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Can’t unhide hidden apps


After iOS 26.7.1 update, I have a hidden folder in App library (see gray square at bottom of photo) and can’t unhide it. I have a 15 ProMax. I get a FaceID icon in the top black oval but nothing happens. Can someone help, please?

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dlyliny723 wrote:
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/43f120c8-97a0-4435-a137-9117b0d81d59
After iOS 26.7.1 update, I have a hidden folder in App library (see gray square at bottom of photo) and can’t unhide it. I have a 15 ProMax. I get a FaceID icon in the top black oval but nothing happens. Can someone help, please?

Do you have any apps in the Hidden App folder? Even if it is empty, you cannot remove the folder at all. We ALL have a hidden app folder whether we have hidden anything in it or not.

dlyliny723 wrote:
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/43f120c8-97a0-4435-a137-9117b0d81d59
After iOS 26.7.1 update, I have a hidden folder in App library (see gray square at bottom of photo) and can’t unhide it. I have a 15 ProMax. I get a FaceID icon in the top black oval but nothing happens. Can someone help, please?

Actually, the hidden app folder has been in all versions of iOS since iOS 18 and possibly earlier (I forget when this feature was first added). It’s not new in 26.7.1.