I was working with a new Android tablet and consolidated app icons to a few home screens which left a few empty screens. It took me a while but I finally figured out two ways to get the home screen menu to come up so that I could delete empty screens.
The tablet is running Android version 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Method 1
- Place two fingers simultaneously on the screen as if they are on opposite corners of a square.
- While pressing on the screen move the two fingers towards each other (towards the center of your imaginary square).
- This should popup all the Android home screens as rectangles.
- Drag the unwanted screens to the trashcan icon.
Method 2 (See Update)
- Tap and hold a single finger on an empty space of a home screen
- This will bring up a menu. Select “Add to Home screen”
- Next select “Page”
- This should popup all the Android home screens as rectangles.
- Drag the unwanted screens to the trashcan icon
Update 1.21.14
I tried both of the methods on a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 4.1.2. Method 1 works but method 2 does not work.