Learn how to customize home screen on your Samsung Galaxy Alpha. You can customize the home screen by removing or adding panels.
Managing the Home screen
Adding items
- Tap and hold an app or a folder from the Apps screen, and the drag it to the Home screen.
- To add widgets, open the Home screen, tap and hod an empty area, tap Widgets, tap and hold a widget, and then drag it to the Home screen.
Moving and removing an item
- Tap and hold an item on the Home screen, and then drag it to a new location.
- To move the item on another panel, drag it to the side of the screen.
- You can also move frequently-used apps to the shortcuts area at the bottom of the Home screen.
- To remove an item, tap and hold the item. Then, drag it to Remove that appears at the top of the screen.
Creating a folder
- On the Home screen, tap and hold an app, and the drag it to Create folder that appears at the top of the screen.
- Enter a folder name.
- Tap +, select the apps to move to the folder, and then tap Done.
Managing folder
- To rename a folder, select a folder, and then tap the existing folder name. Enter a new name for the folder and tap Done.
- To change the color of a folder, select a folder, tap Menu icon, and then select a color.
- To move more apps to a folder, tap and hold an app, and then drag it to the folder.
- To move an app from a folder, select a folder, tap and hold the app, and then drag it to a new location.
Managing panels
- On the Home screen, tap and hold an empty area to add, move, or remove a panel.
- To add a panel, scroll left to the last panel, and them tap + icon.
- To move a panel, tap and hold a panel preview, and then drag it to a new location.
- To remove a panel, tap and hold a panel preview, and then drag it to Remove at the top of the screen.
- To set a panel as the main Home screen, tap Home Key.
