If you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you need to increase the size of the icons or to shrink them to see more of them, know that it is possible with the help features built into the latest versions of Android to accomplish it on your Samsung Galaxy S9. Today we are just going to show you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S9? This way, you can define the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen in the best way.
In this context, to begin with, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S9 , 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 on your Samsung Galaxy S9.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S9?
We start our little guide by revealing you the technique for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We present to you the only way we have found, it is actually to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S9:
- Unlock your mobile phone screen
- On the home screen, do a long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with two of your fingers as in the event that you want 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 choose" 4 × 5 You are heading to have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S9.
- On the other hand, in the event that you choose » 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 S9?
We now move on to the second part of this guide, what is the procedure to change the size of the icons in the application list of its samsung galaxy s9? Unfortunately, there is only one technique to do it, it is the same as seen just above but by choosing Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way that we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but that requires a lot of manipulation, otherwise you can use a Launcher and in this context we advise you to read our next section. You can nevertheless, in the event that your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Samsung Galaxy S9.
How to use a Launcher to edit icon size on Samsung Galaxy S9?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S9 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 mobile phone's home screens completely differently. You will be able to use icon packs to give a different look 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 S9. We are now going to show you 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
- 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 S9, see our article.
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Samsung Galaxy S9, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S9.
