How to set wallpaper on iOS devices

Organizations may need to set their company logo as the default home screen or lock screen wallpaper to customize the look of their iOS/iPadOS devices. To set wallpapers manually on a large number of devices is an exhausting task for IT admins. Despite the admins’ strenuous efforts, there are chances that the users may change the added wallpaper.

Hexnode UEM simplifies this process for IT admins by enabling them to set wallpapers on their deployed iOS/iPadOS devices from a single console. It allows the admin to set both home screen and lock screen images for supervised devices. Moreover, he can make sure that the users do not tamper with these distributed wallpapers.

Set wallpaper on iOS/iPadOS devices

1. Log in to your Hexnode UEM portal.
2. Navigate to Policies > New Policy. Assign a suitable name and description (optional) for the policy. You can also choose to continue with an existing policy.
3. Go to iOS > Configurations > Wallpaper. Click Configure.

   

4. Select the wallpaper type: home screen or lock screen. For iPads, you can also choose the screen orientation (portrait or landscape).
5. Click Select Wallpaper to choose an image from your system.
6. Click Upload to add the image. The images will be added to the Hexnode content repository.
7. The uploaded images will be listed, and you can choose the desired wallpaper from them. The images that are already uploaded to the Hexnode content repository will also be listed and you can choose the wallpaper from them as well.
8. If you want the same wallpaper for both the home screen and lock screen, enable the option Set Image as both Home Screen and Lock Screen Wallpaper.
9. Click Save to confirm your selection.
10. To modify your selection, you can replace or delete an uploaded image using the edit and trash icons, respectively.

Restrict users from modifying wallpaper

To restrict the users from modifying the set wallpapers,

1. Go to Policies > iOS > Advanced Restrictions.
2. Under Allow Security and Privacy Settings, uncheck Modify wallpaper.
3. Apply the restriction to the target devices and save the policy.

What happens at the device end?

The device wallpaper will be updated immediately as the policy is applied.