Blackberry: Remove, Move, and Hide Icons
Posted by David Kirk in Blackberry
The first thing most blackberry(bb) owners want to know is how to remove some of the useless icons on the main screen. Hiding these icons is very simple. Here is how to proceed.
After I unlocked my blackberry and signed up for a new service, I noticed that I had a ton of duplicated icons. Most blackberry systems have too much installed anyway. Using these techniques, you’ll be able to remove icons from the main screen thus increasing your efficiency.
Hide an Icon:
1. Go to the main screen of your blackberry
2. Go to the icon you want to hide
3. Press ALT and then press down on your scroll wheel
4. Select Hide Application
Unhide an Icon:
If you ever need to see your hidden icons again, you can alt+scroll wheel on the main screen and select Show All. This will display all the icons including the hidden ones. Hidden icons will have an X over then. alt+scroll wheel over an X-out icon and uncheck Hide Application.
Repeat the process and uncheck the Show All to rehide the other icons you have set to hidden status.
Move an Icon:
1. Select the icon you want to move
2. Press alt and press the scroll wheel
3. Select Move Application
4. Scroll around and the icon will move with the cursor
5. Press the scroll wheel again when you want to place the icon in the current position
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December 11, 2008 at 11:46 pm, steve said:
HELP! Does anyone have a listing of Blackberry Storm icons – I have an icon just below my time & date that looks like this: 1o_o and I have no clue what it is or what it means.
December 18, 2009 at 12:15 am, Maricela said:
it means you have a new voicemail
October 30, 2009 at 6:44 am, bill said:
Thanks for this.
January 30, 2010 at 5:41 am, Anonymous said:
my blackberry tour is stuck. It keeps saying I have a myspace message, then will not load it. I cannot delete it. I have tried turning my phone off, taking the battery out, signing out of myspace and siging back in.. i went on myspace on my computer and the message isnt even in my inbox. help!
March 16, 2010 at 9:49 pm, Rula said:
is there any windows application that would use to organize my icons on my blackberry. Whenever I change a theme, I have to go all over again all unused icons and hide them all, and reshuffle the applications between folders the way I want. It ouwld be a lot easier through a windows application.
I surely hope someone out there has programmed such an application!
June 09, 2010 at 11:48 am, tracey said:
hi does anyone no how to get your best icon on the main screen thankyou xxx
June 18, 2010 at 7:08 am, Lizzo said:
My BB has and app update icon and its not going away, i updated the app and the icon is still there. Can anyone plz help?? Thanks :]]
August 13, 2010 at 1:16 pm, Val said:
Can anyone tell me how to remove /delete icons and the app on my blackberry curve ? I have no space and don’t use these apps
Thanks
August 27, 2010 at 9:14 am, Cazabrat said:
i have a yellow envelope with like a swoosh through it and ihave no clue what it is?
August 27, 2010 at 11:51 am, Anonymous said:
Yellow envelope should suggest an unread message or unnoticed call on your blackberry system. Make sure all email messages are marked as read, all text messages are read, etc, etc.
If that doesn’t work, as always, try a battery pull.
August 27, 2010 at 9:15 am, Cazabrat said:
on my BB storm- yellow envelpoe
January 18, 2011 at 4:23 am, Abbidabbidoo said:
question- i have the old sms and mms and i jsut got the new crunch sms.. how do i completely delte the old one?
April 06, 2011 at 1:20 am, kmm said:
how do i get rid of the icons like “1 new facebook” ?
May 17, 2011 at 11:56 pm, Jbrabant said:
How do I remove the “Update is available in the Blackberry App. World storefront” icon from my home screen.
The method you refer to above did not work since I cannot scroll onto the icon.
Thanks
May 22, 2011 at 8:34 pm, dan said:
i have many icons on my home page- 3 bb appworld, voice mail, facebook, 1 o
June 15, 2011 at 6:02 pm, Jon McGinn said:
I have a blue W with a number next to it. It isn’t in the handbook
June 15, 2011 at 6:02 pm, Jon McGinn said:
I have a blue W with a number next to it. It isn’t in the handbook
February 18, 2012 at 11:40 pm, Riz said:
How do I move an icon back to the home screen when there is no option to “move to folder” when I select the icon for my 9790?