How to undo 'hide shortcut'? (in app drawer)

[Emmers]

Hi there,

I accidentally swiped on ‘hide shortcut’ for one of my apps (edit: in the app drawer) and now - the shortcut is gone. I can’t swipe it back to ‘show shortcut’, as the app icon is gone. I can now acces it by going to my apps and clicking on it there, but there is no way to get the shortcut back. So now I always have to go to ‘Settings’, ‘Apps and Notifications’, choose the app and click ‘Open’. Which is a big detour So I’d like to get my shortcut back. I’ve tried uninstalling the app and then re-installing it. Didn’t work. There must be a simple fix, but I just don’t know it!

Help?

Edit - So this means that the app has also disappeared from the app drawer

[Incanus]

What if you click the app in the app drawer, hold it and move it a little bit? Then you should be able to move a new short cut to the home screen.

[teezeh]

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[Emmers]

Hey Incanus, no because there is no app to be seen in the app drawer. It’s here that it has disappeared from…

[Emmers]

Teezeh, sadly the app drawer doesn’t show the app either. I have to either go to Settings > Apps to find it, or to Play Store and open it from there.

[Incanus]

Do you use the standard launcher? Which software version is installed?
I can’t find the possibility to ‘swipe on ‘hide shortcut’’ on the Android phones I have access to.

[Emmers]

!! Incanus, thank you. I didn’t think to look there. Yes I’m using Lawnchair (mainly to get rid of that search bar). So I looked into Lawnchair and found where to change the hidden apps back. Thank you!