How to move or remove an app from the home screen on a Samsung Galaxy (One UI 9)

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 (SM-A576B), One UI 9, Android 17 (build A576BXXU6BZIE)

App

Home screen

Path

Home screen › Touch and hold an app › Remove

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Touch and hold the app

   Touch and hold the app's icon. A menu shows its name with an ⓘ, and Select, Remove and Uninstall.

   Done

2. 

   Drag it to a new spot

   Keep holding and drag. Dots show the free spots on the page. Let go where you want it. We moved Netflix to the top.

   Done

3. 

   Tap Remove

   To take it off the home screen, touch and hold it again and tap Remove. Do not tap Uninstall, which deletes the app.

   Done

4. 

   It goes at once

   On ours the icon disappeared straight away. There was no question to confirm.

   Done

5. 

   Find it on the Apps screen

   Swipe up for the Apps screen. Netflix is still there, and still installed.

   Done

6. 

   Drag it back

   Touch and hold it on the Apps screen. The home screen appears; drag the icon to a free spot and let go. Cancel at the top left stops it.

   Done

7. 

   Check the home screen

   Netflix is back in its old spot next to Spotify.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No Remove in the menu? Ours showed Select, Remove and Uninstall. If Remove and Uninstall are greyed out, Lock Home screen layout is on: open Settings, Home screen and switch it off.
• Removed the wrong app? Samsung says a removed app no longer appears on the home screen but can be found on the Apps screen. Drag it back from there. Source: How to add apps and widgets on your Galaxy phone's Home screen

If this does not work

• Want to delete the app instead? That is Uninstall, next to Remove in the same menu. We did not try it.
• Icon will not move? Lock Home screen layout stops icons moving. On ours a message said so when we tried. Source: How to add apps and widgets on your Galaxy phone's Home screen
• App missing from the Apps screen too? Samsung notes that apps hidden in Settings, Home screen, Hide apps are not visible: hide or unhide apps. Source: How to add apps and widgets on your Galaxy phone's Home screen

About this guide

Remove only takes the icon off the home screen; Uninstall deletes the app. They sit side by side in the same menu, so it is worth knowing which is which.

The screenshots are from our Samsung Galaxy A57 with One UI 9 and Android 17 (build A576BXXU6BZIE), in Dark mode. We moved Netflix, removed it from the home screen and put it back in its old spot from the Apps screen.

Good to know

Group apps instead: make an app folder. Stop icons moving by accident: lock the home screen layout.

On a Pixel: move or remove an app from the home screen on a Google Pixel.

In short: Touch and hold, drag to move. Touch and hold, Remove (not Uninstall) to take it off the home screen; drag it back from the Apps screen.