iOS newbie here.
I created a new "Tabbed Application" Project on Xcode. The storyboard had a tab view controller and two tabs by default called Item 1 and Item 2.
I deleted the two default tabs, created three new view controllers and connected them to the tab view controller, which gave the tab bar view controller three tabs.
When I launch the app on the iOS simulator, it still shows two tabs called Item 1 and Item 2, even though I added new tabs and changed their names.
This is the storyboard:

This is the simulator:
