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Apple iPad - Customize Your Home Screen

2026-10-22 18:08:44.72

Apple iPad - Customize Your Home Screen

Here's how to add / remove Home screen items (widgets, apps or folders) and set the wallpaper on your iPad.
To customize the Home screen on your Apple® iPad®, do any of the following:

Add Apps

  1. From the App Library, touch and hold an app.
    To access the App Library, swipe left from a Home screen.
  2. Drag and drop the app to the preferred Home screen.
    For the app to be successfully added, there must be sufficient space within the selected Home screen. If necessary, additional Home screen panels may be added.

Add Widgets

Widgets are mini-apps (e.g., weather, clock, calendar, etc.) that can be added to your Home screen.
  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
  2. Tap the
    Add icon
     Add icon (upper-left).
  3. Touch and hold a widget.
  4. Drag the widget to the preferred Home screen then release.
    For the app to be successfully added, there must be sufficient space within the selected Home screen. If necessary, additional Home screen panels may be added.

Add / Remove Folders

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an app (e.g., Email, My Verizon, etc.).
  2. Drag the app on to another app (e.g., Gmail, Call Filter, etc.) then release it.
    To remove a folder, drag the app(s) out of an existing folder until the folder disappears.
    A folder containing the apps is created. To rename the folder:
    1. Tap the folder.
    2. Tap the Title bar (top of open folder).
    3. Enter a name then tap
      done
      .

Remove Apps / Widgets

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold the item (e.g., widget, app, etc.).
  2. Tap
    Remove App
    .
    If you're removing a widget, tap
    Remove Widget
    .
  3. Tap
    Remove from Home Screen
    .
    Once removed, the app is moved to the App Library.

Set Wallpaper

  1. From a Home screen, navigate:
    Settings Settings Icon
    Wallpaper
    Choose a New Wallpaper
    .
  2. Select the location of the photo or wallpaper:
    Options may vary.
    • Dynamic
    • Stills
    • Camera Roll
  3. Tap the desired photo or wallpaper.
    Drag to move the image or pinch to zoom in and out.
  4. Tap
    Set
    .
  5. Tap one of the following:
    • Set Lock Screen
    • Set Home Screen
    • Set Both
  6. Tap one of the following from the 'Wallpaper Preview' screen:
    • Cancel
    • Set Lock Screen
    • Set Home Screen
    • Set Both
    • Perspective Zoom (On or Off)