Last week, I continued on the Instagram subject. If you missed that article, you can find it here:
This week, I wanted to change gears and talk about the Samsung Android phone. If you have been following me for a while, you know I write articles about this device. The reason I wanted to give you another valuable tip is due to my wife. She received an unwanted update on her Samsung Galaxy S22 phone. This update made her App drawer (or you might call it an App screen) scroll up and down and not page from side to side. As with any unwanted update, you always seem to have to change everything back to the way you like it! I did a little research because I’m a wonderful husband, and found out how to change it back. Before I start the lesson, make sure to check out these other articles I have created:
- How To Check Your TikTok Account Status
- How To Change Facebook Video Notifications
- How To Change Facebook Chat Settings
- How To Unblock People On Facebook
- How To Block People On Facebook
Since you have all that new knowledge, let us begin our lesson. Pull out those devices and let’s begin…
How To Change Scroll Direction On Samsung
This will be shown using my wife’s Samsung Galaxy S22 Android phone. I wanted to change her scroll direction from up and down to side scrolling (paging). That is what we will go over here.
Step 1: Turn on your device and on the home screen, swipe up from the bottom.
Step 2: This will bring up the App Drawer, where all the apps reside. Looking at the bottom, you will see a search box. In this search box, on the right, are 3 dots. Tap on them.
Step 3: That will bring up a menu with two choices:
- Sort
- Settings
On this menu, we will want to tap on the Sort option. Tap it.
Step 4: Another menu will appear with two more choices:
- Customer order
- Alphabetical order
As you can see, we have Alphabetical selected (check marked), but we want to tap the Custom order option. Tap that.
Step 5: That option will change it to side scroll. The way they show this is at the bottom middle of your screen; you will see the page dots. This indicates that you are now in side-scrolling. Done.
Now, if you wanted to switch it back, all you need to do is tap on the Alphabetical order option in Step 4.
See how easy that was to switch to side scroll and back? Time to share this amazing new knowledge with your friends.
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The problem with sort is the apps are no longer in alphabetical order, but disorganized. Previously, I could horizontally scroll, but apps remained in alphabetical order, and when new apps were added, they too were arranged in alphabetical order.
Just got that update for my Flip 6 and wife’s Fold 6. It didn’t affect mine because I run Nova Launcher but she complained about the change on hers. You just made me a hero by showing her how to fix it! Thanks!!
How do you change the scrolling to left/right on a S23+ ? The directions you suggest only bring up Hide Apps and Home Settings. The Home Settings bring up ten options, with none of them handling the scrolloptions.
John
Didn’t work for me Note 9. Still have to swipe up to bring the apps then swipe sideways. I want to swipe sideways from the main screen.