These 5 hidden iOS tricks will help you navigate your iPhone faster

Date:
Sun, 21 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000

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We detail five iOS tricks to help you navigate your iPhone faster.

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We recently detailed a two-second iPhone trick that lets you delete Safari tabs en masse , but that helpful shortcut is far from the only hidden iOS feature worth knowing about in 2023.

We say hidden, but only hidden insofar as Apple doesnt make a big song and dance about the myriad genuinely useful navigational tools scattered throughout iOS.

Weve highlighted 9 iOS tricks that every iPhone user should know elsewhere on TechRadar, but in this article, we've picked out five more handy iOS
loopholes to help you navigate your iPhone faster from keyboard shortcuts to calculator tricks. 1. No more calculator headaches (Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

Most iPhone users will know the pain of having to re-enter digits in the calculator app after accidentally pressing a wrong number, but did you know that you dont need to go back to square one in order to rectify your mistake?

If you punch a wrong number in the calculator app, simply swipe left or right on the erroneous number to remove the last digit you entered incorrectly. You can do this trick as many times as you like, until the number screen returns to zero. 2. Scroll up with a single tap (Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

if youre navigating lengthy web articles like listicles or shopping pages, it can be a nuisance to scroll all the way back up to the top of those pages using thumb swipes alone. Helpfully, tapping the status bar at the top of
your iPhone's display either the clock side or the battery side will fast travel you back up to where you began.

This trick works for browsers like Safari and Chrome, as well as in apps more generally. If youre currently rocking an iPhone with a Dynamic Island thats the iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max youll only be able to use this method when the Island isnt in use. 3. Turn your spacebar into a trackpad (Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

Okay, okay: we did include this particular trick in our other iOS tips guide, but the method for performing said trick has changed slightly since then.

Did you know your iPhone has a hidden trackpad? Its beneath (or rather, inside) the keyboard, and can be activated by long-pressing the spacebar. In other words, you dont need to awkwardly click between words and letters to
fix errors, and can instead surf through text from the comfort of your keyboard.

Whats more, tapping the trackpad with another finger selects text, so your digits dont need to venture into the top half of your iPhones screen at all, really. 4. Avoid switching to the numbered keyboard (Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

This next trick will only save you about a second each time you use it, but every little helps, as they say. When typing on your iPhones keyboard, youre probably used to manually switching to the numbered keyboard when typing, well, numbers. But did you know that you can make the transition between the alphabetical and numbered keyboards super-swift?

Instead of tapping the 123 tab in the bottom-left corner of the keyboard,
hold it down and drag your finger to the number or symbol you want to input. When you let go, the keyboard will automatically revert to the alphabetical layout, saving you a couple of clicks in the process. Admittedly, this trick is a little fiddly to perfect at first but with practice, it will make you feel like an iPhone master. 5. Say goodbye to in-app ratings prompts (Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

Weve all been frustrated by those pesky 'rate this app' prompts that appear every so often when you open an app, but thankfully, iOS includes a helpful setting to banish them for good.

Head to Settings, scroll down to App Store and deselect the In-App Ratings & Reviews toggle. Et voil! No more annoying requests for feedback (you can
thank us later).

For more on keeping your tech clutter-free, read our guides on how to clean a phone charging port and how to close iPhone apps .



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