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Samsung Galaxy A50 - Customize Your Home Screen

2026-10-22 20:15:15.353

Samsung Galaxy A50 - Customize Your Home Screen

Here's how to add / remove Home screen items (widgets, apps or folders) and set the wallpaper on your Galaxy A50.
To customize the Home screen on your Galaxy A50, do any of the following:

Add Apps

A shortcut to an individual contact or bookmark can only be added to a Home screen via a
widget
.
  1. From a Home screen, swipe up from the center of the display to access the apps screen.
  2. Touch and hold an app.
  3. Drag and drop the shortcut to the preferred Home screen.
    For the app to be successfully added, there must be sufficient space within the selected Home screen. If needed, additional Home screen panels may be added.

Add Widgets

Widgets are mini-apps (e.g., weather, clock, calendar, etc.) that can be added to a Home screen. They aren't the same as shortcuts as they generally display info and take up more space than a single icon.
  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
  2. Tap
    Widgets
     (at the bottom).
  3. Touch and hold a widget.
  4. Drag the widget to the preferred Home screen then release.
    For the widget to be successfully added, there must be sufficient space on the screen. If needed, additional Home screen panels may be added.
  5. If applicable, tap additional options to activate widget.
    Options vary depending upon the type of widget.

Add / Remove Folders

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold a shortcut (e.g., Email, etc.).
  2. Drag the shortcut onto another shortcut (e.g., Calendar, etc.) then release.
  3. Enter a name for the folder then tap the
    Back icon
     Back icon to return to the Home screen.
    A folder containing the shortcuts is created. To rename the folder:
    1. Tap the folder.
    2. Tap the current folder name (top of open folder).
    3. Enter the new name then tap
      Done
       (lower-right).
    To remove a folder, drag the app(s) out of an existing folder until the folder disappears.

Remove Apps / Widgets

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold the item (e.g., widget, shortcut, folder, etc.) until the menu appears then release.
  2. Tap the applicable option:
    Options presented vary depending on the type of item being removed.
    • Select items
    • Remove from Home
    • Uninstall
    • Disable
    • App info

Set Wallpaper

  1. From a Home screen, touch and hold a blank area.
  2. Tap
    Wallpaper
     (lower-left).
  3. From the 'Choose a wallpaper' section, perform one of the following:
    • To use an existing wallpaper image:
      1. Tap
        My wallpapers
        .
      2. Select a wallpaper image from the list.
      3. Select an option (e.g., Home screen, Lock screen, Home and lock screens).
      4. If prompted, tap
        Sync my edits
        .
        Selected when a checkmark is present.
      5. Tap
        Set on Home and lock screens
         to confirm.
        Confirmation varies based on option selected.
    • To use an image from your gallery:
      1. Tap
        Gallery
        .
      2. Locate then select the preferred picture.
      3. Tap
        Done
        (upper-right).
      4. Select an option (e.g., Home screen, Lock screen, Home and lock screens).
      5. If prompted, tap
        Sync my edits
        .
      6. Tap
        Set on Home and lock screens
         to confirm.
        Confirmation varies based on option selected.
      To use a Wallpaper service:
      1. Tap
        Wallpaper services
        .
      2. Tap
        Dynamic Lock screen
        .
        Selected when a blue dot is present.
      3. Tap
        Apply
        .
      4. Select an image then tap
        Download
        .
      5. To only download new images when connected to Wi-Fi, tap
        Using Wi-Fi only
        .
        Selected when a checkmark is present.