How to Change Wallpaper on iPhone (iOS 17 & 18 Guide)

How to Change Your iPhone Wallpaper

Changing your iPhone wallpaper is one of the easiest ways to personalize your phone. Here's the complete guide for iOS 17 and iOS 18.

Method 1: From Settings (Recommended)

1. Open Settings on your iPhone
2. Tap Wallpaper
3. Tap Add New Wallpaper
4. Choose from:

• Photos — use your own images
• Photo Shuffle — rotates multiple photos
• Emoji — create a pattern with emojis
• Weather — dynamic weather wallpaper
• Astronomy — Earth from space
• Color — solid or gradient colors

1. Select your image and tap Add
2. Choose Set as Wallpaper Pair (both screens) or customize separately

Method 2: Set from Photos App

1. Open Photos and find the image you want
2. Tap the Share button (square with arrow)
3. Scroll down and tap Use as Wallpaper
4. Adjust the zoom and position
5. Tap Add and choose lock screen, home screen, or both

How to Set Different Wallpapers for Lock Screen & Home Screen

In iOS 16+, you can have completely different wallpapers:

1. Go to Settings → Wallpaper
2. Tap Customize under Lock Screen or Home Screen separately
3. Set unique wallpapers for each

Live Photo Wallpapers on iPhone

To set a Live Photo as wallpaper:

1. Choose a Live Photo from your library
2. When setting as wallpaper, make sure Live Photo toggle is on
3. On the lock screen, press and hold to see the animation

Where to Find Free iPhone Wallpapers

WallpaperCartoon.com has thousands of free cartoon and anime wallpapers perfectly sized for iPhone. Popular choices:

• Cute Anime Wallpapers — perfect for iPhone aesthetic
• Cartoon Wallpapers for iPhone — sized for all iPhone models
• Disney Wallpapers — Frozen, Encanto, Moana

All wallpapers are free — no sign-up required.

Wallpaper Size Guide for iPhone

Download from WallpaperCartoon.com — we offer mobile-optimized sizes for every iPhone model.