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Apple iPhone
Customize Your Home Screen

2026-10-05 06:18:59.656

Apple iPhone
Customize Your Home Screen

Personalizing the Home screen on your Apple® iPhone® makes daily tasks easier. Add, remove or arrange apps, use widgets or set a wallpaper that matches your style.

Add Apps

  1. From the App Library, touch and hold an app.
  2. Drag-and-drop the shortcut onto the preferred Home screen.

Add Widgets

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
  2. Tap
    Edit
    then tap
    Add Widget
    .
  3. Tap the desired widget.
  4. Swipe right or left to select the desired style.
  5. Touch and hold the widget.
  6. Drag-and-drop the widget onto the preferred Home screen.

Add / Remove Folders

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an app (e.g. My Verizon).
  2. Drag-and-drop the app onto another app (e.g., Gmail) to create a folder.
  3. Do any of the following:
    • To rename the folder:
      1. Tap the folder.
      2. Tap the
        Title bar
        at the top of the open folder.
      3. Enter a name then tap
        Done
        .
    • To remove a folder:
      1. Drag the app(s) out of an existing folder until the folder disappears.

Remove Apps / Widgets

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold the item (e.g. widget, apps, etc).
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To remove an app:
      1. Tap
        Remove App
        .
      2. Tap
        Remove from Home Screen
        .
        The app is moved to App Library once it's removed from the Home screen.
    • To remove a widget:
      1. Tap
        Remove Widget
      2. To confirm, tap
        Remove
        .

Set Wallpaper

  1. Open the
    Settings app
    .
  2. Navigate:
    Wallpaper
    Add New Wallpaper
    .
  3. Select one of the following options (e.g., Photos, Photo Shuffle, etc.).
  4. Tap desired photo or wallpaper.
  5. Tap
    Add
    .
  6. Tap
    Set as Wallpaper Pair
    or
    Customize Home Screen
    .