How to Make a Folder

To create a folder, long-press an app.

Press and hold a finger on the app until you feel a mild feedback vibration and the screen changes.

Then, drag the app onto another app to make a folder.

Illustration of a guide to create Android app folders with a hand holding an Android phone

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This is thesame as on iOSdevices such as the iPad and iPhone.

When a folder is unnamed, nothing displays as the name of the collection ofapps.

To give the folder a name, long-press the folder.

It opens, displays the apps, and launches the Android keyboard.

Enter a name for the folder and tap theDonekey.

The name displays on the Home screen.

Some phones do this differently.

Some Things Do Not Drag Like the Others

Dragging order is important.

it’s possible for you to drag apps onto other apps to make folders.

you could drag apps into existing folders to add the app to the folder.

You cannot drag folders onto apps.

If an app runs away when you drag something on it, that could be what happened.