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Realme: Change the Home Screen Wallpaper

If your Realme phone keeps showing the same default background or a live wallpaper you never picked, the Wallpapers menu inside Personalizations is where that setting lives. Static images, animated live wallpapers, and your own gallery photos all sit in one place, but picking the wrong option can leave a live wallpaper running in the background and draining battery. Knowing which category to pick first saves you from applying the wrong wallpaper twice.

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VersionAndroid 11 · Realme UI 2

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Set Home Screen Wallpaper auf Realme

The home screen wallpaper on a Realme phone is managed centrally in the Personalizations menu, separate from the lock screen wallpaper setting. This matters because applying a wallpaper without choosing the right target can change both screens at once, or none at all if you skip the final confirmation step.

Live wallpapers behave differently from static images. They keep running as an animated layer even when the home screen is idle, which can increase battery use on older Realme UI builds. If you only want a still picture, choosing a photo from the gallery instead of a live wallpaper avoids this.

To change it: Tap on SettingsTap on PersonalizationsTap on WallpapersChoose Static/Live wallpapersor tap on PhotosChoose a PhotoTap on ApplyTap on Home screen.

The last tap on Home screen is the step people miss most often. Skipping it can apply the wallpaper to the lock screen only, or trigger a prompt asking which screen should receive the change.

If your photo looks stretched or cropped oddly after applying, the source image resolution is usually too low or has a different aspect ratio than your display. Picking a higher-resolution photo from the gallery usually fixes the crop.

Frequently asked questions

This happens when the source photo has a different aspect ratio than your screen. Pick a photo with a resolution close to your display size, or use one of the pre-installed Static wallpapers, which are already sized correctly.