How to edit an app or widget name on Samsung Galaxy phones

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Galaxy phones on One UI 8.5+ can rename home screen app and widget labels using Samsung’s Good Lock and Home Up apps.

After installing them from the Galaxy Store, enable Home screen and App icon settings, then turn on Edit item label on home screen.

Custom labels disappear if Home Up is disabled.

One UI offers the most UI customization options of any smartphone software, and Samsung continues to expand these capabilities with every new One UI release.

However, One UI does not include a native setting to rename app or widget labels on the home screen by default. Fortunately, you can easily unlock this feature using Samsung's official Good Lock suite on One UI 8.5 and above.

To change an app or widget label on your Galaxy phone or tablet, you will need to install two apps from the Galaxy Store: Good Lock and its Home Up module.

Here is how to set them up and edit app and widget names:

Samsung One UI Home App Label Rename Good Lock Home Up Settings

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Procedure to enable option to rename app and widget labels on One UI home screen

Install Good Lock and Home Up from the Galaxy Store. You can also install Home Up from within Good Lock if you cannot find it on the store.

Open Good Lock from your app drawer and tap Home Up.

Turn on the main toggle at the top of the screen, then enable the Home screen toggle.

Tap Home screen, then turn on the App icon setting toggle.

Tap App icon setting and enable Edit item label on home screen.

Return to your home screen, then tap and hold the icon of the app or widget you want to rename.

Tap the pencil-shaped icon next to the name to edit the text. You can also tap the color picker to select your preferred text color.

Samsung One UI Home Rename App Label Good Lock Home Up Procedure

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How to rename app and widget labels on One UI home screen

If you ever disable the Home Up module, your app and widget labels will revert to their default names. Re-enabling Home Up will instantly restore your custom labels.

Without using the Good Lock and Home Up apps, it isn't possible to rename an app's label in the app drawer in the default (One UI Home) app launcher on Galaxy phones or tablets. We hope that will change in the future.

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S23 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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How to edit an app or widget name on Galaxy phones

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Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor