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Google Pixel 4a
Customize Your Home Screen

2026-10-15 03:24:33.615

Google Pixel 4a
Customize Your Home Screen

Personalizing the Home screen on your Pixel 4a makes daily tasks easier. Add, remove, or arrange apps, use widgets, or set a wallpaper that matches your style.

Add Apps

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

Add Widgets

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
  2. Tap
    Widgets
    .
  3. Tap the desired app then touch and hold a widget.
  4. Drag-and-drop the widget onto the preferred Home screen location.
  5. If applicable, tap additional options to activate the widget.

Add / Remove Folders

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an app (e.g., My Verizon).
  2. Drag-and-drop the app onto to another app (e.g., Gmail) to add an unnamed folder.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To rename the folder:
      1. Tap the folder.
      2. Tap the
        Title bar
        .
      3. Enter a name then tap the
        Checkmark icon
        .
    • To remove a folder:
      1. Drag the apps 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. Drag-and-drop the item onto 'Remove' at the top of the screen.

Set Wallpaper

  1. Touch and hold a blank space on a Home screen.
  2. Tap
    Wallpaper & style
    .
  3. Tap
    Change wallpaper
     then select the desired wallpaper category from the available folders (e.g., My photos, Landscapes, etc.).
  4. Select an image then tap
    Set Wallpaper
    .
  5. Tap the
    Checkmark icon
     then select from the following option to set wallpaper:
    • Lock screen
    • Home screen and lock screen