How to stop Android from adding new apps to the home screen
Tired of deleting app icons from your home screen after installation on your Android device? Here's how to disable it.
Have you ever noticed after installing an app on your
Android
device, the icon for that app is already on your home screen? Sure it
can come in handy, but it also can be pretty annoying. Nicole Cozma showed us how to disable this annoying feature on Honeycomb
tablets a while back, and now I'm going to show you how to disable it on other Android devices.Disabling the auto-add widgets (or shortcuts) feature is easy.
- Launch the Google Play Store on your Android device.
- Tap on Menu and then Settings.
- Uncheck the box next to "auto-add widgets."
Of course, if you decide you liked having this feature on, you can go back into Settings in the Play Store and turn it back on.