The personalization of a Samsung Galaxy A40s never stops, and that's good, indeed, using all the customization possibilities that are offered, you can have a unique phone and your image. This is among other things one of the big advantages over Apple which remains intuitive nevertheless, which gives very little leeway to its users.

Today we are just going to learn how to change the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s? In this context, first, we will see how to add a new page to your home screen, then, how to add or remove app shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s and, finally, how to use Widgets.

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How to add a page to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s?

So we start our tutorial on personalization of the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy A40s with the addition of a page. You may have already noticed, it is possible to have several pages on the home of your phone in which you can navigate by sliding your screen to one side or the other. These pages are really interesting in the sense that they will allow you to organize and sort the different information that you want to appear on your screen. Using the home screen on Android can make life easier, avoid wasting time, and, with one click, open your favorite app. You will be able to position your social networks and the time on a first page only, on a second, all your games, on a third a calendar widget to keep an eye on your next meetings. Creating a new homepage on a Samsung Galaxy A40s is actually very easy :

  • Unlock your Samsung Galaxy A40s
  • Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers like you want to zoom out
  • You will see the various accessible home screen pages displayed
  • You can now using the small "+" Add a new page
  • If you want delete a page from the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s you will need to click on the trash can logo

How to organize the application icons on the home screen of its Samsung Galaxy A40s?

We now go to the application icon part. This is the home screen personalization feature on Samsung Galaxy A40s that people use the most. Indeed, we spend on average more than 2 hours a day in front of our screen and we mainly use this time only on 2 or 3 applications like Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. It is therefore essential to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. If you want add the time to your Samsung Galaxy A40s home screen, you can read our article.

How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy A40s

  • Unlock your Samsung Galaxy A40s
  • Go to the application list of your Samsung Galaxy A40s by swiping the screen upwards
  • Identify the app you want to add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s
  • Hold your finger on the latter's icon and click » Add to Home Screen ", This term may vary depending on the Android version installed on your device

How to move app shortcuts to the Home screen

Once you have added all the applications you want on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s, it will now be time to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The procedure is particularly easy and you have already done the hard part:

  • Leave the icon of the app you want to move
  • Drag it to the location on the screen where you want to position it in the event that you do not want to change the page
  • Otherwise, drag and hold it towards the side slice of the screen (as far to the left or to the right as possible depending on the location of the page on which you want to drop it) and wait to change the page until you reach the one where you want to position it

How to add Widgets on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s?

Last possibility, and not the least, you will be able to modify the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which can display the data of a specific application, such as the calendar, your emails, the time, the date ... They are very practical for information that you want to consult frequently without having to open the relevant app. Follow the technique below to display the list of Widgets available on your Samsung Galaxy A40s and add them to your Home screens:

  • Unlock the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A40s
  • Two possibilities, either you pinch the screen as if you wanted to zoom out, either you leave pressed in an empty place where you want to add a Widgets
  • Now click on » Widgets  »And you will see the list of available Widgets appear, you will have a preview of their rendering, select the one you want and move it like any application shortcut
  • You should know despite everything that they are more or less big, and that depending on the application it is sometimes possible to choose among different formats to match your needs.

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy A40s, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A40s.