Regardless of your motive for wanting to protect your Oppo from the outside world, it's your privacy and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are loads of smartphone apps out there, and you might not want your friends to know everything you do with your smartphone.
Today we will teach you precisely how to hide an app icon on Oppo? To do this, first, we will show you how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Oppo, and after, how to hide the icon of an application on your smartphone using a dedicated application that the we call a launcher.
How to hide the logo of an app preinstalled on Oppo?
So we start the first section of our tutorial, as we told you, it is absolutely logical that you want to organize your personal space according to your preferences, and therefore, your Oppo. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will see in the next part of this article, or for organizational reasons, there are various methods to hide the logo of an application on your Oppo, 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 impossible to access because of the operating system since they were either necessary for the proper functioning of the smartphone or they were linked to contracts. or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn. Now Android has understood it well, if ever a user does not want to use an application they will not, so it is easier to remove it if it ever gets in their way. You go in this frame can deactivate an application on your Oppo. This is exactly what we will now reveal to 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 very simply have to press "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the manipulation
Be careful, however, if this application is ever associated with or is necessary for the proper functioning of certain applications, this risks disrupting their operation. Also note that to use it you will have to perform the procedure and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again available on your Oppo. You can of course do the same procedure 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 guide for the rest of your applications.
How to hide the icon of an app on my Oppo using a launcher?
Second option, we will now present the technique to you if you ever wish hide any application on your Oppo , for this we will have to use a dedicated application better known under the name of launcher. This kind of applications are in fact tools that allow you to change 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 it, 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 Oppo
- 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 choose all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your Oppo
If you ever want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Oppo, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Oppo.
