DH has messed with my phone

[blondeseaside]

Small thing really, but it's given me the rage. For some reason, DH has taken it upon himself to rearrange all the Apps on my phone. He says to make them in alphabetic order, although only about half are now in alphabetic order.

Previously I knew where to find them all, for eg. Vinted was always on page 3, top left, Whatsapp and Messenger were always on page 2. I now can't find anything easily, and I know it's a first world problem, but I'm feeling enraged that he would mess with my stuff like this!

Did he change the pages though? So there must be a way?

Can you change all his apps around and see how he likes it? If you don’t think you can work out how to change your apps back or change his apps around I would seek some kind of digital training to increase your confidence.

YANBU, he’s a dick.

Just a thought,
Has he installed a tracker? or added access to your finances?
Ask me how I know

My ex mil rearranged my cutlery draw i felt murderous especially when I tried to pick up my knife by the handle and encountered a fucking BLADE like who even DOES THAT

I feel murderous when people can't spell "drawer".
Who even does that?

Your husband needs to sit down and rearrange your phone. Simply as that.

We have a saying in Wiltshire....."Don't tell I, tell eee"

Tell him to put it all back and then change the PIN on your phone eh?

But she can't remember where they used to be........

OMG, this would have made me cry too. You poor thing.

It's made me remember when I worked in a corporate place, they told us all to hand in our works laptops to IT for an upgrade or something. I asked if it would affect any existing files - they said no. When I got it back, the whole thing had been wiped. I lost TEN years worth of files, documents, contacts, lesson plans, comms......everything. I wept.

Can you ask AI how to move the apps to different pages if Google is no help?
Also, its unlikely you'll be able to reconstructed how you had them before, so maybe consider what would be a useful way to organise them.
For example I have all the apps associated with the kids in one folder (school apps, the phone monitoring app etc) all the entertainment apps on another (Disney, Netflix, Spotify etc).
If its logical to you you'll find them quicker at first and soon you'll get accustomed to the new format

Change your passcode and do not give it to him.

Are you quite sure that's all he's done? Be vigilant going forwards.

It did. It’s a miracle our marriage survived the day he helpfully changed all the display settings on my computer.

We’ve agreed to never talk about it again, but will silently glare at each other if we are using the others device and see any hint of the settings app being opened.

It’s not a small thing! I’m fucking raging on your behalf! I hope you have had a right go at him. How dare he! Grrrrr

Put a passcode on your phone and keep it a secret. He has really overstepped the mark here. Was he trying to snoop on your phone?

Bloody hell...this has caused you to "rage"?!

I have the 2020 SE I have my most frequently used app on the home page and the rest I swipe left, type in the name and it finds them.

You can drag them to the other pages but I find it tricky too tbh.

No one is allowed to touch my phone!!

I’d head to your nearest apple store and ask for help moving them - if you can’t slide them on to a different page by pressing down and sliding them to the edge of the screen until they flip over to the next or previous page.

I have mine in group order - general stuff - files, settings, email, WhatsApp etc; banking and utilities; retail; travel. On the retail page they’re in alphabetical order, Amazon to Waterstones. On the others they’re in order of importance, more or less, Since I reorganised them like that it’s much easier to find them.

And stop him ever getting near them again.

I accidentally did this to my apps a few weeks ago and after a couple of days of absolute confusion and fury, I actually find it a lot easier to find things. I moved the few things I might need in a hurry, or use frequently, to the front page, put a few things back in their folders but generally I find it easier to find the things that I don't use often and so am not familiar with their icons if they're in alphabetical order. It's a well used ordering system after all. Been used for aeons.

Keep pulling it right to the edge of the page, it should move to the next screen / page.

In the meantime, if you can’t find an app, you can scroll all the way to the right as far as you can through the screens/pages and there will be the App Library where you can search for an app at the top.

I would be furious with DH, what an interfering prick.

More like he was snooping on your phone and thought you’d notice so made any old lame excuse up

So you agree that a man can control a woman then? Sad

Why on earth would he bother doing this? I can’t be bothered to rearrange my own apps, let alone doing it for somebody else, completely unprompted by them.

Seconded!

“Chester draws”

Shudder

You have 3 pages of apps??

Mate. Folders are your friend.

Very very strange thing for him to do ? Was he snooping in your phone? Has he made you trackable or accessed your banking ? Change your phone to face recognition access and a new private passcode.
does he always do weird or intrusive things?

I press on mine then drag them along till the pages move along i take screen shots of where i like them and have done this as changing my phone and like you have my aps in a certain place