Whatever the reason that prompts you to protect your Honor 8A from prying eyes, it is your privacy and it is up to you to choose how you want to manage it. There are loads of phone apps out there, and sometimes it happens that you don't want your friends to know about everything you do with your phone.
We are going to show you in this article how to hide an application icon on Honor 8A? To do this, to begin with, we will teach you how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Honor 8A, then, how to hide the icon of an application on your phone using a dedicated application that we call a launcher.
How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on Honor 8A?
We are starting the first section of our article, as we told you, it is absolutely normal that you want to organize your private garden according to your desires, and suddenly, your Honor 8A. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will see in the next part of this guide, or for organizational reasons, there are several possibilities to hide the logo of an application on your Honor 8A, we will first learn how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has always been complicated on smartphones to delete preinstalled applications, in fact, they were impossible to access because of the operating system since they were either necessary for the proper functioning of the mobile phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn. Now, Android has understood it well, if ever a user does not want to use an application, he will not do so, as much as he can remove it if ever it bothers him. You go in this frame can deactivate an application on your Honor 8A. This is precisely what we will now explain to you:
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- Click on the "Applications" menu
- In the list, find the app whose logo you want to hide
- Press it
- You will now very easily have to click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the process
Be careful, however, if this application is ever associated with or is necessary for the proper functioning of certain applications, it may interfere with their operation. You should also know that to use it you will have to perform the methodology and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again accessible on your Honor 8A. You can obviously do the same with a classic application, but your smartphone will offer to uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next part of this article for the rest of your apps.
How to hide the icon of an app on my Honor 8A using a launcher?
Second option, we will now reveal the technique to you if you ever want to hide any application on your Honor 8A , for this we will have to use a dedicated application better known under the name of launcher. This kind of applications are actually tools that allow you to modify the look of your operating system, they are also really practical to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To learn how to do it, apply the following steps:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which in our opinion is one of the best Launcher for your Honor 8A
- Launch the app and accept all permissions requested by your phone
- 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 Honor 8A
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Honor 8A, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Honor 8A.
