Customize your Home screen

Important: Some of these steps only work if your Fairphone has Android 13 or above. Learn how to Check and update your software version.

If no apps are open, your Home screen is the first thing you see when you unlock your Fairphone. You can customize your Home screen with your favorite apps, widgets and folders.

 


Add apps, widgets and folders to your Home screen

Add an app to your Home screen

  1. On your Fairphone, swipe up from the Home screen to see All Apps.
  2. Touch and hold the app you want to add, and then drag it to show your Home screen.
  3. Drag the app to where you want it, and then lift your finger to add the app to your Home screen.

Add a widget to your Home screen

  1. On your Fairphone, touch and hold an empty space on your Home screen, and then tap Widgets.
  2. Touch and hold the widget you want to add, and then drag the widget to where you want it.
  3. Lift your finger to add the widget to your Home screen.

Tip: To resize a widget, touch and hold the widget once it's been added to your Home screen.

Add a folder to your Home screen

  1. On your Fairphone, touch and hold the app you want to add to a folder.
  2. Drag the app on top of another app, and then lift your finger to create a folder.

Tip: To add more apps to a folder, drag the app on top of the folder.

 


Remove apps, widgets and folders from your Home screen

To remove apps, widgets and folder from your Home screen, follow these steps:

  1. On your Fairphone, touch and hold the app, widget or folder you want to remove.
  2. Drag the app, widget or folder up to Remove.

Tip: You can still find apps you remove from the Home screen by swiping up from the Home screen to see All Apps.

 


Rearrange your Home screen

To move apps, widgets or folders on your Home screen, follow these steps:

  1. On your Fairphone, touch and hold the app, widget or folder you want to move.
  2. Drag the app, widget or folder to where you want it, and then lift your finger.

Tip: You can create more than one Home screen by dragging apps, widgets and folders to the right until you see a new Home screen.

 


Change the search widget

When you first set up your Fairphone, you'll be asked to choose a search provider from the Android Choice Screen. This will set the default search provider for the search widget at the top of your Home screen.

You can't remove the search widget from your Home screen. If your Fairphone is already set up, you'll need to perform a factory reset to change the default search provider.

 


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