Change the Home Screen Background on an iPad
The default iPad wallpapers are attractive, but you can pick an alternate option or use your own pictures to make things a little more personal.
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Steps
- Tap the “Settings” icon on your iPad’s Home screen to launch the Settings app.
- Tap “Brightness & Wallpaper” and then tap the preview images in the Wallpaper section.
To select a new wallpaper image
- Tap “Wallpaper.”
- Tap an image from the Apple wallpaper collection.
- Tap the “Set Lock Screen,” “Set Home Screen” or “Set Both” buttons to use the image when your iPad is locked, behind the icons on your Home screen or both.
To select a wallpaper image from your photos
- Tap “Camera Roll” or “Photo Stream” depending on where the image you want to use is stored.
- Tap the image you want to use.
- Pinch and drag the image to adjust how it appears on the screen.
- Tap the “Set Lock Screen,” “Set Home Screen” or “Set Both” buttons to use the image when your iPad is locked, behind the icons on your Home screen or both.
- Press the Home button or lock your iPad to view your new wallpaper image.
Tips
- Bear in mind that a Home screen background appears behind your app icons, so make sure the image doesn’t include similar colors to your apps that would make them hard to see.
- The better the quality of your wallpaper, the better it will look on your iPad, especially on the third generation iPad with Retina Display.
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