How To Customize Home Screen – Samsung Galaxy Alpha

How To Customize Home Screen - Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Learn how to customize home screen on your Samsung Galaxy Alpha. You can customize the home screen by removing or adding panels.

Managing the Home screen

Adding items

  • Tap and hold an app or a folder from the Apps screen, and the drag it to the Home screen.
  • To add widgets, open the Home screen, tap and hod an empty area, tap Widgets, tap and hold a widget, and then drag it to the Home screen.

Moving and removing an item

  • Tap and hold an item on the Home screen, and then drag it to a new location.
  • To move the item on another panel, drag it to the side of the screen.
  • You can also move frequently-used apps to the shortcuts area at the bottom of the Home screen.
  • To remove an item, tap and hold the item. Then, drag it to Remove that appears at the top of the screen.

Creating a folder

  • On the Home screen, tap and hold an app, and the drag it to Create folder that appears at the top of the screen.
  • Enter a folder name.
  • Tap +, select the apps to move to the folder, and then tap Done.

Managing folder

  • To rename a folder, select a folder, and then tap the existing folder name. Enter a new name for the folder and tap Done.
  • To change the color of a folder, select a folder, tap Menu icon, and then select a color.
  • To move more apps to a folder, tap and hold an app, and then drag it to the folder.
  • To move an app from a folder, select a folder, tap and hold the app, and then drag it to a new location.

Managing panels

  • On the Home screen, tap and hold an empty area to add, move, or remove a panel.
  • To add a panel, scroll left to the last panel, and them tap + icon.
  • To move a panel, tap and hold a panel preview, and then drag it to a new location.
  • To remove a panel, tap and hold a panel preview, and then drag it to Remove at the top of the screen.
  • To set a panel as the main Home screen, tap Home Key.

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