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Icons are too close together

On my iPad Mini (6th generation) the icons are way too close together on the Home Screen. This leaves a blank space all around the edges of the screen, wasting the screen real-estate. My 5th gen iPad Mini has the icons spaced properly; how can I fix this on my 6th gen device?

iPad (6th gen) WiFi, Cellular

Posted on Sep 25, 2021 5:07 PM

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Posted on Oct 9, 2021 11:22 PM

This happened here as well to 7th gen iPads 10.2" as soon as they were updated to iOS 15. It changes the location of every icon and group (of which there are many) so we're relearning everything.


There used to be a setting for icon spacing. I don't see it anymore. I suppose that's been removed for reasons only known to Apple.


More cramped, but lots of 'margin' space, another step down in aesthetics.

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Oct 9, 2021 11:22 PM in response to RicardoBarrientos

This happened here as well to 7th gen iPads 10.2" as soon as they were updated to iOS 15. It changes the location of every icon and group (of which there are many) so we're relearning everything.


There used to be a setting for icon spacing. I don't see it anymore. I suppose that's been removed for reasons only known to Apple.


More cramped, but lots of 'margin' space, another step down in aesthetics.

Nov 9, 2021 10:27 PM in response to jennamarietx

Hey jennamarietx, I stumbled across a ridiculous workaround. If your Home Screen icons are now 6 across instead of 5, subsequently rearranging the location of every icon and every folder on every page :) turn your iPad into portrait view. Now you've got 5 across like you're used to.


Kind of related, are your phone dialer buttons now bunched closer together? Still usable, but easy to misdial. Just wondering if Applendevelopers suddenly had to work with different layout grids across the entire device. Or something.


Icons are too close together

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