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How to manage Galaxy S9 Home screen panels on Galaxy S9 and S9+?

Add, delete, re-arrange Galaxy S9 home screen panels and assign a new home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen

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manage Galaxy S9 Home screen panels on Galaxy S9 and S9+Like other Android phones, Galaxy S9 and S9+ use some Galaxy S9 home screen panels to host apps, app shortcuts, app folders and widgets.

You can add, delete, move, and re-arrange Galaxy S9 home screen panels based on your needs. You can also assign one panel as the home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen.

This Galaxy S9 guide shows you how to work with and manage Galaxy S9 home screen panels.

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1) What are the Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?
2) How to assign a panel as the home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen?
2.1) Step 1: Enter Edit mode of Galaxy S9 Home screen
2.2) Step 2: Swipe to the desired panel
2.3) Step 3: Assign it as the home panel
3) How to add Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?
4) How to delete Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?
5) How to re-arrange Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?

What are the Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?

Galaxy S9 Home screen, by default, has at least two pages with Bixby Home (you may hide it) on the leftmost and a “home” page, which you access by tap the Home button.

These pages are usually referred to as Galaxy S9 Home screen panels.

As you may know, you can use more Galaxy S9 Home screen panels to accommodate more app icons, app folders, widgets, app shortcuts and file shortcuts on Galaxy S9 Home screen.

You can also show photos on Galaxy S9 home screen as explained in this guide.

Besides, if you hide apps screen on Galaxy S9 and S9+, more panes will be added automatically so that all apps are added to the Home screen.

How to assign a panel as the home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen?

Among Galaxy S9 Home screen panels, one and only one panel is always the “home” panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen. When you tap the home button once or twice, you will be directed to this specific panel.

For example, you open an app from one of the home screen panels.  If you tap the home button once, you will be brought back to the panel you started the app.

If you tap the home button again, the system should bring you back to the home panel.

By default, the panel next to Bixby Home is assigned as the home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen.

Of course, you can change the home panel and assign any of the Galaxy S9 home screen panels as the home panel.

To assign a new home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen, you may follow these steps.

Step 1: Enter Edit mode of Galaxy S9 Home screen

You can tap and hold (long tap) any blank area in Galaxy S9 Home screen to enter the edit mode for Galaxy S9 Home screen.

Step 2:  Swipe to the desired panel

In the edit mode, swipe right or left to the desired panel.

Step 3: Assign it as the home panel

Once in the desired panel, tap the Home panel icon on the top of the panel as shown below.

This would assign this panel as the home panel for Galaxy S9 home screen.

assign a panel as the home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen assign a panel as the home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen

Once a panel is assigned as the home panel, you can find three unique signs for this panel in the edit mode:

  1. The home panel icon is not greyed out anymore. In the default Galaxy S9 theme, it would be white as shown above.
  2. There is a white box around it as shown above.
  3. The screen indicator will be a small home icon, not a dot.

After you exit the edit mode (tap back or home button), if you tap the Home button once or twice, you should be in this home panel.

How to add Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?

You can add more Galaxy S9 home screen panels to accommodate more apps, widgets or app folders.

If you add apps automatically to the Galaxy S9 Home screen after installing apps, the phone can add more home screen panels automatically.

Also, if you hide Galaxy S9 Apps screen, more Galaxy S9 home screen panels will be added automatically.

To manually add new Galaxy S9 home screen panels, you need to navigate to the rightmost panel, which is an empty panel with a big + icon as shown in the screenshot below.

Tap the + icon to add a new panel to the Galaxy S9 home screen.

The new home screen panel is always appended to the rightmost panel. Galaxy S9 and S9+ allow empty (blank) panels. You can use this new Galaxy S9 Home screen panel as other panels.

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How to delete Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?

You can also delete any Galaxy S9 Home screen panels no matter whether they are empty or filled with apps, widgets or app folders.

To delete a Galaxy S9 home screen panel, tap the delete icon on the top right of the corresponding panel as shown above.

If the panel to be deleted is the home panel, the panel left to it will be assigned as the new home panel. But if the home panel is the leftmost one, then the new Home panel will be the one right to it.

All apps, widgets, app shortcuts and app folders on the deleted panel will be removed from the Galaxy S9 Home screen. But they are NOT uninstalled. Only the shortcuts on the home screen were removed.

If you hide the apps screen, then you can only delete any empty Galaxy S9 home screen panels. If the panel is not empty, you cannot delete it in this case.

How to re-arrange Galaxy S9 Home screen panels?

If you are not happy with the sequence of the Galaxy S9 Home screen panels, you can re-arrange them as you like.

To re-arrange a Galaxy S9 Home screen panel, in the edit mode for Galaxy S9 Home screen, you can tap and hold (long tap) the panel as shown below.

Without leaving your finger from the screen, you can drag the panel to the left or right as you want.

For example, as shown below, you can move the panel to the right.

 re-arrange Galaxy S9 Home screen panels  re-arrange Galaxy S9 Home screen panels

Once the panel reaches the desired spot, you can release your finger from the screen.  The panel will be moved to this new location.

Do you know how to add, delete, re-arrange Galaxy S9 home screen panels on Galaxy S9 and S9+? Can you assign a new home panel for Galaxy S9 Home screen now?

If you have any questions or encounter any problems to add, delete, re-arrange Galaxy S9 home screen panels on Galaxy S9 and S9+, or if you have any questions with the home panel in Galaxy S9 Home screen,  please let us know in the comment box below.

The community will help you find the answer.

For the user guide for new features of Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, please check Galaxy S9 new features guides page.

For using Galaxy S9 and S9+, please check Galaxy S9 how-to guides page.

For using Galaxy S9 camera, please check Galaxy S9 camera guides page.

For accessories for Galaxy S9 and S9+, please check Galaxy S9 accessories guides page.

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