How to customize your iPhone lock screen
The iPhone lock screen is not just the place you check the time or your notifications – this is a completely personalized space where you can express your personality, emphasize your favorite photos, and even stay on top of your day with useful gadgets. With iOS 18Apple provided users even more control by leaving you to customize your home screen and set up locked screen controls ..
Whether you want something functional, minimal, photo-tezh or playful, we will translate you exactly how to make your locked screen-a change of fonts and adding gadgets to switch between screens throughout the day.
How to create a personalized locked screen
To start customizing, you will first need to create a new lock screen or change the existing one.
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Awake your iPhone, then tap and hold anywhere on the conclusion screen until you feel buzz and see the wallpaper editor.
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You will see a carousel from the locks you created. Tap “+” (Add a new one) Button to start fresh or to spend your finger to exist and touch CustomizeS
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A gallery of wallpaper options will appear. Choose from:
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Photos (Select one of your library)
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People (iOS intelligently finds portraits)
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Shuffle (Select multiple images that change)
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Emoji., Timeor Astronomy
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Suggested topics such as flower gradients or live photos
Once you have chosen your background, you can immerse yourself in the fun part: Personalize fonts, colors, gadgets and more.
Photos and people
You can set a favorite picture like your wallpaper and adjust its color or vintage to make sure you have the best look at your loved ones. Note that these steps will only allow you to select one photo – if you want a rotating selection of backgrounds, skip the shuffle section of the photos below.
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Tap Photos To display a list of photos and collections. You can search for specific images or filter from everyone presented, live photo, people, pets, nature and cities.
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Once you have selected a photo, then you have more options. You can Pressing Image, change and customize the filters (naturally, black -white, duotons and colored washing)
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You also have the opportunity to Add gadgets and remove the flashlight and/or camera.
You can also set a photo as your wallpaper directly from the Photos app by tapping Share an iconand then choosing a “Use as wallpaper. “
Shuffle
With Photo Shuffle, you can choose a few photos that change depending on the frequency you choose.
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Choose the types of photos you want to include, such as people, pets, nature and cities, or choose an album.
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Tap Stirring Option and choose between on Tap, lock, hourly or daily.
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Choose if you want to ”Use presented photos“Or”Select photos manually.“
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It would be worth going through the photos you choose separately to make sure they are properly trimmed (eg if you have a mix of landscape and portrait images).
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You also have the opportunity to Add gadgets and remove the flashlight and/or camera.
Emoji and color
If you do not want to use a photo, you can instead choose emoji or color.
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Select Emoji And choose up to six emoji. As an alternative, if you want one color you can choose Color Option.
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Choose between dynamic, network, large, radial and spiral to customize how Emoji background will appear.
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Once you choose emoji or multiple, you can change the background color.
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You also have the opportunity to Add gadgets and remove the flashlight and/or camera.
How to change the style of the clock
The default iPhone clock does the job, but it doesn’t have to be boring. In iOS you can customize the font, weight and color of the clock to match your aesthetics. This small change can have a big impact on the overall vibration of your lock screen.
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In the lock editor, tap the time. You can do this before or after you have customized your lock screen with photos, time, etc.
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Choose from a selection of font styles. Slide the slider to increase the weight of the font and tap the available fonts to see how they look.
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Use the color choices or spend your finger through pre -settings to find something that fits.
How to add gadgets to your locked screen
The gadgets are the change of the performance game on the lock screen. Whether you want to see your calendar, the weather forecast, activity rings or even battery levels at a glance, gadgets can make your locked screen and practically. The gadgets are compact, but you can fit to four small or a mixture of two medium and one small screen, depending on the layout.
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While editing the lock screen, touch the field under the time or select Add gadgets If the option appears (sometimes it can be difficult to see).
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Choose from the Apple gadget library or supported third -party applications.
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Drag and drop gadgets in the space where you would like to live.
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You can also touch the date above the time to change or remove the default widget.
How to customize controls at the bottom of the lock screen
In the iOS 18 Apple allows you to customize the quick access buttons at the bottom of the lock screen – those that are usually reserved for the flashlight and camera. You can set different controls for different locking screens and also tie them to specific focus modes.
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Tap and hold the lock screen, then tap CustomizeS
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Tap one of the lower controls to select it.
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Tap Remove the icon (-)Then tap Add Option (+) To open the Controls gallery.
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You will see a gallery of available tool buttons such as a calculator, translation, Shazam, notes and more.
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Select the one you want, then tap ReadyS
How to Connect Focus Mode to Your Locked Screen
One of the smartest functions in iOS is the ability to connect different lock screens to focus modes. This means that you can have a minimalist screen for work, bright for weekends and ready -to -sleep winding design. If you do not see focus options when you edit your conclusions screen, go to Settings then Focus first set a new one.
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Tap and hold the lock screen, then tap FocusS
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Select Focus Mode (eg, work, sleep, don’t disturb).
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This locked screen will now appear automatically when this focus is active.
How to switch between locking screens
Once you have created several locks for locking, you can change between them on the go. If you are focus on any of them, switching the lock screens will also switch the focus automatically.
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Tap and hold the lock screen.
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Drag left or right to go through your reserved designs.
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Tap the one you want to use.
How to Delete Locked Screen
If you want to delete a locked screen you don’t want or need, you can make it very easy.
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Tap and hold the lock screen until a carousel appears.
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Drag to the screen you want to delete.
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Drag up to the locked screen.
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Tap the garbage icon, then confirm with “Delete this wallpaper ”S
Don’t worry – this will not delete photos from your library. It simply removes the layout.
If you are looking for more iPhone customization tips, you can also enjoy our guide How to make the most of the iPhone action buttonS
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