If you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, that you want to increase the size of the icons or shrink them to see more, you should know that it is possible with the help from the features implemented on the latest versions of Android to do it on your Samsung W20. We will precisely, in this guide, explain to you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung W20? Therefore, you will be able to define the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen optimally.
For this, first of all, we will see how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung W20 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to accomplish any modifications you wish to the size of the application icons of your Samsung W20.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung W20?
So we start our little tutorial by presenting you the technique for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore reveal the only way that we have found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung W20:
- 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 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 choose" 4 × 5 You are heading to have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Samsung W20.
- 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 W20?
We will now move on to the second part of this tutorial, what is the solution to change the size of the icons in the application list of its Samsung W20? 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 options for doing this, the only possible way that we have found is to use of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which is going to have a different organization and content, but that means a lot of manipulation, otherwise you can use a Launcher and in this context we recommend that you read our next section. You can nevertheless, in the event that your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Samsung W20.
How to use a Launcher to change icon size on Samsung W20?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Samsung W20 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 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 functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons on your Samsung W20. We will therefore explain the technique 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 W20, see our article.
If you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung W20, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Samsung W20.
