Add a New Home Screen Page
Running out of room on your Huawei home screen because every page is packed with icons? EMUI has no dedicated 'add page' button in settings - a new page only appears once you drag an app icon far enough toward the screen edge. If you only see icons snap back to the same page instead of a fresh one appearing, the drag distance or drop zone is likely off.
Change Home Screen Layout
If your Huawei phone only shows a 4x6 icon grid, you might be running out of room for apps without extra scrolling. Huawei lets you switch to a denser 5x5 or 5x6 layout on many models, but the exact options depend on the phone you own. Some devices show fewer grid choices or hide the setting under a slightly different name.
Move a Widget on the Home Screen
When a widget lands in an awkward spot on your Huawei home screen, it can block app icons or throw off your layout. Many people assume they have to remove the widget and add it again to fix its position. The widget can actually be repositioned directly, without deleting it first.
Number Position in Number & Symbols Keyboard Layout
Switching to the number and symbol layout on a Huawei keyboard usually puts every digit in one row at the top, mixed in with punctuation. That works for quick typing, but it slows you down when you enter phone numbers, PINs or amounts often. SwiftKey Keyboard lets you swap that row for a numeric keypad instead, aligned to the left or right side of the screen.
Adjust Display Brightness
If your Huawei screen looks too dim outdoors or way too bright at night, the brightness slider is simply set for the wrong situation. Auto-brightness can fight against manual changes too, snapping the screen back to a level you did not pick. Getting this right matters because the display is one of the biggest battery drains on any phone.
Move the Default Home Screen Position
On a Huawei phone, the first home screen page is fixed as the default one, even after you add several more screens. If you want a different page, like the third one, to open first when you press the home button or add new app icons, you have to reposition that page manually instead of just rearranging widgets on it. This trips up a lot of people who build a five-screen layout and then wonder why apps keep landing on the wrong page.
Show or Hide Carrier Name on Display
If the carrier name of your SIM card keeps showing up next to the signal icon on your Huawei phone, that comes from a display option tied to your SIM setup. Some people want that label visible to tell dual-SIM slots apart at a glance, others find it clutters the status bar. Either way, the toggle sits in a display menu that is easy to miss.
Change the Wallpaper
If your Huawei phone still shows the wallpaper it came with, or the lock screen and home screen no longer match a picture you saved, the wallpaper settings are easy to miss inside the display menu. Many people only find the gallery picker or the preinstalled wallpaper collection by accident. Knowing where EMUI separates lock screen, home screen and combined wallpaper options saves a lot of tapping around.
Delete a Widget from the Home Screen
A Widget stuck on your Huawei home screen keeps eating battery or mobile data long after you stopped using the app behind it. Outdated content, a cluttered layout, or a Widget that refreshes constantly in the background are common reasons to get rid of it. Removing it does not delete the app itself, only the shortcut tile on your screen.
Change Themes
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.
Adjust Display Size
If icons, menus, and text look too small or too large on your Huawei phone, the display size setting is probably not matched to your eyes or your screen. Resizing screen elements can shift app shortcuts to a different spot on the home screen, which makes apps seem to have vanished. This is a scaling setting, not a broken app or missing icon.