Whatever the reason that makes you want to protect your Samsung Galaxy A42 from outside eyes, it's your personal life and it's up to you how you want to manage it. There are lots of cell phone apps out there, and you might not want your friends to know about everything you do with your phone.
Today we are going to teach you how to hide an app icon on Samsung Galaxy A42? To do this, first, we will explain to you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Samsung Galaxy A42, after that, how to hide the icon of an application on your phone at using a dedicated application called a launcher.
How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on Samsung Galaxy A42?
We will therefore start with the first section of our guide, as we told you, it is completely normal that you want to organize your private garden according to your desires, and therefore, your Samsung Galaxy A42. Whether for privacy concerns, as we will see in the next part of this guide, or for organizational concerns, there are different solutions for hide the logo of an application on your Samsung Galaxy A42, we will first find out 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 necessary for the operation of the mobile phone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn. Now Android has understood this, if a user does not want to use an application he will not, as much as he can remove it if it is of no use to you. You are going to be able to deactivate an application on your Samsung Galaxy A42. This is exactly what we will now show 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 have to press in a very simple way "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and confirm the process
Be careful, however, in the event that this application is associated with or is necessary for the proper functioning of certain applications, this risks disrupting their operation. You should also know that to use it you will have to perform the procedure in reverse and reactivate it so that it is again accessible on your Samsung Galaxy A42. 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 section of this guide for the rest of your apps.
How to hide the icon of an app on my Samsung Galaxy A42 using a launcher?
Second solution, we are now going to reveal the technique to you in the event that you wish hide any application on your Samsung Galaxy A42 , for this we will have to use a dedicated application better known under the name of launcher. This kind of applications are actually tools that allow you to modify the visual of your operating system, they are also really practical to personalize your Android user experience as much as possible. To find out 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 A42
- Launch the app and accept all permissions requested by your phone
- 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 Samsung Galaxy A42
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