How to turn on the camera grid on a Samsung Galaxy (One UI 9)

Device

Android

Shown on

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

App

Camera

Path

Camera › Quick controls › Settings › Composition guide

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Tap Quick controls

   Open Camera. Next to the zoom buttons, at the right, tap the round button with four dots.

   Done

2. 

   Tap the gear

   A bar of quick controls opens. Tap the gear at its left end to go to Settings.

   Done

3. 

   Find Composition guide

   Scroll down Camera settings to General. Composition guide is the first row. Ours was off.

   Done

4. 

   Switch it on

   Turn on the Composition guide switch. Grid lines and level appears under the name.

   Done

5. 

   Choose grid, level or both

   Tap the name to choose Grid lines and level, Grid lines only or Level only. Grid lines and level was picked on ours.

   Done

6. 

   Check the viewfinder

   Back in Camera, two lines across and two down split the picture into nine parts, with a level circle in the middle.

   Done

7. 

   Turn it off again

   To remove the lines, switch Composition guide off. Ours is off again here, and the lines were gone.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No Composition guide? Samsung says on One UI versions before 7 the setting is Settings, Grid lines, On. Ours, on One UI 9, is under General in Camera settings. Source: How to use composition guide feature in Galaxy devices
• No gear in the camera? On ours the gear is inside Quick controls, the four-dot button next to the zoom. Source: How to use composition guide feature in Galaxy devices

If this does not work

• Only a circle, no lines? Level only may be picked. Tap Composition guide and choose Grid lines and level or Grid lines only.
• Lines in your photos? We did not take a photo with the grid on, so we can't say from ours.
• Camera won't open? Camera failed on a Galaxy? 6 fixes.

About this guide

Samsung calls the grid Composition guide: grid lines and a level that help with framing and alignment. On older One UI versions it was a setting called Grid lines.

The screenshots are from our Samsung Galaxy A57 with One UI 9 and Android 17 (build A576BXXU6BZIE), in Dark mode. We turned it on, looked at the viewfinder and turned it off again. We did not take a photo with it.

Good to know

Add a watermark to your photos: add a watermark in the Galaxy camera.

On a Pixel: turn on the camera grid on a Google Pixel.

In short: Camera, Quick controls (four dots), gear, General, Composition guide on; pick grid, level or both.