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Camera App is Missing from iPhone or iPad

Camera App is Missing from iPhone or iPad

October 7, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett 24 Comments

Is your camera icon missing from the Home screen of your Apple iPhone or iPad? It’s a very common problem. Here are some things to try to help you find the missing Camera icon.

Fix 1 – Check Restrictions

  1. Open “Settings“.
  2. In iOS12 and higher choose “Screen Time” > “Content Privacy & Restrictions” > “Allowed Apps“. In iOS 11 and lower, choose “General” > “Restrictions“.
  3. Make sure the “Camera” isn’t restricted. It should be set to “On“.
    iOS Camera RestrictionIf you get prompted for a password when you select Restrictions and are not sure what the password is, you’re not along. This often happens without everybody who uses the iPhone or iPad knowing. Perhaps a kid got to tinkering with the device. Check with family members or anybody who had access to the device to see if they know the password.

Fix 2 – Check All Home Screens

Swipe back and forth between Home screens to make sure the icon is not on a different one. Some users may forget that you have multiple Home screens.


Fix 3 – Use Search

  1. From the Home screen, swipe all the way left.
  2. Type “Camera” in the “Search” field. The “Camera” option should be displayed where you can tap it.

Fix 4 – Check All Folders

Check every app folder to see if the Camera icon is hiding there.

iOS Camera Icon in Folder

Is the Camera icon still missing from your iPhone or iPad home screen? Well, these next suggestions may be a bit extreme, but if you really need the Camera app, you may want to go ahead and try them in the following order.

  • Restore the Home screen to defaults.
  • Reset all settings.
  • Restore the entire device.

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Comments

  1. Deborah Free says

    June 23, 2022 at 7:00 pm

    I followed the suggestion from S. Trotman, It worked perfectly.

  2. Christopher Lebbie says

    January 29, 2022 at 4:30 am

    Please help with a iPad camara

  3. S Trotman says

    July 26, 2021 at 8:15 am

    This just happened to me and I swiped to the far right until the phone showed how it would suggest my apps were grouped together. I saw the camera icon, held my finger on it and a menu popped up with ‘add to home screen’ being the first option. Once selected it moved back on its rightful place!

  4. Nance says

    March 17, 2021 at 11:21 am

    Re: iPhone11 Pro, Software v. 14.4,

    • The only way to RESTORE a deleted factory-installed icon onto the Home Screen display is to “Reset Home Screen Layout.” (See Exceptions* below.)

    HOW TO Tap Path as follows:
    |•••> Settings > General > Reset > Reset Home Screen Layout. |||

    • If you had arranged your icons on specific pages or had icons bundled, they will all be unbundled and you’ll have to manually re-bundle them by editing your Home Screen:
    HOW TO:
    > long press icon > Edit Home Screen.

    PLEASE NOTE:
    Deleted Factory-Installed icons can NOT be ‘Found’ through any function.

    *Exceptions:
    First – Go to Spotlight Search – by swiping down from the top or swiping right all the way to the left end – and type the name of your icon to search for it. If it appears – simply tap it and see where it was ‘hiding’ on another Home Screen page or in a bundle of which you were unaware.

    Happy SmartPhoning!

  5. Jean-Marie says

    March 16, 2021 at 12:13 pm

    Thanks so much. I typed ‘camera’ in search and the icon appeared on the second page of the ‘news’ folder. I moved it back to the Home Screen

  6. Karolina says

    January 11, 2021 at 12:44 pm

    It helped! I was struggling so long… thanks for writing this solution!

  7. LJ says

    November 20, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    Sorry — Please disregard. I kept fiddling with it and got it back.

  8. LJ says

    November 20, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    My camera icon is indeed hiding in my Utilities folder, but how do I get it out of there and back on my Home Screen?

  9. Lorraine Courtney says

    August 25, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    Yees found it in another folder ☺️

  10. Katherine Stieglitz says

    August 8, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    You soled my problem – thank you sooooooooooooo much!!! Your are the BEST!!

  11. Jenn says

    June 26, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    YES!!! Thank you for writing instructions for the lower iOS. Wish I had found your advice first!

  12. Anne says

    June 18, 2020 at 9:13 am

    Camera app has disappeared after latest update and when I search for it, I get nothing

  13. Carol says

    April 30, 2020 at 9:10 am

    The camera icon disappeared from the bottom of my I phone screen. I phone 7. What do I do?

  14. Theresa says

    February 7, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    Missing camera icon from iPhone 8 screen after update on phone last night

  15. Love says

    January 16, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    This was helpful, it was hiding in my travel folder can you imagine?!! Thank you:)

  16. Yvonne Long says

    December 20, 2019 at 4:27 pm

    I updated to the iOS system 13.03 and my camera app has disappeared. I have tried all of the above
    HELP

  17. Connie Davis says

    September 12, 2019 at 6:45 am

    Thanks so much. ?The search worked perfected the camera was hiding in a folder

  18. Rem says

    June 20, 2019 at 4:06 pm

    It solves the mystery :)
    Thanks :)

  19. Daniel Breen says

    January 15, 2019 at 6:53 pm

    Don’t where my camera app has gone

  20. Nell says

    December 30, 2018 at 1:13 pm

    I ment how to put camera on to the iPad on google!

  21. Hope says

    November 23, 2018 at 5:33 pm

    I tried all of this and it’s still gone I don’t know what to do at this point it keeps saying for me to update in my settings but it won’t let me for some reason

    Can u help???

  22. John Pippin says

    September 17, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    Yes it helped me find out why and where it was “hiding”! I accidentally turned it off in the settings. duh!

  23. Waxen Flaxen says

    September 8, 2018 at 5:07 pm

    Thanks Mitch! Camera back, quick and easy.

  24. Claire says

    September 3, 2018 at 12:55 am

    Immediately solved my problem. Thank you.

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