Home screen & apps6
fingers. To open more settings, tap .
• Shortcuts: Swipe up , touch and hold an app, then drag it to one of your home
screen pages. To see all your apps, swipe up .
• Apps: To remove an app from a home screen page, touch and hold the app, then
drag it to Remove. (The app isn’t removed from your phone, just the home
screen.)
To uninstall apps from your home screen, touch and hold the app, then drag it to
Uninstall. (You can’t uninstall some apps. See “Take care of your apps”.)
• Customization: For more about changing your home screen, see “Redecorate your
home screen”.
Help & more
Watch a tutorial. Read a how-to. Find out anything about your phone.
Find it: Swipe up > Device Help
Search
At the top of the home screen, tap the Google Search box for a text search or tap to
search by voice.
When you type, suggestions appear below the search field:
• To search for a suggestion, tap it.
• To search for text in the search field, tap on the keyboard.
Tip: To close the keyboard, tap .
Status & notifications
At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you about new messages or events. If
you don’t know what an icon means, swipe the status bar down for details.
Tip: Getting too many notifications? Touch and hold a notification to see which app is
sending them to you. Then you can turn them o.
Notifications screen. Swipe down from the top of the home screen down to view notifications.
Tip: To quickly change common settings, swipe the status bar down with two fingers.
For more, see “Quick settings”.
Icons at the top right of the screen tell you about phone status:
Status Icons
network strength do not disturb
/ Wi-Fi in range/connected alarm set
/ Bluetooth on/connected
Data Saver on
airplane mode
/ Portrait/Auto-rotate
/ battery charging/full
/ Location on/o
Note: Apps you download from Google Play™ might show other icons in the status bar
to alert you to specific events.
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