I've always considered my iPhone wallpaper background carefully — I just want something simple, that doesn't contrast against the many icons or widgets that might be visible.
It turns out that finding these wallpapers can be a bit tricky if you don't know where to look.
Here are 28 minimalist iPhone wallpapers that I recently discovered that all have a slightly neural color theme—think soft, earthy colors. I've sized these all to the most popular iPhone screen size (currently an iPhone 13), but they will work on any device (including Android) since they are all high resolution.
How to save wallpapers to your phone
The easiest way to save any of the images below is to just tap on hold on the image that you would like to save, then select "Save image" on the menu that pops up. Once saved, you can easily find it as the last photo inside of your camera roll.
How to set iPhone wallpaper
Once you have the image saved, go into your iPhone settings, tap on "General" then swipe down until you see the "Wallpaper" section.
From there, you'll be able to set both the lock screen wallpaper, as well as the standard background. I tend to set both of these images to the same thing so it's not jarring when you unlock your phone.
The neutral minimalist collection
Textured wall background
A glimpse of the sea wallpaper
A desert home wallpaper
Minimal geometry background
Modern geometry wallpaper
Let it bloom background
Minimal sand dunes wallpaper
Geometry sweep wallpaper
Gradient dreams wallpaper
Where the light is wallpaper
Waves of erosion wallpaper
Memories through the fog wallpaper
Just a glimpse iPhone wallpaper
Sunrise in Tunisia wallpaper
Surfing sand waves background
Gentle sunrise
Morning glimpse background
The division
In the beholder background
Textured wall background
Beauty in geometry background
A slight speckle
Movement of a shadow wallpaper
The triplets
Early riser
Sand ascension
The entrance wallpaper
Gentle waves background
The desert stroll background
