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Pinning items to the Start screen
You can pin just about anything you want to the Start screen: apps,
pictures, songs, favorite websites, documents, and even contacts.
For example, when you pin a contact to the Start screen, you'll get all of
that person's updates — feeds, email, text messages, and call notifications
— right from that tile.
1. To pin something, press and hold it until a menu appears.
2. Tap pin to start.
Unpinning a tile
1. Press and hold the tile you want to remove.
2. Tap .
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