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How to Edit and Manage Home Screen Favorites on Roku Devices

Roku devices offer a simple yet powerful way to stream content to your TV. With thousands of streaming channels available, you likely have more options than you know what to do with. That’s where favorites come in handy.

Favorites allow you to pin your most-used streaming apps and channels to the top of your Roku home screen for quick and easy access. Here’s everything you need to know about managing favorites on your Roku device.

What Are Favorites on Roku?

Favorites are a way to prioritize streaming channels on your Roku home screen. When you mark a channel as a favorite, it gets pinned to the top of your home screen above all other installed channels.

This makes it easy to get to apps like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and others without having to scroll through a long list of channels.

How to Add Favorites

Adding favorites is simple:

  1. Navigate to the channel you want to favorite on your Roku home screen.
  2. Press the asterisk (*) button on your Roku remote.
  3. Select “Add to favorites” from the menu that pops up.

The channel icon will now have a little heart on it, indicating it’s one of your favorites. And it will be pinned to the top of your home screen.

Rearranging Favorites

You can rearrange the order of your favorite channels to put the most important ones first. Here’s how:

  1. Highlight the favorite channel you want to move.
  2. Press the asterisk (*) button on your remote.
  3. Choose “Move channel” from the menu.
  4. Use the directional pad to move the channel icon to the desired spot and press OK.

Repeat the process to put favorites in your preferred order.

Removing Favorites

To unfavorite a channel that you no longer want prioritized:

  1. Highlight the favorite channel icon.
  2. Press the asterisk (*) button.
  3. Select “Remove from favorites” from the menu.

The heart will disappear from the icon and the channel will get moved down into the regular channel list.

Favoriting Specific Shows or Movies

You can also favorite individual shows and movies in addition to entire streaming channels. Here’s how it works:

  1. Search for the show or movie you want to favorite.
  2. Select it from the search results to open the details page.
  3. Choose “Add to Roku favorites” or “Follow on Roku.”

This adds the show or movie to your streaming queue under “My Feed” on the home screen. Any updates, such as a price drop or appearance on a new streaming service, will show up there.

Creating a Custom Home Screen

If you want to fully customize your home screen with only favorite streaming channels, you can. Just remove any non-favorites:

  1. Highlight the channel icon you want to remove.
  2. Press the asterisk (*) button.
  3. Choose “Remove channel” from the menu.

Repeat until only favorite channels remain on the home screen.

Using Roku Profiles for Personalized Favorites

Roku profiles allow each person in your household to have their own customized favorites. To set up:

  1. Go to “Settings” and select “User Profiles.”
  2. Choose “Add User Profile” and create a name.
  3. Launch channels and favorite the ones you want for that profile.

Then just switch user profiles from the home screen to access those personalized favorites.

Pinning Favorite Inputs

In addition to streaming channels, you can also favorite specific device inputs connected to your Roku TV:

  1. Go to “Settings” and choose “TV inputs.”
  2. Select “Add input shortcuts.”
  3. Pick inputs like HDMI ports, antenna, etc.

Those inputs will then show up right on the home screen for quick access.

Using Roku’s “Save List” Feature

Roku recently introduced a “Save List” feature that works across multiple streaming channels. It lets you save movies and shows in one centralized list.

To use it:

  1. Find a movie or show you want to watch later.
  2. Select “Save to My List” on the details page.
  3. Access your full save list under “What to Watch” on the home screen.

This works similarly to favorites, but everything gets pooled into one master list instead of just within channels.

Conclusion

Part of what makes Roku great is the ability to customize it to your viewing preferences. Favoriting streaming channels, shows, and device inputs lets you create a home screen tailored specifically for you.

With robust favoriting options, personalized profiles, a master save list, and more, Roku offers plenty of ways to edit and manage favorites. Take advantage of these features to streamline your entertainment experience.

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