Whatever the reason that makes you want to protect your Pocophone M5 from outside eyes, 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 you don't want your loved ones to know about everything you do with your phone.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to hide an app icon on Pocophone M5? To do this, first, we will show you how to hide the logo of a preinstalled application on your Pocophone M5, then, how to hide the icon of an application on your phone using a specific application that it is called a launcher.
How to hide the logo of a preinstalled application on Pocophone M5?
We therefore begin the first part of our article, as we told you, it is absolutely normal that you want to organize your private garden according to your preferences, and therefore, your Pocophone M5. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will see in the next section of this tutorial, or for organizational reasons, there are different solutions for hide the logo of an application on your Pocophone M5, we will first learn how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has long been problematic on a smartphone to delete pre-installed applications, in fact, they were impossible to access because of the operating system since either they were essential to the functioning of the smartphone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn. From now on, Android has integrated it well, if a user does not want to use an application he will not do so, as much as he can remove it if it is of no use to you. You will in this framework be able deactivate an application on your Pocophone M5. This is precisely what we will now reveal to you:
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- Click on the "Applications" menu
- In the list, find the app whose logo you want to hide
- Click on it
- You will now simply have to click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and confirm the procedure
Be careful despite everything, if this application is associated with or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, it may disturb their operation. Also note that to use it you will have to perform the reverse procedure and reactivate it so that it is available again on your Pocophone M5. 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 section of this article for the rest of your apps.
How to hide an app icon on your Pocophone M5 with a launcher?
Second option, we will now reveal the technique to you if you wish hide any app on your Pocophone M5 , for this we will have to use a specific application that is more commonly called a launcher. This type of applications are actually tools that allow you to change the look of your operating system, they are also particularly useful for personalizing your Android user experience as much as possible. To learn how to do it, follow the technique below:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which according to us is one of the best Launcher for your Pocophone M5
- Open the app and accept all permissions requested by your phone
- Go to the application settings
- Click on the menu "Hidden Apps" , you will only have to select all the applications whose logo you want to hide on your Pocophone M5
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Pocophone M5, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Pocophone M5.