[Moderator's Choice] How do I access Home Screen Settings?

[SamsungJon]

The Home screen settings allows you to access various settings to configure your Home screen like hiding apps, app icon badges, apps button and home screen grid. Follow the steps below to learn how to access your Home screen settings. If you would like to learn how to change your homepage or delete home screen windows on your Galaxy device check out our guide How do I change my Home Screen on my Galaxy Phone? for step-by-step instructions. 

1. Go to the Settings menu > Display.

2. Tap on Home screen.

3.You can configure the settings of your Home screen in this menu.

What do the Home screen settings do?

Some things that you can do with the home screen settings are:

Home Screen Layout

You can choose if you would like to have all your apps displayed on the Home screen.

Otherwise, selecting the alternative option allows you to swipe up or down on the Home screen to access the Apps page.

1. Select Home screen layout

2. Select between Home and apps screen or Home screen only, then tap on Apply to complete this action

Apps Screen Grid

Allows you to adjust how many tabs can be placed on the Apps screen.

1. Select Apps screen grid

2. Select your preferred Apps screen grid size, then tap on Apply to complete this action

For more on what the Home screen settings can do, please see here.

Please Note: This guide is designed for Australian variant Galaxy devices. Screenshots were captured from a Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G running Android OS Version 9.0 (Pie). Some of the options shown below may not be applicable on your device.