Samsung Galaxy S5 User Manual page 29

1. From home, touch and hold a shortcut to undock it.
2. Drag the icon to the Remove icon and then release it.
Note: Removing a shortcut does not delete the app, it just removes the shortcut from the Home
screen.
Remove a Primary Shortcut
Primary shortcuts are the Phone, Contacts, Messages, Internet, and Apps shortcuts that appear at
the bottom of the Home screen by default. You can remove or replace any of your primary shortcuts,
except the Apps shortcut.
1. From home, touch and hold a shortcut to undock it.
2. Drag it to another screen, or to the Remove icon.
Create a Primary Shortcut
Primary shortcuts appear at the bottom of the Home screen by default. You can remove or replace
any of the primary shortcuts, except the Apps shortcut.
1. From home, touch and hold a shortcut to undock it.
– or –
Tap Apps, and then touch and hold an app icon.
2. Drag the shortcut to a new position in the primary shortcuts.
Note: If there are already five primary shortcuts, the new shortcut will replace one of the existing
shortcuts.
Add a Widget
Widgets are self-contained apps that display on a Home screen. Unlike a shortcut, the Widget works
like as an onscreen application. There are all kinds of widgets, including links to a specific contact,
Internet bookmarks, Facebook
1. From home, pinch the screen.
– or –
Touch and hold an empty space on the screen.
2. Tap Widgets.
3. Touch and hold a widget, and then drag it to a Home screen and release it
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status windows, Gmail and email accounts, and many others.
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