How to lock the home screen layout on a OnePlus (OxygenOS 16)

Device

Android

Shown on

OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201, Android 16

App

Home screen

Path

Home screen › Touch and hold › Home screen settings › Lock layout

Real screenshots

4 of 4 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Home screen settings

   Touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen and tap Home screen settings.

   Done

2. 

   Switch Lock layout on

   It locks items on your Home screen to prevent them from being moved or deleted.

   Done

3. 

   Try to move an icon

   Ours said Home screen layout has been locked and cannot be edited, with View settings.

   Done

4. 

   Switch it off to edit

   Tap View settings, or go back to Home screen settings.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Drawer or no drawer? Home screen, at the top of the same page: home screen layout.
• Add a widget? Unlock first: add and remove widgets.

If this does not work

• Icons still disappear? Check apps were not uninstalled.
• Can't open edit view? With the lock on, touch and hold shows the locked message.

About this guide

Lock layout stops icons moving when you pick up the phone or a child uses it.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201 and Android 16, in Dark mode. We switched it on, tried to move an icon, then switched it off.

Good to know

Move or remove an app from the home screen on a OnePlus.

In short: Hold the home screen, Home screen settings, Lock layout.