If you have the impression that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, that you need to increase the size of the icons or to shrink them to display more of them, know that it is possible with the help features built into the latest versions of Android to achieve it on your Samsung Galaxy M40. Today we will precisely show you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy M40? In this way, you will be able to define the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen optimally.
For that, to start, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy M40 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, to conclude, how to use a Launcher to make any changes you want to the size of the application icons of your Samsung Galaxy M40.
How to change the size of the application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy M40?
So we start our little article by presenting you the manipulation for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore present to you the only way that we have found, it is actually a question of using a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy M40:
- Unlock your smartphone screen
- On the home screen, make a long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with your fingers as if you wanted to zoom out
- Click on the » Home screen settings "And in the" tab Home screen grid »You will be able to choose the distribution of your screen, for example if you select» 4 × 5 You are heading to have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy M40.
- On the other hand, in the event that you select " 5 × 6 »You will have many more icons and therefore smaller app shortcuts
How to change the size of the icons in the application list of a Samsung Galaxy M40?
We now move on to the second part of this article, what is the procedure to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of its Samsung Galaxy M40? However, there is only one technique to do it, it is the same as seen just above but choosing Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way that we have found is to use of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but it requires a lot of manipulation, otherwise you can use a Launcher and for that we advise you to read our next section. You can still, in the event that your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Samsung Galaxy M40.
How to use a Launcher to edit the size of icons on Samsung Galaxy M40?
Another technique to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy M40 will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will therefore allow you to organize your smartphone's home screens completely differently. You will be able to use icon packs to offer a different visual that you like more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the grid locations… And, of course, the function that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy M40. We will therefore show you the procedure for using Nova Launcher :
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install the app Nova Launcher
- Set the app as the default launcher
- Make a long press on your home screen in an empty space to reach the Launcher settings
- Click on the menu » Icon layout »
- In the setting " Icon size «, Move the cursor to choose the size (in percentage) you want to assign to your icons
If you want customize the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy M40, see our article.
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