Home screen customization finally comes to iPhone with iOS 18. You can place apps and widgets anywhere on your home screen, as long as they're in a grid layout. Apple now also lets you tint the colors of app icons, or switch to a darker color palette.

But hidden within all of this is a more hidden feature that lets you remove name tags from apps and widgets. Until now, you’ve had to resort to third-party apps or clunky shortcuts to get that clean home screen look that Android users take for granted.

A seemingly small change, but this gives your home screen a huge aesthetic boost. Switching to a larger home screen layout increases the size of app icons and widgets slightly, but keeps the overall layout the same. Here’s how it works.

This feature will only work if you’re running iOS 18, so start by upgrading your operating system. At the time of writing, iOS 18 is available as a free public beta, with a stable release planned for fall 2024.