Apps: How to View, Open, and Switch

All of the apps on your phone, including any apps that you downloaded and installed from Play Store or other sources, are grouped together on the Apps screen, which you access from your Home screen. If you have more apps than can fit on the Apps screen, you can slide the screen left or right to view more.

Home screen

  1. Tap the Apps icon to open the Apps screen.

Apps screen

  1. Slide the screen left or right to bring more icons into view.

  2. Tap an app icon to open the app.

  3. Tap these to select Apps, Widgets, Search, or Edit.

  1. Opening and Closing the Apps screen
  2. Customizing the Apps screen
  3. Apps screen options
  4. Rearranging the Apps screen icons
  5. Checking app information
  6. Opening and Switching Apps
  7. Adding items to the Home screen
  8. Customizing an app icon on your Home screen
  9. Changing an icon into a widget
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