iPad Pro: Home screen group names disappeared after iOS 26

I have an iPad Pro 11” M4 with the Apple magic keyboard. Before upgrading to iOS 26, my home screen looked like this - with the name of my groups displayed. This screenshot is from my iPhone which still shows the names.



Now they look like this without names.



How can I correct this and get names back?


Willie

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Nov 25, 2025 3:29 PM

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Nov 26, 2025 3:51 AM in response to Willie Strickland

If your iPad is running iPadOS 26.x, from a Home Screen, touch-and-hold any empty area of the screen. When the screen icons start to wobble, tap the Edit button seen at top-left of the iPad screen; this will open a menu.


From the menu, select Customise - this will open a new window at the bottom of the screen where you can customise various aspects of the screen appearance:




With the exception of the Customise title, every element within this window is a functional button - that changes an aspect of the window appearance. Tap the button at the upper-right to restore the icon names (with slightly smaller icons).


iPad Pro: Home screen group names disappeared after iOS 26

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