Hide Whatsapp badge notification

[nickrv]

I do not want this yelllow bubble with the number 8 to show up whenever I receive messages. How can I hide it or at least lock whatsapp so that only I can use it?

[Qatrium]

@nickrv

I don't think that you can hide that badge, at least I dunno how to do it.

You can download any 3rd party "App Lock" from Play Store and set a password or pattern to Whatsapp, so only you can access it if you share your phone with others.

[Christofer]

Hi @nickrv,

To my knowledge this is controlled by the launcher and our own launcher, Xperia Home, do not have a setting that allows you to disable badge notifications for your apps. It is possible that other launchers allows you to do this but I am personally not aware of one that does.

Instead of trying different launchers you could look into using "App Lock" as Quester suggested.