---
title: "Theme your icons and wallpaper"
slug: theme-your-icons-and-wallpaper
summary: "New look, same phone, about twenty minutes."
difficulty: easy
time_minutes: 20
android_min: 8
tested_on: []
categories: [launcher]
apps: []
requires: [set-up-a-new-launcher]
risk: "Icons and wallpaper change. Your apps and layout stay. Revert in the launcher settings or by picking the old wallpaper."
published: 2026-10-17
updated: 2026-10-17
author: Unstock
featured: true
oneliner: "New look, same phone, twenty minutes."
steps: 7
---

An icon pack reskins every app at once, and the wallpaper sets the mood. Each pack is a new phone. No box, no queue, no trade-in.

## Before you start

- A launcher that supports icon packs (Nova, Lawnchair, Kvaesitso; Niagara with some packs).
- An icon pack installed. Arcticons is the usual pick.

## What can go wrong

Some apps keep their own icon. That's the pack, not your phone. Undo by setting the icon pack back to System.

:::step Install an icon pack.
Get the pack from F-Droid or the developer's site, the same way you install any app. It will not apply itself.

:::step Open your launcher's settings.
Long-press the home screen and open Home settings or Appearance. TODO: exact menu names per launcher need a device check.

:::step Apply the pack.
Tap Icon pack and pick the one you installed. The grid updates in a few seconds.

:::step Pick a shape, if you want one.
Some launchers let you force circles, squircles or a squircle-with-shadow. Optional.

:::step Set the wallpaper.
Long-press the home screen, tap Wallpapers, pick one of yours. TODO: confirm path on Pixel 8 and Samsung S24.

:::step Match the colours, or don't.
If the launcher can pull an accent from the wallpaper, try it once. If you hate it, turn it off.

:::step Live with it for a day.
Mono on Monday. Colour by Friday. Change your mind then, not now.

## Undo it

Icon pack: System. Wallpaper: pick the previous photo in Wallpapers.

## Next guides

Draw your own widgets, or replace the gallery so the photos match the new look.