iPhone: How to Customize Home Screen Widgets on iOS

Having the possibility of organizing the home screen of our smartphones with applications and widgets is great, because this way we can personalize the device according to our daily needs.

The process for this is usually simple on Apple cell phones, and even with the new features and features that updates show each year, the iPhone continues to offer this possibility in an easy and practical way, allowing the user to keep everything they need at hand. uses.

If you need to know how to customize the widgets on your iPhone's home screen, check out the step-by-step instructions below to make the procedure easier.

Widgets provide a way to quickly view current information: today's news, weather, reminders, battery levels, and more. You can view widgets in Today View and add them to your Home Screen or Lock Screen to keep this information close at hand.

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Add a widget to the Home Screen

Edit a widget on the Home Screen

You can customize most widgets directly from the Home Screen so that they show the information you want to see.

1. Go to the Home Screen.
2. Long-press a widget to open the quick actions menu.
3. Tap Edit Widget (or Edit Set in the case of a Smart Set) and choose options. In a Smart Set, you can turn off or on Smart Rotation or Widget Suggestions (below the widget), drag widgets within the set to reorder them, drag a widget from the Smart Set to the Home Screen, or tap in the top left corner of a widget to remove it. When you turn on “Widget Suggestions,” widgets from apps you already use automatically appear in the Smart Set at the right time, based on your previous activity. One option allows you to add the widget to the set so it's always there when you need it.
4. Tap Done.

Remove a widget from the Home Screen

1. Go to the Home Screen.
2. Long-press a widget to open the quick actions menu.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
   • Remove a widget: Tap Remove Widget.
   • Remove a Smart Set: Tap Remove Set.

To view widgets in Today View, swipe right from the left edge of the Home Screen and scroll up and down.

View widgets in Today View and Search while iPhone is locked

1. Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode (on an iPhone with Face ID) or Touch ID & Passcode (on other iPhone models).
2. Enter your code.
3. Turn on “Today View and Search” (below “Allow Access When Blocked”).

1. Tap and hold the Lock screen until the Personalize button appears, then tap Personalize.
2. Select the Lock screen.
3. Tap Add Widgets.
4. Tap or drag the widgets you want to add to the Lock screen.
5. When finished, tap the Close button and tap OK.
6. If there isn't enough space for a new widget, you can tap the Remove button to remove a widget and make room for the content you want to add.