How to Make iPhone Home Screen Icons Dark in iOS 18

Oct. 3, 2024

Turn iPhone Home Screen Icons Dark

It’s super-easy to change your iPhone icons to dark in iOS 18. Instead of a white background, the Dark icons are redesigned with a back background which makes them blend in smoothly with theDark mode on your iPhone.You can also make your home screen icons dark without enabling ‌‌Dark Mode‌‌. If you prefer, you can use the Dark icon option with the Light mode setting.

Here’s how to change icon colors in iOS 18:

To go along with the dark icons, the customization panel also has a sun icon that lets youdarken the wallpaper.Also, you canmake your app icons biggeror go for theTint optionwhich will put a tint over all of your app icons. It is noteworthy that an app icon will not turn dark if the developer of the app has not enabled dark mode for the icon in the app.

Besides the ability to darken your home screen icons, the new iOS 18 also lets youplace your app icons anywhere on the Home Screen. So, you can freely arrange apps and widgets anywhere without being locked to an invisible grid system. That’s not all. You can long-press an app icon to turn it into a widget.

It feels nice to see Apple finally prioritizing home screen customizations on the iPhone, allowing users to completely change the look & feel of their Home Screens. What do you think about this brand-new addition? Which is your favorite iOS 18 feature? Tell us in the comments.