How to Remove a Blank Home Screen in Android: 5 Steps

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Last Updated: August 13, 2024 Fact Checked

Installing and removing apps through regular use of your Android may leave you with completely blank Home screens. If you have a Home screen that doesn't have any apps or widgets on it, deleting that screen is easy. The steps are a little different depending on your Android model or launcher (such as Nova Launcher). We'll show you how to delete a Home screen from any Android phone or tablet, including LG, Samsung, and Google Pixel.

Quick Steps

Get rid of any widgets or apps on the screen.
Tap and hold the screen to edit your Home screens.
Tap and hold the screen you want to delete.
Select Delete, X, or Remove.

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Remove any remaining apps and widgets from the screen you want to delete. If the Home screen you want to delete is not completely blank, move them to other screens or delete them before you try to delete that Home screen.
- Most Android models, including Google Pixel and Xiaomi models, will automatically delete Home screens once you remove all apps and widgets.
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Tap and hold a blank area of the Home screen. On most Androids, including most modern Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets, this will show you a screen with smaller versions of each Home screen.^{[1]
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- If this brings up a menu instead, try pinching the Home screen with two fingers together, as if you were zooming out on a picture or website instead.
- On some Androids, you'll need to tap Manage Home screen panels or Edit after holding or pinching to bring up your Home screens.
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When you let go, you'll usually see a Remove option or similar in most launchers, including Nova Launcher.
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Tap Delete, Remove, or the trash can icon. This removes the blank Home screen from your Home screen list.
- On some Androids, all you'll need to do is swipe up on the empty Home screen here to delete it from your Home screen list.

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How do I delete unused screens on Samsung Tab E? Tried the Samsung and LG one, and it wouldn't "take" the page into the trash can.

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Pinch (like zooming out) to show thumbnails of all the pages. Then hold and drag the page you don't want to the top, where a trash can will appear.

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How to prevent deleting blank homepages? My phone does that by default and I don't know how to stop it.

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Add an empty page, and just don't put anything on it. If that doesn't work, put a picture of your wallpaper on your home screen as a widget.

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