In the Settings app, tap Wallpaper. Tap Add New Wallpaper. Tap Photos, People, Photo Shuffle, or Live Photo to choose your own photo. You can also select a wallpaper from categories like Weather & Astronomy, Emoji, or Color. If you want, you can customize your wallpaper further. Then tap Add.

Press and hold on an app icon or widget until a pop-up menu appears. Tap on Edit Home Screen. 2. Customize your home screen. Start deleting and dragging around apps to position them however you want. If you want a particular app icon off this home screen, drag it off the screen.

Touch and hold the Home Screen background until the icons begin to jiggle. Tap Edit at the top of the screen, then choose Customize. Make the icons bigger: Tap Large. (In large size, the names of the apps disappear.) Choose a dark or light appearance for icons and widgets: Tap Dark or Light.

Stick around for an easy, step-by-step tutorial. 1. Tap on Settings. 2. Go to Wallpaper. 3. From here, you can customize your home screen by tapping on the far-right "Customize" button. 4.