I keep all 204 of my iPhone apps on just one home screen — here's the system I use to stay organized

By: Business Insider

August 01, 2018 at 13:37 PM EDT

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Right now, I have 204 apps on my iPhone X.

Yes, it's more than I'll ever need.

But I love finding and downloading new apps, and I run a tight ship: I'm regularly deleting old apps I'll never use, and I neatly organize all of my new apps into folders so everything on my phone can be accessed from a single page on my home screen.

Here's how I organize my hundreds of iPhone apps:

First, let's quickly talk numbers.Dave Smith/Business Insider

A single page on the iPhone X home screen supports up to six rows and four columns of apps — that's 24 spots to start.

You also have four open slots at the very bottom of the screen, known as the "dock."

That's 28 total slots for you to organize all of your various apps.

I break my home screen into three sections: The Dock, Shortcuts, and Folders.Dave Smith/Business Insider

The Dock features my four most important iPhone apps.Dave Smith/Business Insider

In this case, it's Apple's Phone and Safari apps for calling and web browsing, respectively, as well as Edison's AI-powered Mail app for email (replacing Apple's default Mail app), and Spotify for all my music needs (replacing Apple Music).

Above the Dock are all my Shortcuts: I use these 12 apps very often, so I don't organize them into folders — out of sight, out of mind, you know — and I keep all of them lower on the screen so they're easier to reach with my thumb.Dave Smith/Business Insider

My shortcuts consist of:

— Uber, for getting from A to B

— Splitwise, for keeping track of all of the bills I split with my partner

— Apple's Notes app, for taking quick notes

— Slack, for communicating with coworkers

— Google Hangouts, for chatting with friends

— Twitter, because I'm a glutton for punishment

— Apollo, the best Reddit app there is

— Apple's Messages app, for texting friends and family

— The App Store, for finding new apps and updates

— Things 3, for keeping my entire life organized

— Settings, to quickly make system-wide changes

Above all my shortcuts are my folders. I batch all new and lesser-used apps into 12 categories.Dave Smith/Business Insider

My 12 folder categories include:

— News, for reading up on current events (19 apps)

— Buy, for wallet and financial information (10 apps)

— Food & Health, for ordering food, recording what I eat, and tracking my overall fitness (23 apps)

— Movies, for watching videos and trailers (16 apps)

— Sports, for following news, games, and scores (9 apps)

— Music, for podcasts and other audio apps required by certain headphones (13 apps)

— Games, for giving my mind a break (30 apps)

— Find, for navigating and getting around cities (15 apps)

— Tools, for tracking time, the weather, and my documents (33 apps)

— Contact, for social media apps (17 apps)

— Foto, for storing and editing photos and videos (12 apps)

— Work, for organizing all the apps that help me do my job (20 apps)

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