How to Personalize iPhone Lock Screen
The iPhone’s lock screen is not only where you check your time or notifications—it is a completely customizable space where you can express your personality, highlight your favorite photos, even at the top of the day, and use useful widgets in a day. With iOS 18, Apple provides users with more controls that allow you to personalize your home screen and adjust the lock screen controls.
Whether you want something functional, minimal, photography or romping, we’ll go into detail about how to make a lock screen – from changing fonts and adding widgets to switching between screens throughout the day.
How to create a custom lock screen
To start personalization, you first need to create a new lock screen or modify an existing screen.
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Wake up your iPhone, then touch and hold anywhere on the lock screen until you feel the buzz and view the wallpaper editor.
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You will see a carousel of the lock screen you created. Click “+” (add new) The button starts fresh, or slide to the existing button and click custom made.
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A gallery with wallpaper options will appear. choose:
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photo (Pick one from your library)
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people (iOS wisely find portraits)
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Photo shuffle (Select multiple changed images)
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Emoji,,,,, weatheror astronomy
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Suggested topics such as color gradients or live photos
Once you have selected the background, you can dive into interesting parts: custom fonts, colors, widgets, and more.
Photos and people
You can set your favorite pictures as wallpaper and adjust their color or crops to ensure you have the best view of your loved ones. Note that these steps will only allow you to select one image – if you want a rotating background selection, skip to the photo flush section below.
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Tap photo Propose a list of photos and favorites. You can search for specific images, or filter all, features, live photos, people, pets, nature and cities.
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Once you select a photo, you have more options. you can Crushing crops Image, change and custom filters (natural, black and white, duo and color cleaning)
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You can also choose Add widgets and remove the flashlight and/or camera.
You can also set the photo directly as wallpaper by tapping it Share iconand select “Used as wallpaper. ”
Photo shuffle
Using Photo Random Bulk, you can select multiple changed photos based on the frequency you choose.
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Select the type of photo to include, such as people, pets, nature and city, or choose an album.
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Click Frequency of shuffle Options and lock in clicks, hourly or daily.
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Choose whether you want toUse Featured Photos” or”Select photos manually.transparent
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It’s worth a try to make sure your selected photos are cropped correctly (for example, if you have a mix of landscape and portrait images).
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You can also choose Add widgets and remove the flashlight and/or camera.
Emoji and colors
If you don’t want to use photos, you can choose an emoji or color.
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choose Emoji And select up to six emojis. Also, if you want a color, you can choose color Options.
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Select in Dynamic, Mesh, Large, Radial and Helical to customize the appearance of emoji background.
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Select emoji or multiple and you can change the color of the background.
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You can also choose Add widgets and remove the flashlight and/or camera.
How to change the clock style
The default iPhone clock does the job, but it doesn’t have to be boring. In iOS, you can customize the font, weight and color of the clock to match your aesthetics. This small change can have a significant impact on the overall atmosphere of your lock screen.
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In the Lock Screen Editor, click Time. You can do this before or after personalizing the lock screen with photos, weather, etc.
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Select from Select Font Style. Drag the slider to increase the weight of the fonts and click on available fonts to see how they look.
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Use a color pickup or slide it with a preset to find something that suits you.
Widgets are game changers that lock screen productivity. Whether you want to view a calendar, weather forecast, event ring or battery power, widgets can make your lock screen beautiful and practical. The widgets are compact, but depending on the layout, you can install up to four small or two medium and one small mixture.
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When editing the lock screen, click the field below the time or select Add widgets If this option appears (sometimes you can be tricky to see).
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Choose from Apple’s widget library or supported third-party applications.
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Drag widgets into the space you want them to live in.
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You can also click Change or delete the date above the time of the default calendar widget.
How to customize controls at the bottom of the lock screen
In iOS 18, Apple allows you to personalize the quick access button at the bottom of the lock screen, which is commonly used in flashlights and cameras. You can set different controls for different lock screens and tie them to specific focus modes.
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Touch and keep the screen locked and then tap custom made.
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Click one of the bottom controls to select it.
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Click Delete icon (-)and click Add (+) option Open the Control Gallery.
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You will see a library of available buttons for calculator, translation, Shazam, notes, and more.
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Select the one you want and click complete.
How to link focus mode to lock screen
One of the smartest features in iOS is the ability to link different lock screens to focus mode. This means you can have a minimalist work screen, a bright weekend screen and a sleep preparation for the end. If you don’t see the focus option when editing the lock screen, go to set up Then Focus First set a new one.
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Touch and keep the screen locked and then tap Focus.
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Select focus mode (e.g., work, sleep, don’t bother).
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This lock screen will now automatically appear when the focus is active.
How to switch between lock screens
After creating several lock screens, you can swap instantly between them. If you link focus to either of them, switching the lock screen will also automatically switch focus.
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Touch and keep the screen locked.
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Swipe left or right to loop through saved designs.
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Click the one you want to use.
How to delete a lock screen
This can be done easily if you want to remove a lock screen that is no longer needed or required.
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Touch and hold the lock screen until the carousel appears.
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Swipe to the screen you want to delete.
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Swipe on the lock screen.
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Click the junk icon and confirm “Delete this wallpaper”.
Don’t worry – this won’t remove any photos from your library. It just deletes the layout.
If you are looking for more iPhone customization tips, you may also like our guide on how to make the most of your iPhone’s buttons.