How to customize your iPhone’s app icons
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How to customize your iPhone's app icons
Have you ever wanted to make your iPhone your own, with your individualized style and flair? Sure, you can change your home screen wallpaper. But if you really want to personalize your phone, why not create your own app icons?
It's doable, using Apple's built-in Shortcuts app. You actually won't be replacing the icons that the apps came with - rather, you'll be creating separate Shortcuts that lead to the app. It's a tedious and time-consuming process, but in the end, you can have a fully customized iPhone home screen.
Here's how you do it:
First, find and tap on the Shortcuts app. It's pre-installed; if you can't see it immediately on your home screen, swipe left until you're at the App Library and start typing "Shortcuts" into the top search bar.
Once you're in the app, tap on the "plus" sign in the upper-right corner, and then on "Add Action"
There are a lot of interesting things to try out in Shortcuts. But right now, what we want to do is switch app icons. Type "Open app" in the search bar and then tap on the "Open App" link.
Tap on the word "Choose." You'll see a list of your apps; pick the one you want to customize and you'll be taken back to the New Shortcut page.
Select the three dots in the upper-right corner. You're now in the Details page. Give your shortcut a name and tap "Add to Home Screen."
You'll now see a preview of the icon (which will be a standard, uninteresting icon that Shortcuts automatically adds). Don't worry, we're going to make it better. Select Add in the top-right corner.
Now it's time to find your substitute icon. There are a bunch of icon sources online (Flaticon, for example), or if you're artistic and / or ambitious, you can create your own. Whether you use someo