No matter your reason for wanting to protect your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 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 cell phone apps out there, and you may not want those around you to know everything you do with your phone.

Today, we will teach you how to hide an app icon on Samsung Galaxy Tab A6? In this context, first of all, we will show you, how to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6, and then, how to hide the icon of an application on your phone using a dedicated application called a launcher.

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How to hide the logo of an application preinstalled on Samsung Galaxy Tab A6?

We will therefore begin the first part of our guide, as we told you, it is quite normal that you need to organize your private garden according to your desires, and therefore, your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6. Whether you want to protect your privacy, as we will see in the next section of this article, or for organizational reasons, there are various solutions to hide the logo of an application on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6, we will first see how to do it with a preinstalled application.

It has always been complicated on the phone to remove preinstalled applications, indeed, they were impossible to access because of the operating system because either they were essential for the proper functioning of the smartphone or they were linked to contracts or exclusives and therefore could not be withdrawn.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 is of no use to you. You are going to be able to deactivate an application on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6. 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 click on "Disable" at the bottom left of your screen and validate the procedure

Be careful, however, if this application is linked to 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 methodology and reverse and reactivate it so that it is again accessible on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6. You can obviously do the same procedure with a classic application, but your phone will offer to uninstall it, which is why you will have to go through the next part of this article for the rest of your applications.

How to hide the icon of an app on my Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 with a launcher?

Second solution, we will now present the technique to you if you ever wish hide any application on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 , for that we will have to use a dedicated application better known under the name of launcher. This type of application is actually tools that allow you to modify 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 Tab A6
  • 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 Tab A6

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