How to customize your home screen with iOS 18

if you are bored to your home screen, I have good news for you. With iOS 18, you can finally personalize it the way you want. You can now change the color of app icons and widgets (and even match them to your wallpaper), resize them to make them look bigger, and place them anywhere you want on the screen. Below, we break down all the simple steps on how to customize your home screen.

Be sure to also check out ours Summary of iOS 18 for a complete list of all the top features in Apple’s latest mobile operating system as well as our guide to Best iPhones And The best iPads.

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How to make icons larger

1. Press and hold on the home screen until the app icons start to jiggle.
2. Pat gently Editor in the upper right corner of the screen, then tap Customize.
3. Choose between Little baby or Big at the bottom of the screen.
4. Tap the home screen again to save changes.

How to change the color of application icons

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1. Press and hold on the home screen until the app icons start to jiggle.
2. Pat gently Editor in the upper right corner of the screen and then tap Customize.
3. Choose between Light mode, Dark modeor Automatic (varies depending on day or night).
4. There is also one tint option, allowing you to use sliders to customize hue and saturation. You can also tap the Eyedropper tool to select a color from the background image to apply to the icons.
5. You can click sun icon on the left to darken the background. This will make it easier for you to see the icons, depending on the colors you choose.