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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?
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.
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.