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Android: How to Add Home Screen

Android: How to Add Home Screen

By Mitch Bartlett 11 Comments

Want extra home screens on your Android so that you can add more widgets and icons to your home screen? Learn how with these steps.

Android 5.1.1 through 8.0 (Oreo)

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Tap and hold an app icon on an existing home screen.
    • Tap and hold a widget on an existing home screen.
    • Select the apps slider, then tap and hold an app icon.
  2. Continue to hold the item and drag it to the right edge of the screen.
  3. A small tab should appear where you can drag the item to a newly created home screen.

Android 5.1

  1. Tap and hold blank area on the home screen.
  2. Swipe over to the right as far as you can swipe.
  3. Tap the screen with a plus (+), and a new home screen is added.

FAQ

How many home screens can you create?

Basic Android allows up to 8 screens. Some manufacturers may use a different launcher that allows more.

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Filed Under: Android Tagged With: Oreo

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Comments

  1. Ashabi says

    February 18, 2020 at 4:03 am

    Pls the icons on my phone suddenly disappeared I have tried restarting it but it is still not showing how did I go about it the name of my device is infinix hot 8

  2. Ashabi says

    February 18, 2020 at 4:02 am

    Pls the icons on my phone suddenly disappeared I have tried restarting it but it is still not showing how did I go about it the name of my device is infinix hot 8

  3. Gerald Mitchell says

    January 25, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    My computer set up didn’t allow me to enter my android phone number into compatible devices. What do I do to get sharing through all of my different devices?

  4. Tim Brennan says

    February 13, 2019 at 9:35 am

    On my phone I have to use 2 fingers and pinch inward on the home screen to shrink it. There will be a screen with a plus sign. Just click that and you will have a new screen.

  5. Sue de Nym says

    December 30, 2018 at 4:49 pm

    Oreo won’t allow you to save a webpage to the homescreen any more. It has the option in the drop down list but it won’t work since the update.

  6. Hemicman says

    August 11, 2018 at 2:01 am

    Brilliant – just the answer I was looking for. Thanks!

  7. Aaron says

    November 7, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    I guess EMPTY isn’t an option

  8. Mitch Bartlett says

    November 7, 2017 at 7:50 pm

    These instructions work on Oreo.

  9. Aaron says

    November 7, 2017 at 11:20 am

    I want an empty pane so I can see the whole wallpaper image; how do I do that on Oreo?

  10. LCW says

    October 14, 2017 at 1:56 am

    On Xperia, prior to Android Oreo, panes can be added to the left of the start pane. With Oreo, Google feed is turned on by default. Need to turn this off to be able to add panes to the left of the start pane.

  11. Caramia says

    September 24, 2017 at 8:19 am

    Thank you! I got a new BLU xl phone and didn’t know how to add screens. Hold icon and slide right. Thank you!

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