Organize iPhone Settings with Fold’s Two Drawers

You can organize iPhone Settings with Fold, a free CarterWare tweak that groups App Store settings and jailbreak preference panes into two separate drawers. It keeps the main Settings list shorter while giving each drawer its own search bar.

How to organize iPhone Settings with Fold

Fold handles two specific types of Settings entries: App Store app settings and jailbreak panes provided through PreferenceLoader. App settings go into Apps, while tweak preferences go into Tweaks.

That distinction matters when you are looking for something. An installed app’s settings belong in Apps; a jailbreak tweak’s preference pane belongs in Tweaks. Fold’s own settings stay on the main Settings screen, so you can reach its controls without opening either drawer.

To get started:

1. Install Fold from the CarterWare source, https://tweaks.carterware.net/, using Sileo or Zebra.
2. Open Settings.
3. Look for Apps, marked with an indigo grid, and Tweaks, marked with a gray puzzle piece.
4. Open either drawer to browse its settings pages or use its search bar.
5. Open Settings → Fold to adjust the drawer labels and toggles.

Fold is free, and our free packages install without an account. Its package identifier is com.carterware.fold, which is useful when checking that you have found the correct package.

The drawers appear where the grouped rows previously lived. You still open individual settings pages to change their options; Fold changes how you reach those pages.

Adjust the drawers without closing Settings

You can enable and rename each drawer independently in Settings → Fold. Those changes apply live, so you can adjust the organization while keeping Settings open.

Start with the default labels until you know where everything goes. If you later rename a drawer, remember that the instructions here use its original name. That can save confusion when following a support answer that says to open Apps or Tweaks.

Fold also provides Reload Settings, which re-scans the settings entries without closing the app. Use Settings → Fold → Reload Settings when you want to request another scan.

For ordinary tweak installation or removal, the 1.2.3 changelog documents automatic refresh behavior: changes made while Settings is in the background should appear when you reopen it. You should not need to press Reload Settings after every package change.

If you decide you prefer the original layout, open Settings → Fold → Enabled and turn it off. The documented behavior is an immediate return to the stock list. That gives you a direct way to compare the grouped layout with the original one before deciding which you prefer.

Find apps through search and direct links

A shorter Settings screen is only useful if you can still find the page you need. Fold provides a search bar inside each drawer, and its current documentation says the main Settings search also finds folded App Store apps and opens their pages.

There is a real release-history detail behind that claim. Fold 1.2.3 fixed a problem where folded apps were hidden from Settings search. The changelog records that results once again display their icons and open the corresponding app settings.

Direct links received a separate fix in 1.2.4. That release addressed links opening an app or tweak’s settings when its row lived inside a drawer. The changelog specifically names the Settings button in Mosaic as an example.

There is still a documented limit: links to folded panes work while Settings is running, but a cold prefs:root= link can land on the main Settings screen. Our documentation notes the same behavior on stock iOS 17.

If a shortcut lands at the root, open the appropriate drawer and navigate to the page manually. That result alone does not establish that the preference pane is missing. When reporting the behavior, say whether Settings was already running before you opened the link.

What the recent Fold releases changed

The recent changelog is useful when deciding whether an issue you recognize has already received a fix:

• 1.2.3: Restored App Store settings search results, corrected drawer ordering, and refreshed installed or removed tweak entries when returning to Settings.
• 1.2.4: Fixed direct links to settings pages whose rows had moved into drawers.
• 1.2.5: Handled app settings rows that iOS listed without an app ID, allowing Fold to place them in Apps.
• 1.2.6: Added Settings → Fold → Report a Bug, with the tweak version, iOS version, and iPhone model filled in.

The older history also explains why version details matter. Release 1.2.2 was explicitly marked BETA and requested on-device confirmation on iOS 16 and 17. Later entries describe additional fixes and verification. When describing a problem, include your installed version instead of assuming every Fold release behaves identically.

Check the documented compatibility limits

Fold’s depiction lists Dopamine rootless, ElleKit, PreferenceLoader, and iOS 15.0 or later as requirements. The product page says iOS 15–16 are supported but have not yet been re-verified.

The published verification claim is iOS 17.1, with the depiction naming an iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Check your actual jailbreak environment before installing. A tweak’s listed iOS requirement does not by itself establish that a jailbreak is available for your particular device and firmware.

If Fold behaves differently from the documentation, use Settings → Fold → Report a Bug. Alongside the prefilled details, explain which drawer or settings page was involved, the steps you took, and what appeared instead. You can also use the website’s Report a bug form.

FAQ

Does Fold put apps and tweaks in the same drawer?

No. App Store app settings go into Apps, and PreferenceLoader tweak panes go into Tweaks. Each drawer has its own search bar.

Can I restore the original Settings list?

Yes. Open Settings → Fold → Enabled and turn it off. Fold documents that the stock list returns immediately.

Which iOS versions are verified?

Our current documentation reports verification on iOS 17.1. It lists iOS 15–16 as supported but not yet re-verified, so those are different levels of assurance.

Start by installing Fold and trying its default Apps and Tweaks drawers. Check the settings pages you use most, try search, and adjust the labels only after you are comfortable with the layout; if something fails, send the exact steps through Settings → Fold → Report a Bug.