Whatever reason makes you want to protect your Huawei P9 from prying eyes, 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 those around you to know everything you do with your smartphone.
In this article, we are going to show you how to hide an application icon on Huawei P9? In this context, first of all, we will explain to you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Huawei P9, and after, 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 Huawei P9?
We are therefore starting the first section of our guide, as we explained to you, it is totally logical that you need to organize your personal space according to your desires, and therefore, your Huawei P9. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will see in the next section of this article, or because you are meticulous, there are several solutions to hide the logo of an application on your Huawei P9, we will first see how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has long been problematic on a phone to remove native applications, in fact, they were impossible to access because of the operating system because they were either essential for the proper functioning of the phone or they were related to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn. Now, Android has understood this 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 bothers him. You are going to do this power deactivate an application on your Huawei P9. 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 simply have to press "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and confirm the procedure
Be careful though, in the event that this application is linked to or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, this risks disturbing their operation. Also note that to use it you will have to do the procedure and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again accessible on your Huawei P9. You can obviously do the same technique with a classic application, but your mobile phone 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 applications.
How to hide the icon of an app on your Huawei P9 using a launcher?
Second option, we are now going to reveal the technique to you in the event that you want to hide any application on your Huawei P9 , for this we will have to use a dedicated application better known under the name of launcher. This type of application is actually tools that allow you to modify the look of your operating system, they are also particularly practical to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To see how to do it, apply the following technique:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which according to us and one of the best Launcher for your Huawei P9
- Open the app and accept all permissions requested by your smartphone
- Go to the app settings
- Click on the menu "Hidden Apps" , you will just have to select all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your Huawei P9.
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