> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://whip.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The Whip home screen and organizing with folders

> Your Whip Home screen is your library of every app you've made or saved. Learn to sort, rearrange, make folders, and organize your Whip apps.

Your **Home** screen is your personal library — every app you've built and every app you've [saved](/social/follow-like-save) from someone else, all in one place. It works like your phone's home screen: rearrange apps by holding and dragging, drop one onto another to make a folder, and sort your whole library however suits you.

## What's on Home

Tap the **Home** tab to land in your library. Up top you'll find today's date, the Whip logo, and the notification bell. There's also a search bar — **Search by name or creator** — that searches only your own library.

Everything below is your apps: the ones you made and the ones you saved, together. An app that's still [building](/building/how-whip-builds-your-app) shows a progress spinner right on its tile, so you can watch it come together without leaving Home.

## Sort and view your library

Tap **Sort by** to change how your library is arranged:

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="My home" icon="grip">
    Your custom order — a grid you arrange by hand. This is the default and the
    only view where you can drag things around.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Recently played" icon="history">
    A list with your most recently opened apps up top.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Recently added" icon="plus">
    A grid ordered by when each app joined your library.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Alphabetical" icon="arrow-down-a-z">
    A tidy A-to-Z list.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="By creator" icon="user">
    Grouped by who made each app.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="By category" icon="tag">
    Grouped by category, like Gaming or Food & Lifestyle.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Rearrange and make folders

In the **My home** view, you can organize like it's your phone.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enter edit mode" icon="grip">
    Press and hold an empty spot in the grid, or just start dragging a tile.
    Small **−** badges appear on each tile — that's how you know you're in edit
    mode.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Drag to rearrange" icon="move">
    Drag tiles into whatever order you like. Nearby tiles shuffle to make room.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Make a folder" icon="folder-plus">
    Drop one app right on top of another and Whip creates a folder around them,
    named **New folder** to start. Drag more apps onto a folder to add them.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Leave edit mode" icon="check">
    Tap an empty part of the grid to finish.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Working with folders

Tap a folder to open it in a soft overlay showing the apps inside.

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Rename a folder" icon="pencil">
    Tap the folder's name and type a new one — up to **60 characters**.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Take an app out" icon="folder-minus">
    Drag an app out of the folder to return it to your main grid. When a folder
    drops below **2 apps**, it dissolves on its own and its apps go back to the
    top level.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Delete a folder" icon="trash-2">
    Tap the trash icon in the folder. The folder goes away and its apps return
    to your Home grid — the apps themselves aren't deleted.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Remove an app from Home

Long-press a tile to open its menu, or use the **−** badge in edit mode. What you'll see depends on the app:

<Note>
  **Removing is not deleting.** Taking a **saved** app off Home just removes your
  bookmark — the creator's app stays live for everyone. Removing an app **you
  made** archives it (tidies it out of your library) without deleting it or
  erasing your work. To truly delete one of your apps, use its menu and choose
  **Delete Whip** — see [archive or delete](/sharing/unpublish-and-archive).
</Note>

## When Home is empty

Brand new and nothing here yet? Instead of a blank page, Whip shows a **Popular apps** grid so you've got something to try right away. Build your first app or save one, and it'll show up on Home.

<Tip>
  Group apps by the moment you use them — a "Morning" folder for your habit
  tracker and coffee timer, a "Game night" folder for the party games. Home
  becomes a launcher tuned to your life.
</Tip>

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Does removing an app from Home delete it?" icon="circle-help">
    No. For saved apps it just removes your bookmark; for apps you made it
    archives them. Neither erases anything.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Why can't I drag my apps around?" icon="move">
    Dragging only works in the **My home** view. Switch **Sort by** back to
    **My home** and press-and-hold to enter edit mode.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="How do I create a folder?" icon="folder-plus">
    There's no separate "new folder" button — just drop one app onto another and
    a folder appears around them.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Open and use apps" icon="play" href="/using/open-and-use-apps">
    What happens when you tap an app, and why your data stays yours.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Follow, like, and save" icon="heart" href="/social/follow-like-save">
    Saving apps is how other people's creations land on your Home.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>