Samsung Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode allows you to customize Galaxy S20 Home screen, access Galaxy S20 Home screen settings, use themes, apply wallpapers, add widgets to the home screen.
This Galaxy S20 how-to guide explains what Samsung Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode is, how to access this mode with two different gestures, and what you can do in the Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode to customize Galaxy S20 Home screen.
The Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode is identical on all three models of Galaxy S20. So this guide applies to Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra.
What is Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode?
The quickest way to customize the Galaxy S20 Home screen is to use the edit (customization ) mode.
Sometimes the home screen edit mode may be referred to the Home screen customization or settings page. But on Galaxy S20, Samsung added a dedicated Home screen settings page. In the Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode, there is a shortcut to this home screen settings page.
Besides, after Android 5.0 removed the Widgets tab in the Apps screen, the only way to manually add widgets to the Galaxy S20 Home screen is through the Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode.
You can imagine the Galaxy S20 home screen edit mode is a special page hiding behind the Home screen. You can quickly access it to customize the Galaxy S20 Home screen and change the home screen settings.
How to access Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode?
You can access the edit mode of Galaxy S20 Home screen with two different gestures, as illustrated in the screenshot below.
Gesture A: Tap and hold (long tap) on the blank area
You can tap and hold (aka long tap) any blank area (that is not occupied by the app icons, widgets, pinned files, picture frames …) on the Home screen.
The gap between any two app icons is also a blank area.
Gesture B: Pinch on the Home screen
You can pinch over the home screen to enter the edit mode.
How to customize Galaxy S20 Home screen in the edit mode?
The purpose of the Galaxy S20 Home screen edit mode is for you to quickly customize the Home screen. For example, you can quickly disable (hide) the Samsung Daily on the Galaxy S20 home screen, or customize the … Read the rest
