

In order to hide the bottom Bar on the device, download and install SureLock and follow the below steps. Once the device is rebooted, it will completely hide the bottom bar on the device. This feature once enabled, will ask for reboot. Hide Bottom Bar feature works on devices with Samsung KNOX permissions or Signature permissions. This will ensure that the Bottom Bar is disabled once the user goes back to SureLock Home Screen. Tap Disable Bottom Bar which will disable all the shortcuts in the bottom bar of the device.On the SureLock Settings screen, you will find Disable Bottom Bar.On the SureLock Admin Settings screen, tap SureLock Settings.Access SureLock Settings by tapping 5 times anywhere on the SureLock Home Screen within 3 seconds.To disable Bottom Bar on the device, all you have to do is to install SureLock and follow the below steps: This feature will hide or disable Recent apps key on the device. Disable Bottom Barĭisable Bottom Bar features works on Android devices with Samsung KNOX permissions/signed and non-signed devices running on OS Kitkat and below. With SureLock, effective disabling or hiding of Bottom Bar on Samsung device running on Android OS Jellybean or above can be achieved. The bottom bar of the device screen gives the user easy access to Recent Applications and sometimes to Device Settings, hence allowing the end-user to tamper with the system settings. I can change the homepage in Chrome's settings from chrome://newtab/ to google.No lockdown of an Android device is complete without disabling or hiding the Bottom Bar. (whole page only has in the top url bar and google search bar box) is the basic Google homepage with the search bar but without the frequently visited sites and without Discover feed. You're saying that you're unable to change the homepage in Chrome's settings from chrome://newtab/ to ?The Google page with the 8 frequently visited sites is the newtab page (page that appears after pressing new tab) and it has with some news articles links below (which I assume is discover feed) So just to be clear - the Google page with the 8 frequently visited sites is technically the newtab page (chrome://newtab/), while is the basic Google homepage with the search bar but without the frequently visited sites (but potentially with the Discover feed). I think there must be some minor differences between the Chrome version that's on Samsung and the one on Pixels, judging by the menu you shared. In the Search Settings menu, I see Search History, SafeSearch Filters, Video, Handwrite, Private Results. How can I remove the 8 frequently sites whenever I press the new tab button? I press the new tab button, I see the 8 frequently visited sites. (The main example I can think of is the ability to add a Home button to the non-Pixel Chrome version that takes you to the homepage you selected.)I type in the URL bar first and in site I do not see the 8 frequently visited sites. If you see the 8 frequently visited sites, that's just your newtab page, which is actually different from .īTW, I have the exact same Chrome version as you, but one caveat is that sometimes the Chrome browser version that's preinstalled on non-Pixel phones has slightly different options and features than the one on Pixel phones. Make sure you type in the URL bar first, so that you're on the actual Google site. (The main example I can think of is the ability to add a Home button to the non-Pixel Chrome version that takes you to the homepage you selected.) Do you see any of those options?īTW, I have the exact same Chrome version as you, but one caveat is that sometimes the Chrome browser version that's preinstalled on non-Pixel phones has slightly different options and features than the one on Pixel phones.

If you see the 8 frequently visited sites, that's just your newtab page, which is actually different from .Īssuming you've done this, and that you're in the Search Settings menu, what options do you see? I see Search History, SafeSearch Filters, Discover, Video, Handwrite, Private Results, and a few others. 93)Make sure you type in the URL bar first, so that you're on the actual Google site. (I am using Chrome browser in Samsung Note 8.) (In About Chrome I see Application version Chrome. After doing this "On the Google page, scroll all the way down and tap Settings, then Search Settings." I do not see any "Discover" text?
