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Adding widgets to iphone 7+ - Help Please?

susyq222

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when I first started personalizing my iphone 7+, if I pressed on one of my newly installed apps it would show 'add widget'. I ignored because I wasn't ready to do that yet. Now that I am, I cannot get the apps to show the 'add widget'. In fact none of the apps I installed will pop up on the widget scroll. I checked the tips and it said to press and hold and the option would pop up; have tried everything; no help in Youtube - hoping someone here has had this problem and can help.

Sorry if this appears somewhere, I waded through some, but none of my search questions revealed this particular problem.

Thanks in advance for the help.
 

Just_Me_D

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Can you not just swipe right on the home screen to show the widget screen and then scroll down to select "Edit" to add and/or remove the available widgets?
 

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Yes, I can, but my own downloaded apps are not shown on the widget menu so I can't add them.

Then more than likely the apps do not have an associated widget. Either that or the "downloaded" apps are not authorized to install a widget.
 

FaisDogg

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I'm able to see add widget option with most apps
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