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Organize apps and shortcuts

Move an app or a shortcut to the favorites tray

The favorites tray appears at the bottom of each home screen, giving you easy access to your favorite apps or shortcuts. You can add up to four apps or shortcuts to the favorites tray.
  1. If the favorites tray is full, touch and hold one of the apps or shortcuts in the tray. Drag it to a spot on the home screen.
  2. Touch and hold the app or shortcut that you want to move, and then drag it to the favorites tray.

Move apps and shortcuts into folders

  1. On the home screen, touch and hold an app or a shortcut.
  2. Drag the app or shortcut on top of another app or shortcut that you want to include in the same folder.
  3. To name the folder, tap the folder. Tap
    New folder
    , and then enter a name.

Hide an app

  1. On the home screen, touch and hold an empty area on the screen, and then tap The settings icon.
  2. Tap
    App appearance
    .
  3. Tap an app.
  4. Turn on the
    Hide app
     switch.
  5. Tap
    Save
    .
To quickly hide an app from your home screen, touch and hold an app icon. Tap The edit icon and turn on the
Hide app
 switch.

Change the apps layout on the home screen

You can change the number of rows or columns of apps on the home screen. The default layout is 5 rows of apps, and 5 columns of apps.
  1. On the home screen, touch and hold an empty area on the screen, and then tap The settings icon.
  2. Tap
    Icon layout
    .
  3. Under
    Grid
    , select a number of columns and rows.
  4. Tap
    Save
    .

Change the icon size on your home screen

Changing the size of your icons may limit the number of rows and columns of icons you can have.
  1. On the home screen, touch and hold an empty area on the screen, and then tap The settings icon.
  2. Tap
    Icon layout
    .
  3. Adjust the
    Icon size
     slider.
  4. Tap
    Save
    .

Change an app name on the home screen

  1. On the home screen, touch and hold an empty area on the screen, and then tap The settings icon.
  2. Tap
    App appearance
    .
  3. Tap an app.
  4. Type a new app name.
  5. Tap
    Save
    .
To quickly rename an app from your home screen, touch and hold an app icon. Tap The edit icon. Type a new app name, and tap
Save
.