Whatever the reason that makes you want to protect your Huawei Y6 from prying eyes, it's your personal life and it's up to you to decide how you want to manage it. There are a lot of cell phone apps out there, and you might not want those around you to know everything you do with your smartphone.

In this guide, we will explain to you how to hide an application icon on Huawei Y6? To do this, first, we will explain to you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Huawei Y6, 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 Y6?

So let's start the first section of our tutorial, as we told you, it is completely normal that you need to organize your private garden according to your desires, and therefore, your Huawei Y6. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will discover in the next part of this tutorial, or just for organizational reasons, there are several possibilities for hide the logo of an application on your Huawei Y6, we will first see how to do it with a preinstalled application.

It has long been problematic on a phone to remove native applications, indeed, they were protected by the operating system given that either they were essential for the proper functioning of the phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore not could not be removed. By now Android has understood 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 are going to be able to deactivate an application on your Huawei Y6. This is exactly what we will now present 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 very easily have to click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and confirm the procedure

Be careful, however, if this application is associated with 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 perform the procedure and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again available on your Huawei Y6. 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 part of this article for the rest of your applications.

How to hide the app icon on your Huawei Y6 with a launcher?

Second solution, we will now present the solution to you if you wish hide any application on your Huawei Y6 , 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 see how to do it, follow the following technique:

  • Go to the Google Play Store
  • Download and install Apex Launcher , which in our opinion is one of the best Launcher for your Huawei Y6
  • Open 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 click on all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your Huawei Y6

In the event that you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Huawei Y6, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Y6.