Whatever your reason for wanting to protect your Huawei Y5 from the outside world, it's your personal life and it's up to you to decide how you want to manage it. There are a lot of apps for phones out there and sometimes you don't want those around you to know everything you do with your mobile phone.
We are going to show you in this article how to hide an application icon on Huawei Y5? In this context, first, we will show you how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Huawei Y5, then how to hide the icon of an application on your mobile phone using a specific application that we call a launcher.
How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on Huawei Y5?
So let's start the first section of our tutorial, as we explained to you, it is completely normal that you need to manage your private garden according to your desires, and therefore, your Huawei Y5. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will find out in the next section of this guide, or just because you are meticulous, there are several alternatives to hide the logo of an application on your Huawei Y5, we will first learn how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has always been complicated on smartphones to remove native applications, in fact, they were protected by the operating system since they were either essential for the smartphone to function properly or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn. Now, Android has understood it well, if a user does not want to use an application they will not do so, so it is easier to remove it if it is of no use to you. You are going to be able to deactivate an application on your Huawei Y5. This is precisely what we will now present to you:
- Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
- Click on the "Applications" menu
- In the list, find the application whose logo you want to hide
- Click on it
- You will now have to press in a very simple way "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the process
Be careful, however, if this application is associated with or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, this may disrupt their operation. Also note that to use it you will have to do the methodology and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again accessible on your Huawei Y5. You can of course do the same technique with a classic application, but your smartphone will offer to uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next section of this guide for the rest of your applications.
How to hide the icon of an app on your Huawei Y5 using a launcher?
Second option, we will now show you the solution if you wish hide any application on your Huawei Y5 , for this we will have to resort to a specific 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 particularly useful to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To learn 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 Y5
- Launch the app and accept all permissions requested by your mobile phone
- 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 Y5
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