iOS 15: How to Customize App Icons on iPhone

Tired of your app icons? On iOS 15, there are two ways to customize these to your liking and get a Home screen closer to your personal taste. One is free but leaves little to the imagination, while the second is very fast, but not free. Follow the guide !

When we compare iOS to Android, one argument keeps coming back: that of personalization. It is clear that Google’s operating system offers more possibilities in this regard, but it would be a mistake to say that iOS does not allow any freedom. Indeed, with iOS 15 in particular, several options allow users to customize their home screen to obtain a result that suits them particularly.

Among these, we find in particular the possibility of customizing its application icons. While some have now become almost inseparable from the design of the iPhone, it is possible that from time to time you want to change. There are two methods for this, one free and the other paid. The second, on the other hand, is more efficient. We will explain everything to you.

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How to customize iOS 15 icons with an app

The App Store is full of apps that offer icon packs to their users. Themes, Next Icon, iCons, there’s no shortage of choices for anyone hungry for customization. These generally offer sets of several dozen icons grouping together the most popular applications, such as social networks or streaming platforms. Here’s how to use them:

• Open theApp Store
• Download icon packs app of your choice
• Open the app and download a pack
• Then go to Settings> Downloaded profile
• Select the profile you just downloaded and click on To install
• Type your pin code
• Start the profile installation

You are then left with a whole new home screen, showing the icons you selected. This method is formidable, because it can change the interface of your entire iPhone, in addition to offering a wide choice of different designs. However, you will not be able to change the icon of a single application. For this, we will have to go through the second method.

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How to customize iOS 15 icons with shortcuts

If the thought of downloading a third-party app turns you off, good news: It doesn’t have to be that way at all to achieve your goals. Indeed, iOS already includes an application dedicated to this purpose – and many others – called Shortcuts. The power of this little utility is quite impressive, but today we will just talk about the subject that interests us. Thanks to the latter, you can indeed select the image of your choice to replace the icon of your applications. Here’s the procedure to follow :

• Open Shortcuts
• Click on the + sign
• Select Add action
• In the section Scripts, click on Open the app
• Clicking on app, select the application whose icon you want to change
• Click on the blue icon at the top right of your screen, then on On the home screen
• Choose the image that will replace your application icon
• Press on To end

All you have to do is repeat this operation for each of the desired applications. If the process may seem tedious, it has the merit of letting you fully control the icons that will appear on your screen. While evil tongues keep repeating that Apple imposes its design choices through its devices, this is a nice snub.