How to Change the Lock Screen Background on an iPad

Last Updated: October 8, 2020

The default iPad wallpapers are attractive, but you can pick an alternate option or use your own pictures to personalize your phone a little more. Here's how to set a new picture as your lock screen.

Steps

1
Tap the “Settings” icon on your iPad’s Home screen to launch the Settings app.
2
Tap “Brightness & Wallpaper” and then tap the preview images in the Wallpaper section.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

To select a new wallpaper image

1
Tap “Wallpaper.”
2
Tap an image from the Apple wallpaper collection.
3
Tap the “Set Lock Screen" or “Set Both” buttons to use the image when your iPad is locked, or when it is locked as well as behind the icons on your Home screen.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

To select a wallpaper image from your photos

1
Tap “Camera Roll” or “Photo Stream” depending on where the image you want to use is stored.
2
Tap the image you want to use.
3
Pinch and drag the image to adjust how it appears on the screen.
4
Tap the “Set Lock Screen" or “Set Both” buttons to use the image when your iPad is locked, or when it is locked as well as behind the icons on your Home screen.
5
Lock your iPad to view your new wallpaper image.

Community Q&A

Question

Why will my wallpaper not go to the lock screen?

Community Answer

The key is to go to the backgrounds section and set your background, and then to make sure you choose "lock screen."