Learn & Customize the Home Screen
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Learn & Customize the Home Screen

Choose your background, choose a theme, add/remove apps to/from the home screen, and add/remove folders to/from the home screen.


INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Customize the background
• Change the theme
• Add an app to the home screen
• Remove an app from the home screen
• Add a folder to the home screen
• Remove a folder

 

Customize the background

Note: For any instance of holding, a right-click may be performed instead.


1. From the home screen, select and hold any empty space on the home screen then select Personalize.

Note: Alternately, you can select the start icon Start icon > settings icon Settings icon > Personalization.


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2. Select the Background tab, then edit background settings as desired.

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Change the theme

 From the Personalization screen, select the Themes tab then select the desired theme.

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Add an app to the home screen

From the home screen, select the Start icon then select and drag the desired app to the desired location on the home screen.

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Remove an app from the home screen

From the home screen, select and hold the desired app then select Delete.

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Add a folder to the home screen

Select and hold any empty space on the home screen, then select New > Folder.

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Remove a folder

From the home screen, select and hold the desired folder then select Delete.

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