About your home screen

You see the home screen when you turn on and unlock your phone or touch .

Swipe right or left to move between home screens.

What’s on the screen

Status bar: Displays the time and icons that tell you about your phone's battery and network connections. Swipe down to see your notifications and quick settings.

Widget: You can add widgets to your home screen for quick access to information or frequent tasks.

Shortcut: You can add shortcuts to open apps or web pages you use frequently.

App tray: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to see the list of all your apps.

Favorites tray: Provides one touch access to your most-used apps from any home screen page. You can customize which apps appear here.

Navigation:
takes you back one screen.

returns you to the home screen from any app.

lets you switch between recent apps.

**Note**If you're using gesture navigation, the icons are hidden. To restore these icons, change settings to use 3-button navigation.

Folder: Add folders to organize app shortcuts.

Add/remove screens

You can add more home screens to the right. To add a page, drag an app shortcut or widget to the edge of an existing page and place it on the new screen.

To remove a home screen, drag all apps, shortcuts, widgets, and folders off the screen. After you remove the last item, the home screen will be removed.

Customize your home screen

Organize it:

Touch & hold an item you want to move, then drag it to the new location.
Group icons into folders.

Change how it looks:

To see options for customizing wallpaper, styles, widgets, and other home settings, touch & hold a blank space on the home screen.
For an entirely new look and feel for your home screen, you can install a different launcher.