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iPad User Guide

Customize apps and widgets on the iPad Home Screen

👁 The iPad Home Screen with clear app icons.

You can customize app icons and widgets on the Home Screen by changing their color, adding a tint, making them larger or smaller, and more.

  1. Go to the Home Screen.

  2. Touch and hold the Home Screen background until the icons begin to jiggle.

  3. Tap Edit at the top of the screen, then choose Customize.

  4. Do any of the following:

    • Make the icons bigger: Tap 👁 the LargeAppIcons button
      .       (In large size, the names of the apps disappear.)

    • Choose a dark appearance for icons and widgets: Tap Dark. To show icons and widgets with a dark appearance at night and a light appearance during the day, tap Auto.

    • Give the icons a clear look: Tap Clear to make the icons translucent, then choose Light, Dark, or Auto.

    • Add a color tint to icons and widgets: Tap Tinted. Use the sliders to choose the color and saturation (or use the eyedropper to select a color in your wallpaper). Then choose Light, Dark, or Auto.

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