No matter your reason for wanting to protect your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 from the outside world, it's your personal life and it's up to you to decide how you want to manage it. There are a lot of phone apps out there, and you might not want your friends to know about everything you do with your phone.
In this article, we are going to show you precisely how to hide an application icon on Samsung Galaxy J5 2017? To do this, first of all, we will teach you how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, and after, how to hide the icon of an application on your phone using a specific application called launcher.
How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?
We therefore begin the first section of our tutorial, as we told you, it is quite logical that you need to manage your personal space according to your preferences, and consequently, your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. either for privacy concerns, as we will discover in the next section of this article, or simply for organizational reasons, there are different methods for hide the logo of an application on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, we will first learn how to do it with a preinstalled application.
It has always been complicated on smartphones to delete native applications, indeed, they were protected by the operating system because either they were 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for the proper functioning of the smartphone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn.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 a user does not want to use an application he will not do so, as much as he can remove it if it bothers him. You are going to be able to deactivate an application on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. This is precisely what we will now show you:
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- Go to the "Applications" menu
- In the list, find the application whose logo you want to hide
- Click on it
- You will now have to click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and confirm the procedure
Be careful, however, if this application is associated with or is necessary for the proper functioning of certain applications, this 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. You can of course do the same procedure with a classic application, but your phone mobile will suggest you uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next part of this guide for the rest of your apps.
How to hide the icon of an app on my Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 using a launcher?
Second solution, we will now reveal the technique to you if you want hide any application on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 , for that we will have to use a specific application better known under the name of launcher. This kind of applications are actually tools that allow you to modify 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, 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 J5 2017
- Launch the app and accept all permissions requested by your phone
- Go to the application 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 J5 2017
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