'Dude, this is genius' say iPhone owners after discovering five 'secret' gestures

THERE ARE at least five clever hidden gestures in your iPhone that will help you use it much faster.

The simple upgrades are easy to overlook, but can make a big difference once you get into the habit of using them.

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iPhone owners responded happily to the tricks in a Reddit wirewith one message: “Dude, this is genius.”

Another said: “This is great, super useful, thanks for it.”

And someone added: “This will save me a year of time.”

The five iPhone tricks are as follows…

App Stack Gestures

If you're dragging apps individually to move them on (and between) your home screens, you're doing it wrong.

It is possible to move multiple apps at the same time.

Just hold an app until it wiggles and then move it into place.

Next oneUse another finger to tap a second app while still holding the first – and they stack on top of each other.

You can keep adding apps to this stack so you can move and drop them all at once.

This trick also works with images in you Apple Photos app: Try tapping a few photos, stacking them on top of each other, then dragging them into an iMessage conversation.

Swipe three times to undo

There is a quick way to undo and redo actions on iPhone.

Let's say you typed something in the Notes app that you're not happy with.

Simply place three fingers on your screen and swipe left very quickly to undo the action.

And if you want to perform the action again, swipe right with three fingers.

Keyboard cursor

Sometimes it can be difficult to place the cursor on text when using iPhone.

This is especially true if you try to place the cursor in the middle of a word.

But if you hold your finger on the space bar, your keyboard turns into a trackpad.

You can then drag your finger across this trackpad to place the cursor exactly where you want.

'123' drag trick

There's another trick that lets you drag on the keyboard, which will help you type faster.

Normally, when typing a number, you tap the 123 on the keyboard, then choose a number, then tap ABC to return to the letters.

But there is a better way if you just type one number.

Just press the 123 icon and immediately drag your finger upwards.

Once your finger is placed over your chosen number, release your finger.

This will type that number and immediately return to the letters.

Text replacement

Another great way to speed up typing is to use text replacement.

This is a built-in iPhone feature that lets you create shortcuts for long words, phrases, or generally large chunks of text.

For example, you can set it so that @@ is converted to an email address.

Or typing aaa may change to your home address.

To set up some text replacements, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement.