How to Turn Off Automatically Add the Application Icon to the Home

Learning how to turn off automatically add the application icon to the home is easier when the steps are completed in the correct order. Use this guide to prepare, make the changes, and verify the result.

Android 8.0 Oreo is the latest version of the Android operating system so far. Android 8 adds many new and upgraded features compared to previous versions. One feature that we often see when downloading apps on Play Store is, the app icon will automatically be added to the main screen. This will cause quite a screen mess when you download and install the app.

However, on Android Oreo, there is an option to turn off automatically adding application icons on the Home screen, which helps to make the screen more compact. It is also very easy to turn off automatically adding application icons on Android Oreo.

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Turn off automatically adding icons to Home screen Android 8

First, users turn on the minimized mode to display the main screen settings buttons. Next, click Home settings. Finally, you just need to turn off Add icon to home screen.

So when we install a new application from Google Play Store on Android 8, no more app icons appears on the main screen interface. This will help make the screen on Android Oreo more compact.

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