mail icon on iPhone, you may lose some important information in business and etc. This is really annoying. How can you deal with missing built-in app icon on iPhone? Don\u2019t worry too much! Here I would like to introduce the solutions to settle this issue by getting the missing icon back to iPhone. I will use some examples to show the specific methods. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>1.1 iPhone Mail icon missing for accidental deletion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you or your friend delete iPhone Mail app by mistake, you can get its icon back via reinstalling it in the APP Store. Here are the detailed steps. <\/p>\n<p>1) Move to App Store on iPhone and then search \u201cMail\u201d in the bar at the top of the interface.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-mail-1.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-mail-1.jpg\" title=\"search Mail\" alt=\"search Mail\" width=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>2) When you find Mail app in the Store, you need to click on the cloud icon to the right of this app. Thus, the Mail app will be downloaded and reinstalled on iPhone. You will be able to make use of it again. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-download-2.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-download-2.jpg\" title=\"click on the cloud icon\" alt=\"click on the cloud icon\" width=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>1.2 Message icon disappeared on iPhone 6 for place moving<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you do not delete the Message app on iPhone 6 but its icon is missing, you can try to move to the Spotlight search to find it. <\/p>\n<p>1) Drag down the menu and swipe to the right to find the search bar.<\/p>\n<p>2) Type \u201cMessage\u201d and search it. When you find it, you can move it to your desired place on iPhone home screen for your convenience. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>1.3 Fix iPad App Store icon missing via resetting home screen layout<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1) In order to fix how to get an icon back on iPhone screen, you can try to run Settings app and then move to \u201cGeneral\u201d tab.<\/p>\n<p>2) Slide at the top and then find the option of \u201cReset\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>3) Hit \u201cReset Home Screen Layout\u201d to test whether it can work. If it works, you can find the App Store icon in the original place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-reset-3.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-reset-3.jpg\" title=\"Hit Reset Home Screen Layout\" alt=\"Hit Reset Home Screen Layout\" width=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>1.4 Check the restrictions on iPhone to fix iPhone Camera icon missing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1) Run \u201cSettings\u201d app and then click on \u201cGeneral\u201d tab.<\/p>\n<p>2) Choose \u201cRestrictions\u201d and enable \u201cCamera\u201d tab under the menu of \u201cALLOW\u201d. You can also find \u201cApps\u201d tab and make sure it is set to \u201cAllow all apps\u201d. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-restriction-4.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-built-in-app-icon-missing-restriction-4.jpg\" title=\"find Apps\" alt=\"find Apps\" width=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>You can try the four ways shown above to try to solve how to get iTunes icon back on iPhone as well. The solutions only call for a few clicks to handle the problems properly. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part2\"><strong>Part 2: How to Fix iPhone App Icon Missing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The missing icon on iPhone not only appears on built-in apps, which may also occur on some other non-built-in apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, Health and etc. The following contents will show you the solution to cope with this issue. Here I desire to use Facebook for instance. <\/p>\n<p>1) Try to make use of App Store to reinstall it on iPhone or search it on the Spotlight searching bar. <\/p>\n<p>2) If the first two methods failed, you can continue to use \u201cUsage\u201d feature to fix it. <\/p>\n<p>a) Go to \u201cSettings> General> Usage\u201d and wait for a moment till all iPhone apps show up in the list. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-app-icon-missing-usage-5.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-app-icon-missing-usage-5.jpg\" title=\"use Usage feature\" alt=\"use Usage feature\" width=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>b) Find Facebook app from the list and then hit \u201cDelete App\u201d. When this step is done, you can go to the App market to redownload this app on iPhone successfully. Thus, the issue of Facebook icon disappeared can be solved perfectly. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-app-icon-missing-delete-6.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-fix-iphone-app-icon-missing-delete-6.jpg\" title=\"hit Delete App\" alt=\"hit Delete App\" width=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>3) You can also try to restart or force restart your iPhone to fix how to get an icon back on iPhone screen as well. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part3\"><strong>Part 3: How to Backup iPhone App from iPhone to Mac <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My brother was frustrated when he lost icon on iPhone and some important data. He asked me whether I had some good ideas to prevent the happening of this case. Therefore, I recommended him backup iPhone app from iPhone to Mac beforehand. Thus, he did not have to worry about the data losing issue anymore. The software I taught him to use is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/itransfer-mac\/\" title=\"Leawo iPhone Transfer for Mac\" target=\"_blank\"> Leawo iTransfer for Mac<\/a><\/strong>. If you are also interested in its functions in backing up apps from iPhone to Mac, you can start reading the following steps. <\/p>\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"jumbotron of myjumbotron-1\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"col-md-5\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/products-banner\/itransfer.png\" alt=\"iTransfer\" width=\"100%\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/itransfer\/\" title=\"Leawo iPhone Transfer software\" target=\"_blank\">Leawo iTransfer<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<span class=\"win_icon\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u2609 Transfer files among iOS devices, iTunes and PCs with ease.<br \/> \u2609 Transfer up to 14 kinds of data and files without iTunes.<br \/> \u2609 Support the latest iOS devices like iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, etc.<br \/> \u2609 Play back, view, and delete data and files on iOS devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt10\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/itransfer.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/images\/icon\/Trial_win1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/itransfer-mac.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/images\/icon\/Trial_mac1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>Step 1. Run Leawo iTransfer for Mac and Insert iPhone into Mac<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-begin-7.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-begin-7.jpg\" title=\"Start Leawo iTransfer\" alt=\"Start Leawo iTransfer\" width=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Launch Leawo iTransfer for Mac and then plug iPhone into Mac with proper USB cable.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>Step 2. Hit \u201cApp\u201d Tab<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-app-8.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-app-8.jpg\" title=\"Hit App Tab\" alt=\"Hit App Tab\" width=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Go to hit \u201ciPhone icon > LIBRARY > App\u201d tab successively. You then can check out all apps on iPhone on Mac computer. If there is any app that your bored with, you could also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/how-to-delete-apps-from-iphone.html\" title=\"delete iPhone app\" target=\"_blank\">delete them<\/a><\/strong> via iTransfer.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>Step 3. Select Apps and Hit \u201cTransfer\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-to-computer-9.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-to-computer-9.jpg\" title=\"Hit App Tab\" alt=\"Hit App Tab\" width=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Select the app you desire to backup to Mac computer, and then hit the transfer button with a right-forward arrow at the bottom right of the window. Choose \u201cTransfer to > My Computer\u201d to hit.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-h3\"><strong>Step 4. Set Output Place and Backup to Mac<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-output-10.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-backup-iphone-app-from-iphone-to-mac-output-10.jpg\" title=\"Set Output Place and Backup to Mac\" alt=\"Set Output Place and Backup to Mac\" width=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Leawo iTransfer has been developed for many years and its functions in solving transferring issues among computers, iDevices and iTunes are improved gradually. This great tool will surely become a good assistant tool of you when you use it effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, the phenomenon of missing icon on iPhone occurs and you may have no clue on where it went. This may become troublesome if you need the data of the missing app and do not know how to fix how &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/how-to-fix-iphone-app-icon-missing-1361.html\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304,317],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-47532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ios-using-tips","category-iphone-using-tips","tag-itransfer"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":6561,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}