Manage the Home Screen on Samsung Galaxy S8

5 Parts:

Add, Remove, and Rearrange Shortcuts, Manage Favorites, Create and Delete a Home Screen Page

Home Screen Settings

Widgets, Wallpapers and Themes

Icon Quick Access Settings and Creating Folders

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The home screen on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ is where all the action begins. All the essential apps and functions are typically accessible right from the home screen, and it's where users can truly personalize the device to suit their needs. Having a neatly organized and highly efficient home screen setup can make or break the overall user experience with any smartphone or tablet. With a phone as nice as the Galaxy S8/S8 +, having a sloppy home screen layout doesn't do it any justice.

The following tutorial is going to cover everything about editing how the home screen looks and function on the S8/S8+. We'll go over how to; arrange, delete, and add icons, add widgets, use quick access functions, and edit home screen settings. For this article, we used a Samsung Galaxy S8 running Android Nougat and the TouchWiz Home launcher.

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   To add a new shortcut to your home screen, swipe up to access your app drawer.

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   From the app drawer, tap + hold an app icon until the quick settings menu appears, then select "Add shortcut to Home".

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   To remove a shortcut from the home screen, tap + hold it until the quick settings menu appears, then tap "Remove shortcut".

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   To move an icon to a different location, tap + drag it to a different location

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   If you're moving a shortcut to a spot that already has an icon, they'll swap positions.

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   Your favorites are the icons that occupy the very first row, near the bottom of the screen

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   To add a shortcut to favorites, tap + drag it down to that row.

   You can have up to five shortcuts in your favorites.

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   To add home screen page, tap + hold between the favorite and first row of icons.

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   Once the home screen shrinks swipe to the left to get to a blank page

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   Next, tap the large "+" sign to add another home screen page.

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   To delete a home screen, tap + hold somewhere between the icons (or in an open space) until the screen shrinks, then tap the red trash bin icon.

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   If you have multiple pages with shortcuts, you can make any of those screens your main home screen by tapping the home icon at the top of the screen.

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   Tap + hold between your favorites and the first row of shortcuts

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   When the three options appear below, tap "Home screen settings".

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   The first option on HOME SCREEN SETTINGS is "Home screen layout"

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   Tap this, then select either "Home and Apps screen" or "Home screen only".

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   Next on HOME SCREEN SETTINGS is "Home screen grid"

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   Tap here, then select a grid preference.

   Remember that having more icons on the screen makes them smaller.

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   Continuing on HOME SCREEN SETTINGS we come to "App screen grid"

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   Tap here and choose the grid layout for your app drawer.

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   Next on the HOME SCREEN SETTINGS page is "Apps button"

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   Tap it, then select either; "Show apps button" or "Hide apps button".

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   To access your notification panel by swiping down on any screen, make sure the switch next to "Quick-open notification panel" is toggled on.

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   The last option on HOME SCREEN SETTINGS is "Hide apps"

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   Tap this, select any apps you wish to hide, followed by "APPLY".

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   Tap + hold between your favorites and the first row of shortcuts until the home screen options appear, then tap "Widgets".
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