How to Reset Home Screen Layout on Android and iPhone

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This article shows you how to Reset Home Screen Layout on Android and iPhone to its original settings and how to remove or reset app icons, widgets, and other parts of the home screen. The steps may be a little different based on the Launcher and Android OS you have installed, but they should be about the same no matter what.

It is where your app and game icons go to spend the rest of their unhappy lives. You have so many pages and buttons that you hurt both of your thumbs trying to get rid of them one by one, so you’ve given up.

Well, it’s time to stop giving up, because in one minute we’ll take you to a secret place called the Fountain of Sanity. The option to reset the layout of the Home screen has been around for a long time, but it’s easy to miss because it’s below the reset choices that are used more often.

How to Reset Home Screen Layout on Android

If you’ve tried out different Android apps to change the layout of your home screen, it’s likely that your screen looks very different now than it did before. There is a different menu on every Android phone.

Before you can do a factory restart and get your home screen back to the way it was when you first got it, you need to find out what the default launcher is called and then clear its data. Follow the steps below to find out what your phone’s main app is called.

1. Open the Settings app on your Android.
2. Scroll down and select Apps.
3. Follow the path Default apps > Home app. The default launcher of your Android phone will be selected.

Follow the steps below to clear launcher info and get your Android theme back to how it was before.

1. Open Settings on your smartphone.
2. Select Apps.
3. Search for the default launcher in the list of apps. Then select it.
4. Select Storage usage (or Storage & cache).
5. Select Clear data (Clear storage) to reset the home screen layout.

If your phone has a lower version of Android than 10, the method above might not work. If that’s the case with your Android device, you can clear the Google app’s info to reset the home screen layout. Here’s what you need to do:

1. On your Android phone, follow the path Settings > Apps > Google.
2. Open Storage > Manage space.
3. Select the option to Clear launcher data.

How to Reset Home Screen Layout on iPhone

1. Go to the Settings app and tap “General”.
2. Scroll down to the bottom and tap “Transfer or Reset iPhone”.
3. Tap the “Reset” option at the bottom of the screen.
4. Select the “Reset Home Screen Layout” option from the list.
5. Tap on “Reset Home Screen” to confirm your selection.

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