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The best ways to customise your iPhone

Personalise your Home Screen, make Control Centre your own and find focus fast.

iOS 18 brings you more ways than ever to customise your iPhone. Here’s how to make the most of the new and existing features.

Give your Home Screen a unique look with tinted icons that complement your wallpaper – and arrange them right where you want to let your wallpaper shine through.

Try a new look for app icons and widgets

Give app icons and widgets a light or dark look – or even a monochromatic tint – and tie that to a specific Focus filter or wallpaper. You can also make app icons larger (and remove the app name below) for a bold, minimalist look.

Personalise your Home Screen

Now you can arrange apps and widgets in any open space on the Home Screen. Place your Notes app right above the Dock for easy access, or keep faces in your wallpaper clear of icons.

Add more controls, including new options from your favourite apps, from the Controls gallery.

Take control of your controls

Swap out the controls at the bottom of your Lock Screen for super-quick access to the actions you need most – whether taking a note when an idea strikes, starting a meditation or capturing the moment for social media. In the redesigned Control Centre, you can now resize icons, group them as you like and customise the layout.

Use widgets on your Home Screen to turn on your living room lights or check off a task as done.

Take action with just a tap

Get more done with interactive widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen and in StandBy. Mark a task as complete, play or pause a song or podcast, or access your Home controls.

StandBy can display images from your Favourites album as well as the People, Pets and Cities categories in iCloud Photos.

See key info from a distance with StandBy

With StandBy, get glanceable information when your iPhone is on its side and charging. View widgets, photos and even Live Activities from apps while saving battery life.

Add Lock Screen widgets to see important information and interact with it – all without having to unlock your iPhone.

Customise your Lock Screen

Add Lock Screen widgets to see information from your favourite apps at a glance. Plus, play with fonts, wallpapers and photos to build the perfect personalised layout.

Reduce distraction and set boundaries by creating a customised Focus for different activities.

Find your focus

Reduce distractions by customising your Focus filters, such as Work, Personal, Sleep or your own custom Focus. Link a Focus to your Lock Screen or Home Screen to see only the apps and widgets relevant to that task while you’re concentrating.