How to open Settings
| Start here | What you get |
|---|---|
| Page overview → Settings (bottom) | Full Launcher Settings list |
| Page overview → Settings on a card | Options for that page only. Back → overview |
| Page overview → Wallpaper | Wallpaper picker (Wallpapers + Styles tabs) |
| Settings → Appearance | Theme, icons, fonts, live preview |
Hold the search button for Pages & wallpaper (page overview), Dextera settings, or Android settings.
Appearance
- Live Home and Lock preview (dim badge, themed icons) as you adjust
- Wallpaper: Custom, Pitch Black, Bing Daily (free)
- Effects: Blur, Dim, Adaptive dimming, Bottom shade, OLED mode, unlock animation (wallpaper zoom, content entrance), and the fold close Code rain (Pro)
- Apply wallpaper to Home & Lock / Home / Lock
- Theme colors (Auto from wallpaper + solid swatches)
- Themed icons + shapes + icon packs (DuoTone, Wireframe, Frosted Glass, Dot Matrix, Neon Glow, Silhouette, …)
- Optional frosted glass surfaces
- Google Fonts picker (live preview) and font / icon size sliders
Full wallpaper catalog, GNOME day/night packs, per-page wallpapers, and Styles (including Match my wardrobe): Features → Wallpapers · Styles.
Home
- Tasks quote on home + Google Tasks connect + fade timing
- Clock styles (Dextera, Minimal, Bold, Analog, and more — some Pro)
- Hide status bar, network speed, clock background, invert text
- Weather: 24-hour, Fahrenheit; optional weather overlay + Pro vignettes
App List
- Sidebar letter size, dots, idle fade; Big letter while scrubbing with size and opacity
- Folders: Show folders as icons, Inside a folder, show apps as (Grid / List), Hide apps in folders
- Live previews of each option
Touch & Gestures
- Left-handed letter rail
- Home screen gestures master switch
- Long-hold back → page
- Double-tap header action
- Home button & gesture (First page, etc.)
- Double-tap, Home, and hold-back can also open Settings or Appearance, or reveal items hidden on rest
See Gestures.
Search
- Colorized search
- Web engine
- Previous results / history limit / clear
- Verification codes (OTP chip) from message notifications — no SMS permission
- Calculator above the search field when you type math
- Sources: Apps, Contacts, Files, Web, Settings
- File search: indexed folders, Add folder
Pages
- Page transitions (Slide, Cube, Depth, Flip, Fade)
- Page indicator (Dots, Icons, Off) and its Background slider
- Enable / reorder / remove panels (including Scratch Board and Quick Settings); linked pairs move together, and the up-and-down arrows next to the link swap their order
- Add custom widget pages (Pro may apply)
- Overlay widgets (up to 3 on built-in pages) via page overview
Digital Wellbeing
- Zen mode (declutter) — hide labels and extra overlays
- Hide on rest — time, date, weather, search button, or a collapsed app list fade when the phone is at rest; choose whether a touch or a reveal gesture brings them back, and the timeout
- Frequently used limits, hidden apps, and related filters where available
- Adaptive dimming / OLED-friendly options
Security & Privacy
- Uninstallation protection (device admin)
- App locking from the app menu (Pro)
- Hide apps from the visible list
Notifications (page settings)
From overview → Settings on the Notifications card:
- Colored cards, frosted notification cards with an opacity slider
- Lock pinned notifications
Music, Scratch Board, and Quick Settings pages have their own frosted options; Music also has the seek bar style.
Extensions
Optional add-ons such as Walkie-Talkie. Shown when a plugin is available on the device.
About
- Version and What’s new
- Dextera Labs (Play display name) / Dextera Labs LLC
- Dextera Pro (buy / restore on Play), Support Dextera, Send feedback
- Back up to Google Drive, daily backups, Save / Share / Import backup — see Features → Backup
- Downloaded from our site? Tap the version 5 times for APK updates and the Update channel (Beta / Stable)
- Privacy policy and this help wiki at https://dexteralabs.io/
Help
- Whether Dextera is the default home app
- Change the system home app
Search from home
Tap the bar for apps, contacts, settings, files, calculator math, and the web. Filter chips: All · Contacts · Apps · Web · Settings.
Related
- Features — screenshots and how-tos
- Privacy
- Permissions
- Contact