In the event that you have the impression that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you need to make the icons bigger or smaller to see more, you should know that it is possible thanks to the features built into the latest versions of Android to do it on your Samsung Galaxy S6. In this guide, we will explain to you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S6? Thus, you will be able to choose the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen in the best possible way.
To do this, in the first place, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S6 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, to conclude, how to use a Launcher to make all the modifications you want to the size of the application icons on your Samsung Galaxy S6.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S6?
We start by consequently our small article by exposing you the technique for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore present to you the only way we have found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S6:
- Unlock your mobile phone screen
- On the home screen, do 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 will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S6.
- On the other hand, if you ever 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 S6?
We now move on to the second part of this tutorial, what is the method to change the size of the icons in the application list of its samsung galaxy s6? However, there is only one way to do it, it is the same as seen above but choosing Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only feasible way we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but it requires a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and to do this we suggest you read our next section. You can nevertheless, if ever your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Samsung Galaxy S6.
How to use a Launcher to edit icon size on Samsung Galaxy S6?
Another technique to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S6 is to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will therefore give the possibility of completely organizing the home screens of your mobile phone. You will be able to use icon packs to offer a different visual that suits you more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the locations of the grid… And, of course, the function that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your Samsung Galaxy S6. We will therefore explain the procedure to use 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 access 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 S6, see our article.
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