5 Quick Steps to Add the Phone App Back to an iPhone

A user-friendly guide to recovering the iOS Phone app when it disappears

Co-authored by Rain Kengly Reviewed by Luigi Oppido

Last Updated: December 11, 2025 Fact Checked

Is your Phone app gone from your Home screen? You may have accidentally deleted the app or misplaced it in a folder. Luckily, you can easily get it back with iOS' built-in reset function. Here's what to do if the Phone icon is missing on your iPhone.

Quick Steps

Open Settings.
Tap General.
Tap Transfer or Reset iPhone.
Tap Reset.
Tap Reset Home Screen Layout.

Steps

1
Open the Settings app. This is the grey cog icon.
- Make sure your iPhone is updated to the latest version.
This is in the section below Screen Time.

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This is at the very bottom of the page.
You can find this at the bottom of the screen.
5
Tap Reset Home Screen Layout. This will be underneath Reset Keyboard Dictionary.
- Your Home screen will return to its factory layout with the Phone app. You'll need to readjust your apps, widgets, and background again.^{[1]
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