Use Focus Modes to Hide Distracting Apps During Work Hours

Both iOS and Android now offer focus modes that let you hide specific apps, silence certain notifications, and change your home screen layout based on what you are doing — working, sleeping, exercising, or spending time with family. Most people never set them up.

Configure a "Work" focus mode that hides social media, games, and news apps. When you activate it, those apps literally disappear from your home screen and their notifications go silent. You can still find them if you search, but the temptation is removed from plain sight. This single setup takes fifteen minutes and changes your daily relationship with your phone.