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No matter what Android phone you use, navigating the Settings app can often feel tedious. Sure, you can use the built-in search to look up a setting directly, but it isn’t effective until you type the right keyword, which isn’t always possible.
If you use a Samsung Galaxy phone, though, there’s a nifty trick to make your frequently used settings more accessible. It involves creating shortcuts for your most-used settings and using them whenever you want to visit their page in the Settings app. I’ve been using it on my Galaxy S26 Ultra for a while, and it’s saved me a lot of hassle every day.
Interested? Here’s how to set it up on your Samsung phone right now.
Do you struggle to find settings in the Settings app? 19 votes Yes. 53 % No. I use settings shortcuts. 47 %
How to create shortcuts for anything in the Settings app
Samsung doesn’t allow you to create shortcuts for system settings in One UI by default. Instead, it provides a toggle to unlock that functionality in the RegiStar Good Lock module.
To enable it, first download the Good Lock app from the Galaxy Store on your phone if you don’t have it already. Then, open Good Lock, go to the Plugins tab, and tap the Life up tab at the top. Locate RegiStar and tap the download icon next to it to install it.
After it’s installed, tap the RegiStar module. Here, select Search options and toggle on the Allow creation of a shortcut option. Once it’s enabled, you can create a shortcut for any setting in the Settings app like this: Open the Settings app and navigate to the setting you want to create the shortcut for. Remember the title at the top of this page. Go back to the Settings app’s home page. Tap the Search bar and type the title of the setting you made a mental note of. When you see an exact match for your search term under Results, tap and hold it until you see a Add to Home screen? pop-up on your screen. (If you can’t find the exact page, type the name of the previous page.) Hit the Add button on the prompt. This will create a shortcut for that setting and place it on your phone’s home screen. Exit the Settings app and go to the home screen. You should see an app-like icon for that setting (with its name) here.
Repeat the steps to create shortcuts for more settings. If you’re unsure what shortcuts to create, think of settings you visit more frequently or visit occasionally but find too hard to navigate to.
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