How to Hide Icons on a Blackberry Desktop

There are several versions of the Blackberry on the market, so many who thought they were only for business professionals are finding them comfortably fitting into their own lifestyles. Even if you're the business pro making good use of the device, how often do you really use help or maybe voice notes. Clean up the home screen of your Blackberry and hide those little used icons.

Instructions

1. Hover over the application icon that you want to hide until you highlight it.

2. Press the "ALT" key first and continue holding it down.

3. Click the wheel or track ball while holding down "ALT" and a submenu will appear.

4. Choose "Hide Application" and click the wheel or track ball to select.

5. Unhide applications to bring them back by again pressing and holding "ALT" and clicking the wheel or track ball, then select "Show All."

6. Look at all of the icons that appear. The ones manually hidden are shades lighter and have an "X" through them. Scroll over to the application that you need to restore until you highlight it. Click the track ball or wheel again and uncheck the "Hide Application" choice to remove the X.

7. Finish by un-checking the "Show All," which restores only the icons the user wishes to view on their Blackberry. It will hide all remaining icons with Xs through them.

Tips & Warnings

• Know that hiding the icon isn't removing the program from the device. Although it's scary to see it flash off the screen into who knows where, programs are easily accessible through the main menu and you can always add the icons back on the home screen if necessary.

• Whatever Blackberry model you have, it's likely that you rarely use several of the device's features, if at all, so it's okay to hide those unused icons.