How to change the home screen layout on a Xiaomi phone (HyperOS 3)

Device

Android

Shown on

Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G (25080RABDG), HyperOS 3.0.308.0, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Home screen › Home screen layout

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Home screen settings

   Open Settings and tap Home screen. It is in the group with Lock screen, Notifications & status bar and Display & brightness.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Home screen layout

   Scroll down to the Home screen layout heading. Its last row, Home screen layout, said 4×6 on ours. Tap it.

   Done

3. 

   See the choices

   A full-screen preview of your home screen opens, with Cancel and Apply at the top and three buttons at the bottom: 4x6, 4x7 and 5x8. The current one, 4x6, had an outline round it.

   Done

4. 

   Pick one and tap Apply

   Tap a layout to preview it. With 5x8 the icons got smaller and kept their places, leaving the right-hand column empty. Tap Apply at the top right.

   Done

5. 

   Check the home screen

   Our apps, from Gallery, App Mall, Mi Browser and Music down to Game Centre, Security, Settings and Cleaner, stayed in their rows with smaller icons. The fifth column was empty and the dock still had four icons.

   Done

6. 

   The row shows the new layout

   Back in Settings, Home screen, the Home screen layout row now said 5×8.

   Done

7. 

   Set it back

   To go back, tap Home screen layout again, tap 4x6 and tap Apply. Our home screen was as before.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No 5x9? Xiaomi's HyperOS 3 guide lists 4x6, 4x7 or 5x9. Our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G offered 4x6, 4x7 and 5x8. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• No Home screen layout row? On ours it is the last row under the Home screen layout heading in Settings, Home screen, below Fill cells of uninstalled apps (on), Lock Home screen layout (off) and Don't show text (Off).
• Want icons without names? That is Don't show text, on the same page; it said Off on ours. Xiaomi says to tap Off next to it and choose Anywhere or On widgets. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0

If this does not work

• Icons too small after 5x8? Go back to 4x6. Xiaomi gives icon size its own slider: Settings, Personalization, Icons, Icon size. Our Settings spells it Personalisation. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• Apps didn't fill the new column? On ours they kept their places after 5x8, so the right-hand column stayed empty. Nothing moved on its own.
• Want fewer apps on the home screens? A layout only changes the grid. To keep apps in a list you swipe up for: turn on the app drawer.

About this guide

Xiaomi's HyperOS 3 guide says Home screen layout sets how many app icons fit on one home screen page, and lists 4x6, 4x7 or 5x9. Our Redmi offered 4x6, 4x7 and 5x8, with a live preview before you apply.

The screenshots are from our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G with Xiaomi HyperOS 3.0.308.0 and Android 16, in Light mode. We tried 5x8, then set 4x6 back.

Good to know

Bigger text instead of more icons: text size and font on a Xiaomi phone. The picture behind the icons: change the wallpaper.

Add a clock or other widget: add a widget on a Xiaomi phone. On a Pixel: change the home screen grid.

In short: Settings, Home screen, Home screen layout: 4x6, 4x7 or 5x8, Apply.