Hi All,
Ok decided to make a folder from two apps. iOS named it productivity which wasn't what I wanted. So, by using a two finger double tap and hold I edited the folder and renamed it to ocr. Now here is where it has got weird. Every folder I now have on my phone now says ocr, and then the name of the folder when I enter the folder. So for example I have a weather folder before i would select that folder and it would say weather. Now it says ocr, weather. I removed the two appps from the new folder and it deleted it. However, it still says ocr at the start of every folder I now have even though that folder has gone. Has anyone else seen this? Or has anyone got a clue how I can stop this. I tried renaming one of my folders back but didn't alter things. Very odd. I also did a hard reboot. iOS 11.4.1 iPhone 8. Any thoughts/help appreciated.
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Naming folders
Hi there, :)
That is actually not the correct way to name a folder.
By naming the folder Ocr using that method, VoiceOv erassumes each folder should be called OCR folder.
Here's how to fix.
1. Double tap and hold on each folder
2. Remove the label
3. Hit save when finished.
To delete all, set rotor to edit, swipe down till you hear select all, and double tap. Then from your keyboard hit delete.
Hope this helps.
Fixed
Hi Tunmi, thanks for this. I managed to get this sorted as you described.
Old topic but
Hi All,
So if renaming folders above is the wrong way then does anyone know the correct method for renaming an ios folder to avoid what happened here?
Use the edit mode
On the home screen, swipe down until you hear VoiceOver says edit mode, then double tap. Find your folder and double tap on it, just like you would delete an app. Now, on the left there should be a folder name field. Double tap on it and simply replace the name with the name you want. Hope this helps.
Thanks
Great stuff thanks for this.
Not Working
I am about to go crazy because of this same problem. I have tried the fix given above, but I must be doing something wrong. No matter what I name a folder, several folders get renamed and they all say something before the title that I gave the folder. So when I look around on my phone, several folders are named the same because of this problem. I tried editing the folder names, but one of the steps says to select all, but I am not figuring out how to do that after trying to relabel each folder. Can someone please help explain how to fix this step by step? I am using IOS 26.5 on a iPhone SE 2nd gen.
Re: Not Working
Try these steps:
• navigate to a folder on any of your home screens.
• with VO focused on the folder, triple tap, and then choose the, "Edit Home Screen", option.
• now that you are in Edit mode, double tap on that folder. If VO focus goes elsewhere, just navigate back to that folder, and double tap on it.
• Inside the folder, while and edit mode, swipe all the way to the left which should take you to an edit field with the current name of the folder. Double tap inside the edit field, then do your rotor gesture until you find the word, 'Edit'. Now swipe up or down until you find, 'Select All', and double tap on it.
• Double tap on, 'Delete', on your keyboard to erase the previous label, and then name it whatever you want. Double tap on done (it will be where enter usually is on the keyboard), and then do your home gesture to get out of edit mode.
HTH. 😊