How to Lock & Unlock The Samsung Home Screen Layout (Android 13)

Have you or anyone else deleted or moved your icons from the home screen layout? Well, It’s not the world’s biggest problem, but it might be irritating when you need to find the app again and get your home screen icon back. A home screen layout is a place where you can place your most-used apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and others. So, in this guide, you will learn, how to lock and unlock the Samsung home screen layout on One UI 5.1 based on (Android 13).

Meanwhile, Samsung introduced Lock Home Screen Layout on Android Pie (One UI) and now it’s available on Android 13 as well. However, this is a handy feature for Samsung users, who would like to keep their favorite apps locked in the home screen because the home screen apps are easily accessible and there’s no need to find your favorite apps from the installed 30 or 40 apps.

Why Do You need to Lock the Home Screen Layout?

The home screen layout can be useful for those curious Samsung users who want to prevent the accidental deletion of apps. When the lock home screen layout is enabled, nobody can uninstall or remove it from the Home screen. Luckily, this feature is available on Galaxy devices like Samsung S23, S22, S10, Note 8, Note, and late devices running on Android 13.

Without further ado, you will learn how to lock the home screen layout. How to unlock the home screen layout and how to add Apps to the Home screen?

How to Lock Samsung Home Screen Layout (Android 13)

This feature isn’t enabled by default and you have to enable it manually. However, there are many ways to open the Home screen settings.

Method 1

• You can pinch in the home screen and then tap Settings.
• Enable Lock Home screen layout.

But we will walk you through the regular way. Here’s how:

Method 2

Step 1. Open the Settings app.

Step 2. Tap the Home screen.

Step 3. Here, you’ll see the Lock Home screen layout. tap the switch to enable it.

After following the steps mentioned above your Home screen layout will be locked and no one can delete or move the apps.

How to Unlock the Home Screen

• Open the Settings app
• Tap Home screen
• Here, you’ll see the Lock Home screen layout. tap the switch to disable it back.

Wrapping Up 

That’s it. This was complete about the Samsung home screen layout on One UI 3.1 based on Android 11. Here, you have learned how to lock and unlock the home screen layout and also how to add and remove apps from the home screen layout. Overall, it’s a good feature to have on Samsung Galaxy devices to protect against the accidental deletion of apps.

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