Rearrange, Add and Remove Home Screen Panels on Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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Samsung Galaxy Note3 has a lot if built-in applications on it. All of them can be useful, depending on our need, but we have to admit that we cannot use all of these applications all the time. All of us have our favorite features that we want to access quickly when we need it. The steps for how to set up your home screen panels the way you want them to look will be provided below.

The home screen

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    You can quickly remove a home screen by using the Menu button
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    Tap and hold the button on the left bottom side of your phone. A small menu will pop out. Choose Edit Page, and all of your screens will be shown. Tap and hold the unwanted screen and drag it to the trash can.
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    The Notifications bar contains the signal, battery status, current time and any notifications
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    The Weather widget shows the weather conditions of your location
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    The Google Search widget offers quick access to search anything on Google.
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    You can scroll to the left or right side to see other home screens.
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Setting up wallpaper

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    Tap and hold on any available space on the home screen
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    Tap on "Set wallpaper"
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    Tap on "Home screen"
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    Tap on the option you want
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    We will choose wallpapers for this tutorial.
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    Tap on the picture you want to use and tap on "Set wallpaper"
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Adding/removing a shortcut

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    On the home screen, tap on "Apps"
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    Tap and hold the application you want to add
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    Drag the icon to any available space on your home screen and let go
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    To move it, drag and hold it and move it to the area you want.
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    To remove a shortcut, drag and hold the icon to the trash bin logo on the top right corner
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  • Questions and Answers

    How to rearrange weather help me to find a solution?

    Mistakenly I deleted my weather from my home screen now I want to re arrange

    You can get you weather widget back by performing the steps below:

    1. Go to your main screen

    2. Press and hold on the screen

    3. Select the option to add a widget

    4. Scroll through the widgets to find your weather widget and place it on the screen in the appropriate place

    I want to add additional screen to my Galaxy Note3 phone. I don't have but 2 screens available. The home screen and 1 other. I have tried to press and hold my finger on an open area of the screen to get the add button, but I can' get that option. Can you help?

    I don't see any blank pages in shadows to click on?

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    Can you have more than 7 home screen panels in Note4?

    How do you add more than 7 home screen panels in Note4?

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    Good morning, I was trying to switch the weather date and time to my home page and it disappeared how do I get it back?

    Good morning, I was trying to switch my weather date and time to my primary home page and it disappeared how do I get it back

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    If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.

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