How to Customize Your Lock Screen iPhone Clock

It's quick and easy to change the colors and font on your Lock Screen clock on iPhone (and iPad), and there are more ways to customize than you can possibly imagine! I'll walk you through them and show you how to get the perfect clock style to match your wallpaper.

Why You'll Love This Tip

• Choose from a variety of clock font styles to suit your tastes and mood.
• Pick the perfect color to complement your wallpaper.
• Adjust the Liquid Glass transparency or turn it off completely.

How to Customize the Clock on iPhone Lock Screen

You've already got the perfect iPhone Lock Screen wallpaper, and now you want to customize your Lock Screen's clock style to match. This is pretty easy, and you have many options to choose from to get things just right. Don't forget to check out for our free Tip of the Day newsletter for more quick tips. Here's how to change clock on iPhones of any model:

1. Long press on your Lock Screen to open the customization menu. Customize an existing Lock screen or create a new one from scratch.
2. If you created a new one, you’ll have to go through the steps of selecting the background. Once you’re ready, tap on the time.
3. The Font & Color menu will appear, at the very top you can pick from one of eight fonts. You can swipe left over them to see more options.
4. Under fonts, use the slider to adjust the thickness of the numbers.
5. Next, you can select a color by tapping on it. You can swipe left to see more options.
6. Once you select a color, a slider will appear that will let you adjust the shade.
7. If you want more color options, swipe as far left as you can go across the colors until you see the rainbow wheel. Tap on it.
8. Here you will see the option to select a color from the Gird, Spectrum, or Sliders Page and they are mostly self explanatory.
9. What’s notable is that the Sliders page lets you enter a Display P3 or sRGB color number code This lets you always get the right shade whether you are in Procreate, Photoshop, or a different app/software, this is how companies stick to their color templates.
10. If you want to select a color that’s already in your wallpaper, tap the eye dropper tool.
11. A circle will appear that you can slide the circle until you see the color you wish to select, once you lift your finger off the screen, the color will be selected.
12. If you like a color and want to save it, tap the plus icon at the bottom of the screen on any page so that you can return to it if you wish. To delete a saved color, long-press on it and tap ‘Delete’.
13. Once you are done selecting a color, tap the x icon.
14. The final slider that appears at the bottom of the Font & Color menu lets you adjust how transparent the numbers are, this is part of the Liquid Glass design that came out with iOS 26.
15. For those who hate Liquid Glass or find it hard to see the time, tap on Solid.
16. Next, you can also drag the time from the bottom right corner to change the size of it on your screen, which is only possible if you keep Glass selected rather than Solid. While you are dragging it, it will appear in front of your subject (if you have a layered wallpaper like a Photos one), but once it is saved, the subject will show up in front of the time, even if you stretch the numbers as far as they go which might hide the time in some cases.
17. Finally, if Arabic/Western numbers are not your favorite, tap on the globe icon and select from one of the 15 available numeral systems.
18. Don’t forget to tap Done (if customizing) or Add (if creating a new wallpaper) to save the changes you made

Now you know how to change the clock color on iPhones and iPads! Don’t forget that you can also switch between using a 24-hour clock (used in most parts of the world, sometimes referred to as military time) or the 12-hour cycle (a.m./p.m.) that’s used in the USA.

Now that you know how to customize your iPhone clock on your Lock Screen, you can personalize your phone to your heart's content.