GIVE YOUR FIRESTICK A FRESH NEW LOOK & REMOVE ADS!

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Home screen is simple and easy to use , but there are a few things that do annoy some fires Stick users such as the large Amazon adverts .

At the top of the screen , you can give your fire stick a brand new and fresh look that's clean and simple .

If you'd like to find out how , then let's go and take a look .

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You may want a fresh , new and cleaner look to your fire stick for several reasons .

You want to remove the Amazon adverts suggestions and sponsored content from your home screen .

Or you may have issues with side loaded apps that have a blank or grey icon .

Whatever your reason for wanting a new look to your fire stick .

Here's how .

But before we start , I do have a disclaimer for you .

This will only work on fire sticks and other fire TV devices that are running fire west six and above .

If you're not sure what fire OS your device is running .

You can quickly check by going to settings my fire TV about on this screen the software version will show you which fire OS you are running .

This needs to be fire OS six or above to continue with the steps .

In this video , your fire stick home screen can be changed by using a launcher application .

A launcher simply replaces the fire stick interface and organises the home screen and apps in a different way .

There are many different launchers you can use in this video .

We are going to take a look at lean back on fire as it is one of the simplest launchers to use .

We can install it using the downloader app which you can get from the Amazon App store .

Once you've got downloader , open it and make sure you click .

Allow to allow downloader to save downloaded files to your device .

If you are using the downloader app .

You will need to give permission for downloader to install apps , go into your fire stick settings , my Fire TV developer options .

Install unknown apps and click on Downloader to turn the permission on open downloader and type in 28907 .

Then click Go Press the menu button on your remote and press it again to enter for screen mode .

Tap down and wait a few seconds for my download page to load fully so that you can see the search box tap to select the search box and type in .

Lean back , then press the back button on your remote .

Move down the page and you will see the lean back on fire application .

Click the download button next to it to install it .

Once the app is installed , click done and then click delete and delete again to delete the installation file as it's no longer required .

Now we can open Lean back on fire and take a look .

You will be asked if you want to allow .

Lean back on fire to access your device Location .

This is if you want to display the current weather information in your area .

If you want to enable this feature , then click allow .

If not , then choose Deny .

You will then be at a brand new launcher screen for your apps .

Without all of the Amazon adverts and sponsored content .

All of the apps installed on your fire stick will now be arranged automatically into categories for video music , games and apps .

This is one of the reasons why lean back on fire is so easy to use .

You can leave it exactly as it is or make a few changes to fine tune the launcher more to your liking .

For example , if you don't have a prime video subscription , you can hide the prime video app by moving over it and pressing the menu button on your remote .

Click the hide in launcher option , then click the back button on your remote .

The prime video app will no longer be showing .

Repeat this for every app that you want to hide .

If you're allowed , lean back on fire to access your location because you want to see weather information , tap up to the cog icon to go into the settings , tap down and choose weather preferences .

Then click on the toggle to enable local weather .

You can also choose to show your location and change to use imperial units instead of metric , click back and wait a few seconds for weather settings to update .

If you want to customise things a little bit more , you can add a favourite row for your favourite apps .

Simply find your favourite app .

Highlight over it and press the menu button on your remote .

Choose add app to favourites and the APP will now appear on a new favourites row .

If you want to change the position of apps within a row , highlight over the app that you want to move and press and hold the select button on your remote .

Press left or right to move the app and then press the select button again to place it in the new location .

You can also change the wallpaper , open the download your app and type in any website for wallpapers .

My suggestion is wallpaper cave dot com .

As it is very easy to use .

Type the address in and click Go skip past the section at the top of featured phone wallpapers .

As these won't fit the screen size of your fire stick correctly .

Choose a wallpaper and click the yellow download button , then click done .

Go back to the lean back on fire app and then tap up and select the cog icon at the top of the screen .

Choose home screen view and then choose default wallpaper .

Click allow when asked for access to your files and then click .

Choose wallpaper .

Select the Downloader folder and click on your wallpaper to open it .

Click back and wait a few seconds for the wallpaper to update .

When you press the home button on your remote or exit an app or turn your fire stick on , you will be back on your Amazon home screen .

And whenever you want to use , lean back on fire .

You will need to find it and open it .

You could move it to the front of your home screen row of apps for easy access .

Or , if you want to make lean back on , fire your default fire stick launcher to remove the Amazon one and always return to lean back on fire .

Whenever you press the home button , turn your fire , stick on or exit an app .

You will need to make a few extra changes .

However , there's another important disclaimer .

These changes will disable the Amazon launcher If you want to revert back to the Amazon home screen at any point after these changes have been made , you will need to carefully follow the instructions in this video .

If you don't , this could result in your fire stick becoming unusable , in which case you will have to force a factory reset of your fire stick .

The Amazon launcher can be disabled by using an APP called launcher manager .

Go back to the downloader app and enter 28907 .

Wait for the download page to load completely , and you can see the search box in the search box .

Type in launcher , then press the back button on your remote .

Tap down the page and find launcher manager .

Click the download button next to it to install it again before you open it .

Delete the installation file , open launcher manager and select launcher options , then select enable custom launcher .

You will see a connection , failed error .

Click to open a DB settings and then click the A DB debugging option to turn it on .

Press the back button on your remote to go back to launcher manager and do the same again .

Select launcher options and then select Enable custom launcher .

Wait a few seconds and you will now see that your current launcher has changed to lean back on fire .

Now , when you press the home button on your remote , turn your fire stick on or exit an app , you will always come back to the lean back on fire launcher .

You'll still be able to access the fire stick settings by tapping down to the bottom of the screen and clicking on launcher manager .

From here , you can open your network settings , the Amazon App store , my fire TV settings and more .

If at any point you don't want to use , lean back on fire anymore .

You can revert your fire stick back to its original home screen , but you must do so safely by following these steps .

Do not uninstall or delete the launcher manager , or lean back on fire TV apps until after you have done this .

Open the launcher manager settings and click on launcher options .

Then select disabled custom launcher .

You'll see confirmation that the current launcher has changed back to the stock launcher , which is the Amazon Launcher Press .

The home button on your remote to return to the Amazon home screen .

You can then safely uninstall , lean back on fire and launcher manager apps , as mentioned earlier .

There are other launchers you can try .

Lean back on .

Fire is simply one of the easiest to use , as it doesn't come with loads of fancy customization options .

If you want something that is more customizable , you could take a look at wolf launcher and customise rows , app , icons and much more .

Check it out in my tutorial , showing me the link above me or in the description below .

I hope that you found this video useful and you'll be checking out a new home screen for your fire stick .

Let me know in the comments section down below .

If you give this a try , or let me know if you already use a launcher , which one is and which one you think is best as always .

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