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Samsung: Remove Apps from a Folder

Dragging one app at a time out of a crowded folder gets tedious fast, especially when a folder holds ten or more icons. Samsung's One UI does not offer a way to select several apps at once and pull them all out together. If you are trying to clean up a folder quickly, this one-by-one limitation slows the process down noticeably.

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Step 1 of 3: Tap on a **Folder**

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Remove Apps from a Folder auf Samsung

On Samsung phones, folders on the home screen only support removing apps one at a time. One UI has no built-in multi-select tool for folder contents, so every icon has to be pulled out individually before the folder is tidy again.

To remove a single app, follow this path:

Tap on a FolderTap and hold an AppTap on Remove

Removing an app from a folder does not uninstall it. The icon simply moves back onto the home screen or into the app drawer, and all app data stays untouched.

This method works the same whether the folder contains two apps or twenty. There is no shortcut, no long-press-to-select-multiple gesture, and no menu option to empty a folder in one step.

If your goal is to free up storage rather than just tidy a folder, removing the app from the folder will not help. In that case, uninstall the app directly through its app info page instead.

Frequently asked questions

No. Tapping Remove only takes the app out of the folder. The app itself stays installed and reappears on the home screen or in the app drawer.

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Android 11 · One UI 3

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