How to turn your iPhone home screen into a stylish background in 30 seconds

How about setting a stylish photo or a family photo taken with your iPhone as the background?

Even if you are not familiar with the operation, you can change it in about a minute, and if you get used to it, you should be able to set it in less than 30 seconds! We will actually operate using the iPhone SE 2nd generation (iOS14.8), so please refer to it.

Turn your iPhone home screen into a stylish photo! Simple technique to change the background

To change the background of the iPhone, use the "Settings" app or the "Photos" app. This time, we will introduce both ways, so please try changing the background in a way that is easy to operate.

How to change the iPhone background: Settings app

To change the iPhone background using the Settings app, do the following:

1: Open the Settings app. 2: Select "Wallpaper".

3: Tap "Select wallpaper".

4: Select "All Photos".

5: Select the photo you took. 6: Adjust the position of the photo up, down, left and right, and tap "Settings".

7: Select either "Set Lock Screen", "Set Home Screen", or "Set Both".

This completes the operation. How was it? I think you could have changed the background with a simple operation of about 30 seconds. Next, we will introduce how to use the “Photos” app.

How to change the iPhone background: Photos app

Try changing the background using the Photos app.

1: Open the Photos app and open the photo you want to set as the background. 2: Tap the ↑ mark at the bottom left of the screen.

3: If you scroll down the screen a little, there is "Set as Wallpaper", so go here.

4: Adjust the position of the photo and tap "Set". 5: Select "Set as Lock Screen", "Set as Home Screen" or "Set as Both" and you're done.

How was it?　Compared to the settings app, there are fewer steps, so some people may find this easier.

Anyway, it's pretty easy to change the home screen background on your iPhone.

How to make the iPhone background a simple black color

Sometimes you want to make the iPhone background a simple black color! "Some people say that." In that case, how about downloading a solid black photo from the Internet or placing the camera part of your iPhone in close contact with a desk and taking a picture with the camera as it is?

The photo you took should be solid black, so if you set it as your home screen, it should be a simple background.

Is it possible to make the iPhone settings app have a black background? How to change it back to white?

So far, we have explained how to change the background photo for the home screen and lock screen.

From here, I will introduce the background color when opening the Settings app. Normally, if you haven't made any special settings, when you open the iPhone Settings app, the background should be white like the picture below.

Did you know that you can make this background color "black"? "Let's actually operate it." First open the Settings app and then select "Display & Brightness". "Light" should be checked, so please select "Dark".

When you do this, the background color should suddenly become a calm black, and the text color should be reversed. Please try it once.

A white background is better! For those who say, just follow the same procedure and change from "dark" to "light".

If you want to take a stylish photo, use the camera's "Portrait" to blur the background!

When you take a photo of a person, object, animal, or other subject with your iPhone, why not take a professional photo by blurring the background?

Just launch the camera app and switch to "Portrait" mode! "You should be able to take stylish photos with a blurred background."

[Reference] Using portrait mode on iPhone

Photos taken with iPhone Portrait...can I remove background blur later?

You can also remove blur from photos taken in portrait mode later.

Select the photo you want to edit and tap "Edit" at the top right of the screen. Select "Portrait". Finally tap "Done" and it's OK.

Is it possible to make the background of photos taken with an iPhone transparent?

If you want to keep only the subject of the photo you took and make the background transparent, install a photo editing app from the App Store and use it.

* Data is based on editorial research as of mid-November 2021. *Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information, we do not guarantee the completeness and accuracy of the content. * Please use and operate the product at your own risk.

Written by Akira Takamizawa