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Google Pixel 8 / 8 Pro - Customize Your Home Screen

2026-10-22 18:06:53.105

Google Pixel 8 / 8 Pro - Customize Your Home Screen

Here's how to add / remove Home screen items (widgets, apps or folders) and set the wallpaper on your Pixel 8 / 8 Pro.
To customize the Home screen on your Pixel 7a, 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 middle to display all apps.
  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
    .
  3. Select a category then 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 the widget.
    Options vary depending upon the type of widget.

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.
    A folder containing the shortcuts is created (titled Unnamed Folder). To rename the folder:
    1. Tap the folder.
    2. Tap the
      Title bar
       (bottom of the open folder).
    3. Enter a name then tap the
      Done icon
       Done icon (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, app, etc.).
  2. Drag the item to 'Remove' (at the top) then release.

Set Wallpaper

  1. Touch and hold a blank space on a Home screen.
  2. Tap
    Wallpaper & style
    .
    If prompted with permissions, tap
    ALLOW
    .
  3. Tap
    More wallpapers
     then select the desired wallpaper category from the available folders (e.g., My photos, Landscapes, etc.).
  4. Select an image.
  5. Select from the following tabs on the Preview screen to review:
    • Home screen
    • Lock screen
  6. Tap the
    Set Wallpaper
     (upper-right) then select from the following option to set wallpaper:
    • Home screen
    • Lock screen
    • Home and lock screens