In the event that you feel that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you need to increase the size of the icons or shrink them to see more, you will be happy to learn that it is possible thanks to the features integrated into the latest versions of Android to do it on your Xiaomi Poco M5. Today we are going to show you how to change the size of the icons on your Xiaomi Poco M5? As a result, you will be able to define the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen optimally.

For that, first of all, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to make all the changes you want to the size of the application icons on your Xiaomi Poco M5.

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How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Xiaomi Poco M5?

We start by consequently our little guide by revealing you the manipulation 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 tip for the customization options of the home screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5:

  • Unlock your smartphone screen
  • On the home screen, do a long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with 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 will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5.
  • 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 list of applications of a Xiaomi Poco M5?

We now move on to the second part of this article, what is the method to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of your Xiaomi Poco M5? Unfortunately, there is only one way to do this, 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 is going to have a different organization and content, but that means a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and to do this 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 Xiaomi Poco M5.

How to use a Launcher to change icon size on Xiaomi Poco M5?

Another technique for changing the size of the icons on your Xiaomi Poco M5 will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic launcher of Android and will therefore give the possibility of organizing the home screens of your smartphone completely differently. You can use icon packs to offer a different visual that suits you better, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and by in the locations of the grid… And, of course, the functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your Xiaomi Poco M5. 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 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 Xiaomi Poco M5, see our article.

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