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Sarah Chaney

How to customize your iPhone home screen in iOS 18

Close up of an iPhone in someone's hand with the Siri screen border activated in iOS 18.

On Monday, Apple officially launched iOS 18. Although Apple Intelligence is missing from the first iOS 18 release, there's another long-awaited feature that you can use day one: more home screen customization.

With the new home screen customization features in iOS 18, it's much easier to create a personalized look. You can remove app labels, change app icon colors or give them a darker background, and darken just your background — here's how to do it.

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