
Home screen & apps
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Quick start: Home screen & apps
Start from the home screen to explore apps and more.
• Home screen:
You’ll see the home screen when you
turn on your smartphone or tap Home
.
• App & widget list:
To show all of your apps and
widgets, tap Apps
.
• More
: To download more apps and widgets, tap
Apps
>
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Tips & tricks
• Pages:
To see more pages of shortcuts and widgets,
swipe the home screen left. To delete pages from your
home screen, tap Home
, tap and hold a page,
then drag it up to
Remove
.
• Uninstall:
To uninstall apps, tap Apps
, tap and hold
an app, then drag it to
More options
and choose
Uninstall
(if available).
• Quick settings:
To quickly change common
smartphone settings, swipe the home screen right to
go to
Quick settings
. To learn more about each setting,
tap
in the upper right. See “
Redecorate your home
Customize the way your home screen looks, and give
yourself quick access to your favorite things:
• Change wallpaper:
Tap and hold an empty spot on
your home screen to choose your wallpaper.
• Create shortcut folders:
To create a
folder of shortcuts on your home
screen, tap and hold a shortcut, then
drop it on top of another shortcut. To
name the folder, tap it and enter a
name at the bottom.
You can create a folder of apps to use
when you have spare time, when you
want music, or when you need to contact
people—whatever goes together for you.
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