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Wallpaper

Change the wallpaper on iPhone

On iPhone, you can change the wallpaper on the Lock Screen and the Home Screen. You can set your wallpaper in Settings or through the wallpaper gallery from your Lock Screen.

Change the wallpaper

  • Navigate to Settings > Wallpaper, then click on Add New Wallpaper.

    Then the wallpaper gallery will appear.

  • Do one of the following:

    • Tap a button at the top of the wallpaper gallery—for example, Photos, People, Photo Shuffle, Emoji, or Weather—to design your wallpaper with a photo, an emoji pattern, a picture of your local weather, and more.

    • Tap a wallpaper option in one of the categories—for example, Featured, Suggested Photos, or Photo Shuffle.

  • To customize a photo on your wallpaper Add a Photo to your lock screen.

  • Tap Add, then do one of the following:

    • Choose whether to use the wallpaper on both the Lock Screen and Home Screen

    • Tap Set as Wallpaper Pair.

    • Make further changes to the Home Screen

    • Tap Customize Home Screen. Tap a color to change the wallpaper color, tap the Image Icon to use a custom photo, or select Blur to blur the wallpaper so the apps stand out.

Dark Appearance Dims Wallpaper

By enabling the “Dark Appearance Dims Wallpaper” option you can have the iPhone dim your wallpaper in dark mode based on the amount of ambient light around you.

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