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There could be a number of reasons why your Facebook app is missing from the Home Screen. There are chances that you have either accidentally removed the app from the Home Screen (or someone else did), the app has been uninstalled, or there is a content restriction turned on for your device.
Regardless, here are a few workabouts on how you can get Facebook App back on the Home Screen:
Method 1: Using The Search Option
If you are unable to locate Facebook in your App Gallery or your Home Screen and wish to bring it back to your Home Screen, follow the steps below:
- Swipe left on your last Home Screen to open the App Gallery.
- From the App Gallery, go to the ‘Search bar’ situated at the top centre of the screen.
- Type “Facebook” and you should be able to see the app icon in your search results.
- Now, long press on the icon, until you get a menu, opened on your screen.
- From this menu, tap on “Add To Home Screen”.
- This will place the Facebook App on your Home Screen, depending on where there is ample empty space to fit the icon.
Method 2: Use The App Gallery
If the Facebook app is just removed from your home screen but is still visible somewhere in your app gallery, you can use the steps enlisted below to bring Facebook back to Home Screen:
- Swipe left on your last Home Screen to open the App Gallery.
- Now long-press Facebook icon to get a menu. From the menu, tap on “Add to Home Screen”.
- Once you tap “Add to Home Screen”, the system ]will place the Facebook App on your Home Screen, depending on where there is ample empty space to fit the icon.
Alternatively (Use The Jiggle Mode)
- Swipe left on your last Home Screen to open the App Gallery.
- Locate and long press on the Facebook icon. Next, unlike last time, while pressing the icon, move it slightly anywhere around the screen.
- The last step will turn on Jiggle Mode. It is nothing but a mode where all the other apps (on the Home Screen where you are placing Facebook) start jiggling at their position with a menu and a minus button appearing for each individual app.
- With the help of the Jiggle Mode, you can place Facebook on your Home Screen based on your preference and not just where the system decides to place it.
The fact that the Jiggle Mode allows you to place any app, including Facebook, on your Home Screen where you wish to put it, makes it different from the former method (long press and tap on ‘Add to Home Screen’.
How to enable content restrictions on iPhone and iPad?
When someone else uses your iPhone, it is possible to block some content, such as apps or data, so that they cannot access it without your permission. When you have children who use iPhones, having this feature comes in quite helpful.
The use of content limitations is an improved method of ensuring that only the apps you know and trust have access to your images, contacts, and other data. We’re going to take a look at how you can limit access to certain types of information on your iPhone or iPad.
Apple’s iOS is a relatively risk-free and secure operating system by default. Access to your stuff is not made particularly simple, either for other people or for programs that use these kinds of data.
You might have noticed that a notification window appears whenever an application tries to access your location, images, contacts, or other data on your device. You will be provided with the keys to your data, giving you the ability to control who has access to it and whether or not they may view it.
We have already investigated the parental controls for the limits, but before we go on, let’s delve a little more into the Restrictions area and discover what aspects of the game can be regulated. And here’s how you may enable content limits for these various things:
- Apps
- Music, TV
- Location
- Calendars, Contacts, and Pictures all in one place.
- Protecting the Mail
Apps
One of the very first things you should do in order to protect access to in applications. Even though iOS does not yet support individual app limitations, you are still able to ban apps according to their age ratings.
For example, if you have young children in the house who use an iPhone and you are running apps that are rated for users aged 12 and older, you might want to disable apps that are rated for users aged 12 and older as well as other apps. You may accomplish this by going into your device’s settings, selecting General, then selecting Restrictions, and finally selecting Apps. From there, you can disable any apps that have a rating that exceeds the limit.
You can also deactivate applications such as Safari, the Camera, and others by turning off the toggles under the Restrictions section.
Music, TV Shows etc.
Suppose you don’t want your child or anybody else who uses the iPad to be able to access specific types of music or television shows that are rated PG or higher. If this is the case, head over to Settings > General > Restrictions > Movies (or TV Shows > Music & Podcasts) and turn them off. The same principle applies to iPads, which are frequently employed in the downloading and viewing of various forms of media, including movies, television shows, and music. Take note that everything is available for access by default.
Location
The information pertaining to one’s whereabouts is highly sensitive and private. Location data is extremely sensitive information that may be accessed by anyone, despite the fact that we typically pay it little attention. There is a widespread tendency among us to let numerous apps know our position (weather apps, map apps, etc.), but you need to be careful to disclose that information to just the apps that you know and trust.
There are two ways to stop someone from accessing your location:
Disable Locations by going to Settings, then Privacy, and turning off Location Services.
Navigate to the Settings menu, then General, then Restrictions, then finally Location Services.
In the second choice, you have the ability to disable the Allow Changes option, which stops other applications from accessing your location data. In this section, you can also choose to turn location on or off. If you choose to put location on, you will be able to manage which apps have access to the location data you provide.
Photos, Contacts and Calendar
Photos and contact information can be accessed by a very large number of apps. In applications such as WhatsApp, both are virtually always enabled by “default.” Having said that, this is not something that has to be done. You can disable access to your most sensitive data. Between these, you should ensure that only the most reliable applications may access your contact information.
Make sure that under Settings > General > Restrictions > Contacts, you have ‘Don’t Allow Changes’ enabled. Doing so will prohibit any app from altering your contacts in any manner. Using automatic contact managers such as IntouchApp Contacts, which automatically update contact details, is the only disadvantage of doing so. If you turn on the ‘Don’t Allow Changes’ option, they won’t function properly.
Securing Mail and Contacts
You can also go to Accounts under Restrictions and disable changes there, preventing other users from adding or removing accounts in Mail/Contacts and Calendars via Settings. This option is found under the heading “Restrictions.”
It stops anyone from creating a new account or making changes to the ones that already exist. Disabling the changes is recommended once you have finished adding and syncing your mail, contacts, and calendars, even though this is a function that is less well-known and less frequently utilized.
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