Whatever the reason that makes you want to protect your Samsung Galaxy A12 from outside eyes, it's your personal life and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are a lot of mobile phone applications and you might not want your friends to know about everything you do with your mobile phone.
Today we will show you precisely how to hide an app icon on Samsung Galaxy A12? To do this, first, we will explain to you how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Samsung Galaxy A12, then, how to hide the icon of an application on your mobile phone using a specific application called launcher.
How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on Samsung Galaxy A12?
We are therefore going to start the first section of our article, as we told you, it is absolutely normal that you want to manage your personal space as you see fit, and therefore, your Samsung Galaxy A12. Whether for privacy concerns, as we will see in the next part of this guide, or because you are meticulous, there are various methods to hide the logo of an application on your Samsung Galaxy A12, we will first see how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has long been problematic on a smartphone to delete native applications, in fact, they were impossible to access because of the operating system because either they were necessary for the operation of the phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusivities and therefore could not be removed. 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 in the event that it bothers him. You are going to do this power deactivate an application on your Samsung Galaxy A12. This is exactly what we will now explain to you:
- Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
- 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 press "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the procedure
Be careful however, in the event that this application is associated with or is essential for the proper functioning of certain applications, this risks disrupting their operation. Also note that to use it you will have to do the reverse and reactivate it so that it is available again on your Samsung Galaxy A12. 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 article for the rest of your apps.
How to hide the icon of an app on my Samsung Galaxy A12 with a launcher?
Second solution, we will now reveal the technique to you in the event that you wish to hide any application on your Samsung Galaxy A12 , for that we will have to use a specific application which is more commonly called a launcher. This type of applications are 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 procedure below:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Apex Launcher , which in our opinion is one of the best Launcher for your Samsung Galaxy A12
- Launch the app and accept all permissions requested by your mobile phone
- Go to the app 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 Samsung Galaxy A12
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