Missing Recents and Favorites tabs

There used to be "recents" and "favorites" tabs at the bottom of the screen in the phone app on my iPhone 13 mini, running iOS 26.1 - what happened to them. I searched online about this issue and all the advice was to power off and restart, and if that didn't work then reset. I tried all of that and nothing changed.


This what the calls screen looks like on my phone.


iPhone 13 mini, iOS 26

Posted on Nov 20, 2025 3:16 PM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2025 4:08 PM

Just tap the button with the 3 horizontal lines in the top right corner and select Classic view. Then you will get the favorites and recent tabs back in the bottom menu.

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Missing Recents and Favorites tabs

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