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Table of Content

• Change the wallpaper on your iPhone
• iPad User Guide
• Set multiple photos as a rotating background
• How to Add Photos to Your iPhone Home Screen
• Customize your Home screen
• Get a photo onto your Windows PC using OneDrive

See how your data is managed... Find out what are widgets and how to add them to your smartphone or tablet. If you can't use Face ID to change your Lock Screen, touch and hold your Lock Screen until the Customize button appears.

Use Preview to open your photos and save them in one of the supported formats. See Save PDFs and images in Preview. The object here is to get your pictures into the ribbon so you can set which picture is displayed on each screen. For instance, if you have three screens, you want three images loaded into the thumbnail ribbon. Select the image or video you would like to set as the wallpaper. If you choose to set a video as your wallpaper, up to 15 seconds of the video will play as your background.

Change the wallpaper on your iPhone

This method is ideal for iPhone owners, as Microsoft and Apple do not provide a similar Your Phone app service. Learn how to use your Android device and get the most out of Google. Get step-by-step guides and instructional videos on how to set up your phone, customize your settings, and use apps. Open the Screen Saver Settings panel. In the list of screensavers, locate and select “Photos” (or “My Pictures Slideshow” if you have Windows XP). Click the “Settings” button.

Click “Browse”, then locate and select a folder containing the images you wish to be shown in the slideshow and click “OK”. This method could be easier, as setting different photos is essentially clear as mud. You’ll need to load images into a ribbon and then manually set the background for each screen. Otherwise, any single picture you choose displays across all screens.

iPad User Guide

To add or remove widgets — like Calendar, Clock, Weather, Fitness, or Reminders — tap on the boxes above or below the time. To select a wallpaper you already created, swipe left and right. To add a new wallpaper, tap the Add button . Want to change the wallpaper on your iPhone?

Your downloaded wallpapers will be saved in the "My wallpapers" folder. Tap "Wallpapers" at the bottom of the screen, then choose your favourite image. You will now be shown a preview of your wallpaper which you can adjust before saving. Pinch in and out to zoom or drag the image around to change its position. There are some memories that you want to relive and remember forever.

Set multiple photos as a rotating background

Widgetsmith lets you create and customize widgets based on templates. You can either use a single photo, or an album . Apple has a built-in Photos widget that shows random photos from your photo library. But if you have 20,000 photos in your iCloud Photos, this isn’t going to be that useful. It’s better to create a custom widget to only show a specific image or a couple of your favorite photos. If your photos aren’t shown, they might not be in the expected file format—JPEG, PICT, TIFF, PNG, or HEIC.

To speak your search, or to tell your phone to do something, say "OK Google." You can also tap Assistant. Learn about your Google Assistant. On your Home screen, touch and hold an empty space. At the bottom of your screen, you'll find a row of favorite apps. On some phones, you can have more than one Home screen. Swipe right or left to move between them.

To delete a downloaded picture, Control-click its thumbnail, then choose Remove Download. Before you start, be sure to put all photos into a new folder somewhere on your PC. Everything contained within that folder will be used as your wallpaper. The easiest way to set any image as your desktop wallpaper is to do the following. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the Apple Support Community Terms of Use.

Now, switch to the size of the widget that you created above , and tap the “Add Widget” button. Here, you can rename the widget if you want. Tap the “Save” button to save the name. Then select the “Save” button once more to save the widget.

Learn how to check your Android version. A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Samsung.com Services and marketing information, new product and service announcements as well as special offers, events and newsletters. Select Photo Shuffle from the top row of options. Lock Screen wallpaper customization is available in iOS 16 and later.

Now, select a widget that you want to edit. With iOS 14 and higher, you can add widgets right to the home screen. Home screen widgets are quite versatile, and you can see your reminders, calendar, and yes, even photos, right on your home screen. On iPad, choose an image or photo as wallpaper for the Lock Screen or Home Screen.

If the Customize button doesn’t appear, touch and hold the Lock Screen again, then enter your passcode. On the Lock Screen, touch and hold your Lock Screen to open your wallpaper gallery. Tap Photos, People, or Photo Shuffle to choose your own photo. You can also select a wallpaper from a category like Weather & Astronomy, Emoji, Collections, or Color.