Remove a Widget from the Home Screen
A Samsung home screen crowded with widgets makes it hard to find the icons you actually use, and resizing or dragging them around rarely fixes the clutter. Removing a widget only clears it from the screen, the app behind it stays installed and unaffected. This applies to any placement, whether the widget was added manually or came preloaded on the device.
Set Default Home Screen Launcher
Installing a new launcher from the Play Store does not always make it the active home screen on a Samsung phone. The device keeps falling back to its built-in interface every time you tap the Home button. This happens because the system default app for Home is still locked to the original launcher, not the one you just installed.
Rename a Folder on the Home Screen
New folders on the Samsung Home screen show up as a stack of app icons with no label underneath. That makes it hard to tell folders apart once you have more than two or three, especially if they hold apps from different categories.
Add a New Home Screen Page
Running out of room for icons and widgets on your Samsung home screen? New pages usually appear automatically once an existing page fills up, but that does not always happen. If Samsung One UI stops creating pages on its own, you need to add one manually to keep organizing apps and widgets.
Set a Custom Image on Always On Display
If your Always On Display only cycles through the built-in clock styles, your device is still set to a standard face instead of the photo layout. The picture option sits inside the Clock style menu, not in the wallpaper settings where most people look for it. Once picked, the image appears above your FaceWidgets instead of a digital or analog clock.
Resize a Widget
If a widget on your Samsung home screen looks cramped or the text is too small to read, you can usually adjust its size without deleting and re-adding it. Not every widget supports resizing, and how much space it can take up depends on the current grid layout of your home screen. Get the size wrong and content either gets cut off or the widget snaps back to its original shape.
Remove a Theme
Unused designs from the Galaxy Store keep taking up storage even when you never open them again. Some themes only need a few MB, but several installed at once add up fast on devices with limited space. Removing the ones you no longer use frees up memory without losing access to them for good.
Double Tap to Wake Screen On/Off
If a double tap on the screen does nothing on your Samsung phone, the 'Double tap to turn on/off screen' gesture is probably switched off in Motions and gestures. Some users also find the opposite problem: the screen lights up on its own every time the phone gets tapped in a pocket or bag, which drains the battery faster. Both issues come from the same setting under Advanced features.
Add Bookmark Shortcut to Home Screen
If you open the same website every day, digging through saved bookmarks in Samsung Internet gets old fast. Pinning that page to your home screen turns it into a tappable icon, right next to your apps, that you can move or drop into a folder like any other shortcut.
Switch Navigation Bar Between Buttons and Gestures
If your Samsung phone shows three buttons at the bottom instead of a slim gesture bar - or the other way round - you can switch the layout yourself. Some people find the thin gesture bar too easy to trigger by accident, while others miss the dedicated Back button once gestures are active. The right setup depends on how confidently you swipe versus tap.
Turn Screen Rotation On or Off
If your Samsung screen stays locked in portrait mode even when you turn the device sideways, the Auto rotate function is switched off. The opposite problem also happens: the display keeps flipping between portrait and landscape when you just want it to stay put. Both behaviors come down to a single quick setting that controls whether the screen follows the physical orientation of the phone.
Keep Symbol Panel Open: Turn On or Off
When typing on the Samsung keyboard, a magnified preview of the character you tapped pops up over the key, no matter if alternate characters are active. If this popup gets in the way of fast typing, the 'Keep symbol panel open' option is the setting causing it.
Customize Secure Folder Name and Icon
If your Secure Folder still carries its default label and icon, anyone glancing at your app list can spot exactly what it hides. Samsung lets you rename it and swap the icon for something less obvious, but the icon options are limited to presets and the initial letter of your chosen name. You cannot upload a custom image as the icon.
Turn Game Launcher On or Off
If your installed games sit scattered across the home screen and app drawer instead of being grouped in one place, Game Launcher is probably switched off. Turning it on also starts tracking your play time and unlocks Game Booster tools for blocking notifications while you play. Some people switch it back off when the extra overlay or usage tracking gets in the way during normal app use.
Remove a Folder from the Home Screen
A folder full of apps keeps taking up space on your home screen even after you have moved the apps out of it. On Samsung phones, folders behave like ordinary app icons, which confuses users looking for a delete option in a settings menu.
Remove Google Search Bar from Home Screen
If the Google search bar keeps taking up space on your Samsung home screen even though you never use it, it is because the widget is preinstalled and pinned by default. It sits there for quick searches or Google Assistant access, but many people just want a cleaner layout with fewer widgets in the way.
Adjust Screen Timeout
If your Samsung display keeps dimming or locking while you are still reading, the screen timeout is set too short for your habits. On most Samsung phones the display switches off after 30 seconds by default, which feels rushed when scrolling through long articles or recipes. The right timeout value depends on how you use your phone and how much battery life you want to keep in reserve.
Turn Always On Display On or Off
On some Samsung phones the lock screen stays completely dark until you press the power button, even though you want the clock or notifications visible at a glance. On others, the screen glows constantly and you are trying to figure out why it never turns fully black. Both situations trace back to a single lock screen setting that controls whether the display stays partially lit.
Restore Default Theme
After trying a downloaded theme, a Samsung phone can end up looking nothing like the original layout. Icons, wallpaper, and app drawer colors from the custom theme often stay active even after you delete the theme file. Getting back the stock look needs a separate reset inside the Themes app rather than a simple uninstall.
Keep Screen On While Viewing: Turn On or Off
If your Samsung display refuses to dim or lock even though you are not touching it, the front camera is probably detecting your face and keeping the screen awake. This happens through a gesture feature called Keep screen on while viewing, which reads your gaze to stop the display from timing out. It can look like a battery drain issue if you never switched it on knowingly.
Change Folder Color on Home Screen
App folders on Samsung phones default to plain white or gray, which makes it hard to tell them apart at a glance. If you want folders to match your wallpaper or stand out visually, the color has to be changed manually per folder. You can also adjust how see-through the color appears.
Set Up Secure Folder
Storing sensitive apps, photos, or documents in the regular gallery or app drawer means anyone who picks up your phone can open them. Secure Folder creates an encrypted, password-locked space that keeps selected apps and files separate from the rest of your device. Many Samsung owners never turn it on because the option sits buried inside the security settings and stays invisible until activated.
Show or Hide Secure Folder Icon on Home Screen
If the Secure Folder icon vanished from your Home screen or Apps screen, you probably switched off a display toggle rather than deleted anything. While the icon is hidden, you cannot tap it open, and the only way back is through the folder's own settings. You will need your Secure Folder password, PIN, or pattern to get there.
Change Home Screen Grid Size
If icons on your Samsung home screen look too large or too small, or too few apps fit per row, the Home screen grid setting is likely still on its default layout. Switching between 4x5, 4x6, 5x5, and 5x6 changes how many app shortcuts appear per screen and how big each icon renders. This also affects spacing on the app screen, not just the home screen.