No matter what makes you want to protect your LG W10 from the outside world, it's your privacy and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are a lot of phone apps out there and sometimes it happens that you don't want your friends to know about everything you do with your smartphone.

We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to hide an application icon on LG W10? To do this, first of all, we will explain to you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your LG W10, then, how to hide the icon of an application on your smartphone using 'a dedicated application called a launcher.

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How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on LG W10?

We are therefore starting the first part of our guide, as we told you, it is quite normal that you need to manage your private garden as you see fit, and therefore, your LG W10. Whether it is for privacy concerns, as we will discover in the next section of this article, or only for organizational reasons, there are different solutions for hide the logo of an application on your LG W10, we will first learn how to do it with a preinstalled application.

It has long been problematic on a smartphone to remove native applications, in fact, they were protected by the operating system because they were either essential for the proper functioning of the phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not not be withdrawn. From now on, Android has integrated it well, in the event that a user does not want to use an application he will not do so, it is therefore easier to remove it if it bothers him. You go in this frame can deactivate an application on your LG W10. This is exactly what we will now show you:

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

Be careful in spite of everything, in the event that this application is linked or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, this may interfere with their operation. You should also know that to use it you will have to do the reverse procedure and reactivate it so that it is again accessible on your LG W10. You can of course do the same procedure with a classic application, but your smartphone will offer to uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next part of this tutorial for the rest of your applications.

How to hide the app icon on my LG W10 with a launcher?

Second solution, now we will show you the solution in the event that you want hide any application on your LG W10 , 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 modify the look of your operating system, they are also really useful to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To learn how to do this, use the following procedure:

  • Go to the Google Play Store
  • Download and install Apex Launcher , which in our opinion is one of the best Launcher for your LG W10
  • Launch 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 choose all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your LG W10

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