#1 Uninstall the garbage on your phone

• Remove all unnecessary items from the home screen to reduce your need to check for notifications.
• Use a bland background.
• Put all of your apps, except three, in one folder named “Apps” and use the search function to find them. The three apps on th...

Your phone should provide as little distraction as possible. A few systems to help you stop a phone addiction:

• Don't look at your screen immediately after waking up. Use an analog alarm and keep your phone on the other side of the room.

Even if the apps on your phone seemed simple and safe when you installed them, subsequent updates could have turned them into something more sinister. Take two minutes to review all the apps on your smartphone, and see which permissions they’re using: on iOS, you’ll find lots of relevant informat...