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Nokia 8 V 5G UW - Customize Your Home Screen

2026-10-03 05:08:43.992

Nokia 8 V 5G UW - Customize Your Home Screen

Personalizing the Home screen on your Nokia 8 V 5G UW 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.

Add Widgets

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
  2. Tap
    Widgets
    .
  3. Touch and hold a widget.
  4. Drag the widget to the preferred Home screen then release.
  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., Calendar).
  2. Drag the app onto another app (e.g., Gmail) then release it to add an unnamed folder.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To rename the folder:
      1. Tap the folder.
      2. Tap the
        Title bar
        at the bottom of the open folder.
      3. Enter a name then tap the
        Checkmark icon
        .
    • 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. Drag the item to 'Uninstall' or 'Remove' (top-center) then release.
    Some pre-installed apps (e.g., Gmail™ Gallery, etc.) can't be deleted from a Home screen.
    Removing an app from a Home screen uninstalls it from your device.
  3. From the 'Uninstall this app?' screen, tap
    Delete
    .

Set Wallpaper

  1. Touch and hold a blank space on a Home screen.
  2. Tap
    Wallpapers
    .
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Select an image from Photos:
      1. Tap
        My photos
        .
      2. Navigate to the applicable folder and select an image.
      3. Preview the desired image then tap
        SET WALLPAPER
        .
    • Select a default image:
      1. Tap one of the wallpaper categories (e.g., Life, Landscapes, Textures, etc.) then select an image.
      2. Preview the desired image then tap
        SET WALLPAPER
        .