How to Resize a Start Screen Tile

As you view the Start screen, you will see that tiles appear either as small squares or as large rectangles. You can change the size of certain tiles to make them  small or large. Increasing the size of a tile for  an app that you frequently use gives it more  prominence. Decreasing the size of a tile allows you to squeeze more tiles into the same  amount of space, saving room on the Start screen. Not all tiles can be resized this way — for example, tiles for the Camera app, Maps app, and Windows Store app cannot  be resized. But many of the apps that come with Windows can be resized. Tiles for certain third-party apps can also be resized. This task explains how to resize a Start screen app.

1 Look for Resize option: Right-click the tile for an app on the Start screen. If the tile can be resized, a button appears on the app bar that says Larger or Smaller.

2 Increase or decrease the tile size:   If the app is small, click Larger to resize it into  a large rectangle. If  the app is large, click Smaller to resize it into a small square.

3 View new tile: The tile resizes and the surrounding tiles move to fill the increased or decreased space.


tip 
        You  can change the tile size for certain Windows  8 apps but not for desktop apps.