Whatever reason you want to protect your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite from prying eyes, it's your privacy and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are a lot of cell phone apps out there and you might not want your friends to know everything you do with your smartphone.

Today we will show you precisely how to hide an app icon on HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite? To do this, first of all, we will teach you how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, then, how to hide the icon of an application on your smartphone using a dedicated application called launcher.

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How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite?

We will now start the first section of our guide, as we told you, it is totally logical that you want to organize your private garden according to your desires, and suddenly, your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will see in the next section of this article, or just because you are meticulous, there are several possibilities to hide the logo of an application on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, we will first find out how to do it with a preinstalled application.

It has long been problematic on a smartphone to delete preinstalled applications, in fact, they were protected by the operating system because they were either necessary for the operation of the phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and suddenly could not not be withdrawn. Now Android has assimilated it well, in the event that a user does not want to use an application they will not do so, so it is easier to remove it in the event that it bothers them. You are going to be able to deactivate an application on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite. This is precisely what we will now reveal to you:

  • Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
  • Go to the "Applications" menu
  • In the list, find the app whose logo you want to hide
  • Click on it
  • You will now simply have to click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and confirm the process

Be careful, however, in the event that this application is associated with or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, this risks disrupting their operation. You should also know that to use it you will have to perform the procedure and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again available on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite. You can obviously do the same procedure with a classic application, but your phone will offer to uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next section of this tutorial for the rest of your applications.

How to hide the icon of an app on my HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using a launcher?

Second option, we will now show you the solution if you want hide any application on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite , for this we will have to use a dedicated application that is more commonly called a launcher. This type of application is in fact tools that allow you to change the look 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 this, follow the steps below:

  • Go to the Google Play Store
  • Download and install Apex Launcher , which according to us and one of the best Launcher for your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite
  • 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite

In the event that you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Mate 20 Lite.