Whatever your reason for wanting to protect your Google Pixel 4 from the outside world, it's your privacy and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are a lot of smartphone apps out there and you might not want your loved ones to know about everything you do with your smartphone.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to hide an app icon on Google Pixel 4? To do this, first of all, we will explain to you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Google Pixel 4, and after, how to hide the icon of an application on your smartphone using a specific application called launcher.
How to hide the logo of an app preinstalled on Google Pixel 4?
We will now start the first section of our guide, as we explained to you, it is quite logical that you want to organize your private garden as you see fit, and suddenly, your Google Pixel 4. That you wanted to protect your privacy, as we will find out in the next section of this article, or just because you are meticulous, there are various alternatives to hide the logo of an application on your Google Pixel 4, we will first see how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has long been problematic on a smartphone to remove preinstalled applications, indeed, they were impossible to access because of the operating system since they were either necessary for the operation of the smartphone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives. and suddenly could not be withdrawn. From now on, Android has understood it well, in the event that a user does not want to use an application, he will not do so, as much as he can remove it in the event that it is of no use to you. . You are going to do this power deactivate an application on your Google Pixel 4. This is precisely what we will now show 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 simply have to press "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the manipulation
Be careful, however, in the event that this application is linked to or is necessary for the proper functioning of certain applications, this may disrupt their operation. Note also that to use it you will have to perform the procedure and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again available on your Google Pixel 4. You can of course do the same technique with a classic application, but your phone will suggest uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next section of this guide for the rest of your apps.
How to hide the icon of an app on my Google Pixel 4 using a launcher?
Second option, we will now show you the solution in the event that you want hide any application on your Google Pixel 4 , for this we will have to resort to a specific application that is more commonly called a launcher. This type of application is actually tools that allow you to change the look of your operating system, they are also particularly useful for personalizing your Android user experience as much as possible. To see how to do it, follow the technique that follow:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which according to us and one of the best Launcher for your Google Pixel 4
- Launch the app and accept all permissions requested by your smartphone
- Go to the application settings
- Click on the menu "Hidden Apps" , you will just have to select all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your Google Pixel 4
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become a Google Pixel 4 master, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 4.
