Regardless of your reason for wanting to protect your Alcatel 1b from the outside world, it's your personal life and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are a large number of applications for smartphones and you may not want those around you to know about everything you do with your smartphone.
We will precisely today show you how to hide app icon on Alcatel 1b? In this context, first of all, we will explain to you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Alcatel 1b, and then, how to hide the icon of an application on your smartphone using a dedicated application called a launcher.
How to hide the logo of a preinstalled application on Alcatel 1b?
We therefore begin the first section of our tutorial, as we told you, it is absolutely normal that you want to manage your private garden according to your preferences, and therefore, your Alcatel 1b. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will see in the next part of this guide, or simply because you are meticulous, there are several alternatives for hide the logo of an application on your Alcatel 1b, we will first find out how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has always been complicated on the phone to delete native applications, indeed, they were impossible to access because of the operating system since either they were essential to the proper functioning of the phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusivities and therefore could not be withdrawn. Now, Android has understood this well, if a user does not want to use an application he will not do so, as long as he can remove it if it bothers him. You are going to be able to deactivate an application on your Alcatel 1b. This is precisely what we will now explain to you:
- Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- In the list, find the application whose logo you want to hide
- Click on it
- You will now very easily have to press "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the manipulation
Be careful, however, if this application is linked or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, this may disturb their operation. You should also know that to use it you will have to perform the procedure and reverse it and reactivate it so that it is available again on your Alcatel 1b. You can of course do the same technique with a classic application, but your phone will offer to uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next part of this guide for the rest of your apps.
How to hide an app icon on your Alcatel 1b using a launcher?
Second solution, we will now show you the solution if you want hide any application on your Alcatel 1b , for that we will have to use a dedicated application which is more commonly called a launcher. This type of applications are in fact tools that allow you to modify the visual of your operating system, they are also really practical to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To find out how to do it, apply the technique below:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which in our opinion is one of the best Launcher for your Alcatel 1b
- Launch the app and accept all permissions requested by your smartphone
- Go to the app settings
- Click on the menu "Hidden Apps" , you will only have to select all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your Alcatel 1b
If you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Alcatel 1b, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Alcatel 1b.
