No matter what makes you want to protect your Honor 8X from prying eyes, it's your privacy and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are a lot of apps for smartphones and it sometimes happens that you don't want those around you to know everything you do with your smartphone.
Today we will precisely explain to you how to hide an application icon on Honor 8X? To do this, first, we will teach you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Honor 8X, and then, how to hide the icon of an application on your smartphone using a dedicated application called launcher.
How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on Honor 8X?
We therefore begin the first section of our guide, as we told you, it is completely normal that you need to organize your private garden as you see fit, and consequently, your Honor 8X. Whether for reasons of privacy, as we will see in the next part of this guide, or just for organizational reasons, there are various possibilities for hide the logo of an application on your Honor 8X, we will first see how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has always been complicated on the phone to remove native applications, indeed, they were impossible to access because of the operating system because either they were essential for the operation of the smartphone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn. Now Android has integrated it well, if a user doesn't want to use an app they won't, as much as they can remove it if it's of no use to you. You go in this frame can deactivate an application on your Honor 8X. This is exactly 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 click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the process
Be careful though, if this application is linked to or is necessary for the proper functioning of certain applications, this may disrupt their operation. You should also know that to use it you will have to carry out the procedure and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again accessible on your Honor 8X. You can of course do the same technique with a classic application, but your device will offer to uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next section of this article for the rest of your applications.
How to hide the icon of an app on my Honor 8X using a launcher?
Second solution, we will now reveal the solution to you if you wish hide any application on your Honor 8X , for this we will have to use a dedicated application that is more commonly called a launcher. This kind of applications are in fact tools that allow you to modify the look of your operating system, they are also really useful to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To see how to do it, apply the technique below:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which according to us and one of the best Launcher for your Honor 8X
- 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 choose all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your Honor 8X
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Honor 8X, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor 8X.
