Change Android App Icons on your Android Device

As an android user you have the authority to manage your android device to your desire. One of the thing in that comes to change the icon of any app in your android device.

In this article we have discussed a few ways to change the app icon. The most popular and effective way to do it is by a launcher because using a launcher gives you more customization options.

Another way also comes to change app icons that is to do it by an app downloaded from play store.

Firstly we discuss the way by using a launcher and in this case we are going to use Nova Launcher that is a popular and favorite launcher of people.

Change app icons by Nova Launcher

Now in this process you’re going to need Nova Launcher, so get it from the play store or get it here.

Once installed press the home button of your device and when the dialog box ask to select your launcher, select Nova Launcher as default launcher, when done it will reorganize your apps icons and themes so it will take a few seconds to set.

Changing of App Icons

Now for changing of your desired app icon go to that specific app and tap on it for a few seconds till a small menu pops up with a edit option, tap on the edit option.

Now tap on the app’s icon, a new menu will be opened with some present icons, select one of your choice and it will be changed for the app.

Another option is also available in this way that is to create a new icon of our choice, which can be picked up from your gallery or from your phone’s storage and then after cropping to the given size you can set it as your new app’s icon too.

Restoring Icon to Default

You can also restore your app’s icon to its default state by just repeating the same process of tapping the icon and going to edit but instead of choosing any other icon choosing the under default icon.

How to Change App’s Icon with an app

As mentioned above there is a way to change icons by an app instead of using launcher, here it is.

Some android users with low specs android devices does not prefer to use launcher because it slows down their device there is another way to change the app icons by using an app downloaded from Google Play Store.

In our case we are using and preferring Icon Change Free app from the store.

Once installed open up the application and click on the screen, after it you’ll need to choose the app for which you need to change the icon for.

Go to the change option to change the app’s icon with any present icon or any image from your phone, when selected tap OK to assign the icon to the app.

You can make different editing’s in the newly chosen icon or decorate it too with different backgrounds. In editing you can edit brightness, contrast, size and much more.

The icon can also be made black and white instead of color, different filters also can be applied, in short you can customize your icon with full options.

Another app you can use for the icon changing purpose is Awesome Icons.

Awesome Icons

Awesome Icons is also a good app to change icons in any android device, it creates a new icon for the app of your choice instead of using the one in the app drawer.

After Installation you open the application, it will show you the list of installed apps in your device.

You must select the one app of which you need to change the icon of and it will open up a new shortcut app icon’s window, from that window select the icon you want for that app and tap OK.

Once done correctly go back to the home and you’ll see a new shortcut app icon placed there.

In Awesome Icons you can customize the icon’s theme also and change the name of the app’s icon shortcut also of your own choice.