How to Change Your iPhone's Wallpaper

  Matt Cone       March 11, 2021      Tutorials iPhone


Changing your iPhone’s wallpaper is one of the best and easiest ways to customize it. You can use photos, images you find on the internet, or the free wallpaper images that Apple provides. The best part is that you can use different images for the home screen and the lock screen. We’ll show you how to do it!

Finding Images to Use as Wallpaper

Before you do anything else, you should find the images that you want to use as wallpaper. If you’d like to use images on the internet, see our tutorial about downloading an image to your iPhone. Using a photo is even easier. Just take a picture with your iPhone - you’ll be able to select it in the next section.

A word of warning: Finding the perfect wallpaper for your home screen can be a challenge, in my experience. If you pick an image that’s too busy or bright, you’ll have trouble seeing app icons. But if you pick an image that’s too dull or subtle, it’ll look boring. Try a variety of images to find the perfect match!

Changing Your iPhone’s Wallpaper

Ready to change your iPhone’s wallpaper? Here’s how to do it:

  1. From the iPhone’s home screen, tap Settings.

  2. Tap Wallpaper.

    iPhone wallpaper settings

  3. Tap Choose a New Wallpaper.

    iPhone wallpaper settings

  4. Now you need to select the photo album that contains the image you want to use as your wallpaper. By default, every iPhone comes with a couple images that can be used as wallpaper - you can access those by selecting Dynamic or Stills. We’ll use Stills as an example.

    iPhone wallpaper settings

  1. Tap a photo. The screen shown below appears.

    iPhone wallpaper settings

  2. Tap Set. The window shown below appears.

    iPhone wallpaper settings

  3. To use the image as wallpaper for your lock screen, tap Set Lock Screen. To use the image as wallpaper for your home screen, tap Set Home Screen. To use the images as wallpaper for both your lock screen and your home screen, tap Set Both.

Congratulations! You have successfully changed your iPhone’s wallpaper.

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