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Huawei: Change Themes and App Icons

If your Huawei home screen still looks the same after picking a new wallpaper, you are probably in the wrong menu. Icon shapes, lock screen style and color accents on Huawei phones are controlled together by one dedicated theme setting, not by the wallpaper picker alone. This guide points you to the exact screen where you apply or customize a full theme.

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VersionAndroid 10 · EMUI

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Change Themes auf Huawei

Huawei phones running EMUI store home screen appearance in one dedicated app instead of spreading the options across separate wallpaper, icon and lock screen menus. This is why a preinstalled theme changes fonts, icon shapes and lock screen art all at once, and why picking a wallpaper from the gallery alone leaves your icons untouched. If your icons still look default after a wallpaper change, you are working in the wrong menu.

To reach the correct screen, open SettingsHome screen & wallpaperThemes and follow the steps shown on the display. From there you can apply a full preinstalled theme, or open individual categories to swap only the icon pack, lock screen or font while keeping your current wallpaper.

Downloaded or custom themes appear in the same menu once installed, so this is also where you remove a theme that changed more than expected. Switching back to the original look works the same way: reopen the menu and select the default theme.

Use this menu instead of a third-party launcher if you want changes that survive a system update. Icon packs applied through separate apps can reset after larger updates, while themes applied here stay tied to your Huawei account and return after a restore.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Open SettingsHome screen & wallpaperThemes, pick a theme, then apply only the icon category instead of the full theme.