No matter what makes you want to protect your LG X4 from prying eyes, it's your privacy 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 there may be times when you don't want your loved ones to know everything you do with your smartphone.
We are going to show you today how to hide an app icon on LG X4? To do this, at first, we will teach you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your LG X4, after that, how to hide the icon of an application on your smartphone at the using a dedicated application called launcher.
How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on LG X4?
We therefore begin the first section of our guide, as we told you, it is quite normal that you want to organize your personal space according to your desires, and consequently, your LG X4. Whether it is for privacy concerns, as we will discover in the next part of this guide, or simply because you are meticulous, there are several possibilities to hide the logo of an application on your LG X4, we will first learn 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 because either they were essential for the proper functioning of the mobile phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore not could not be removed. Now, Android has understood it well, if ever a user does not want to use an application, he will not do so, as much as he can remove it if ever it is of no use to you. You are going to be able to deactivate an application on your LG X4. This is precisely what we will now show 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
- Press it
- You will now very easily have to click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and confirm the procedure
Be careful though, if this application is linked or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, it may disrupt their operation. You should also know that to use it you will have to do the procedure and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again available on your LG X4. You can of course do the same procedure with a classic application, but your mobile 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 LG X4 using a launcher?
Second solution, we will now present the technique to you if you ever wish hide any application on your LG X4 , 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 particularly practical to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To learn how to do this, follow the steps below:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which in our opinion is one of the best Launcher for your LG X4
- 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 LG X4
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the LG X4, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: LG X4.
