Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Edit Applications Menu

There are three options available in the Samsung Galaxy SIV to change the way the applications menu to display all your installed apps. You can choose the best one that suit your needs to help you to improve your experiences while using this phone.

See also: How to Organize Apps in the Applications Menu in Samsung Galaxy S4

As discussed before, the customizable grid is the default option used by the applications menu to organize the apps. The customizable grid has much more option to customize the apps menu than another, such as rearrange the apps position, add or remove folder, create new page, access app info, etc. That's may be the possible reason why this view type is set as the default.



How to edit apps menu?
As the example, we'll use the customizable grid as the view type of the apps menu. Well, here are the steps to edit apps in the apps menu:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. If necessary, tap the Menu key then select View type and then select Customisable grid.
3. Tap the Menu key then select Edit.
4. Now, the edit page will be displayed. To rearrange apps position go to the step #5, to create new folder go to the step #6, to add more apps into the folder go to the step #7, to remove apps from the folder go to the step #8, to create new page go to the step #9, to access app info go to the step #10, while to uninstall downloaded app go to the step #11.
5. Rearrange app position:
• Tap and hold the desired app you wish to change the position and then drag it to the new place.
• Release to place the app to the new place.
6. Create new folder:
• Tap and hold the desired apps you wish to place into a new folder and then drag it to the Create folder icon located at the top of the screen.
• Release to create new folder.
• Type the name of the new folder and then tap OK button
• The selected app will reside in the new folder.
• To remove the folder, tap and hold the folder and drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen then release to remove the folder and place the apps inside it to the apps menu.
7. Add more apps into the folder:
   Method #1
• Tap and hold another app and then drag it to the folder.
• Release to place the app into the folder.
Method #2
• Tap the folder.
• Tap the Plus sign circled icon.
• Now you'll see the checkbox appears in each app.
• Check the box in the desired apps you wish to add to the folder.
• Tap Done button.
• The selected apps will be added to the folder.
8. Remove app from the folder:
• Tap the folder.
• All the apps inside the folder will be displayed.
• Tap and hold the desired app you wish to remove from the folder and then drag it out.
• Release to remove app from the folder and place it to the apps menu.
9. Create new page:
• Tap and hold the desired app you wish to move to the new page and then drag it to the Create page icon located at the top of the screen.
• Release to create new page.
10. Access app info:
• Tap and hold the desired app and then drag it to the App info icon located at the top of the screen.
• Release to view the app info.
• From here you can do some actions, such as clear default, clear cache, clear data, force stop, move to SD card/move to device storage, uninstall/disable app, as well as enable or disable notifications of the selected app.
11. Uninstall downloaded app:
This step can't be applied for the stock apps.
• Tap and hold certain downloaded app and then drag it to the Uninstall icon located at the top of the screen.
• Release to uninstall the app.
• Tap OK button.
12. Tap Save button to save the changes.

FYI, if you choose the alphabetical grid as the view type then the step #5(rearrange the app position) and #9(create new page) will not available. While, if you choose the alphabetical list then you'll not allowed to edit the apps in the apps menu. So, the conclusion is: if you want to edit the apps menu then you should choose the customizable grid or alphabetical grid as the view type. Well, hope this helps :)