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How to tint your app icons in iOS 18

iPhone with homepage icons against an illustrated background
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge

For several years now, it’s been possible to personalize your iPhone screen by creating your own icons, mostly by using Apple’s built-in Shortcuts app (and we have instructions for doing just that). But if you want to do a little customization in a short amount of time, a new feature in iOS 18 lets you tweak the color of your app icons in a matter of moments. Here’s how.

On your iPhone homescreen:

  • Long-press somewhere on the background so that the icons start to do their little jiggle dance.
  • You’ll see an Edit button in the top-left corner; tap it, and then select Customize.

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A pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen lets you change the look of your app icons.

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