How to Add a Photo Widget on iPhone

This article explains how to add a photo widget on an iPhone.

How Do I Add a Photo Widget on iPhone?

You can customize your iPhone’s home screen in a variety of ways, and adding a photo widget is one of the options. When you add the photo widget to your home screen, a selection of your photos will appear in a set position. You can move the location of the widget if you don't like where the system put the widget.

Here’s how to add the photo widget on iPhone:

1. Press and hold an empty area on your screen until the icons start to jiggle.
   

2. Tap the + symbol on the top right.
   

3. Swipe down until you reach the list of widgets, and then tap Photos.
   

   Several popular widgets are automatically listed at the top of this menu. If you see the photos widget here at the top, you can tap it instead of scrolling down and tapping the photos app icon.

4. Swipe right and left to examine and choose a widget size.
   

5. When you know which widget size you want, tap Add Widget.
   

6. The photo widget will appear on your screen.
   

7. To move the photos widget, press and hold an empty space on the screen.
   

8. When the icons start jiggling, press and hold the photo widget.
   

9. Drag the photo widget to a new location.
   

10. Release the photo widget.
    

11. Tap an empty area of the screen, and the widget will be locked in its new location.
    

How Can I Change Photo Widget Pictures on iPhone?

You can select the size and location of the photos widget on your iPhone, but you can’t choose specific iPhone photo albums or photos to appear in the widget. Apple uses an algorithm to automatically select your best shots, and there’s no way to force specific pictures to appear, to prevent it from showing specific people, or even steer it in any particular direction.

The only control you have over the content of the photo widget on the iPhone is to prevent it from showing specific images the algorithm has already picked out. If you see a photo in the widget you don’t want to see in the widget, you can open it in the Photos app and opt to remove it from your featured photos. That will prevent the photo widget from displaying that particular image in the future.

Here’s how to remove an image from the photo widget on iPhone:

1. Wait for the photo you want to remove to appear in the widget.
   

2. Tap the photo.
   

3. Tap the Share icon.
   

4. Tap Remove from Featured Photos.
   

5. The photo will no longer appear in your photo widget.