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How to change the icons that appear on the Android status bar

Android has a hidden tool called the "System UI Tuner", which offers extra ways to customize the mobile interface. Among other things, it allows the user to change the icons that appear in the system status bar, either by removing or adding. The tool thus enables each person to place the icon of the tools he considers most important.

In this tutorial, TechTudo teaches you how to enable the System UI Tuner and edit the Android status bar, leaving it to your preferences. Learn the step-by-step procedure and enjoy Google's system customizations even more.

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Step 1. From the Android home screen, swipe your finger from top to bottom to expand the system quick settings panel. Touch and hold the gear icon until it starts spinning. When this occurs, the system displays a message that the System UI Tuner has been added to the settings.

Procedure to enable System UI Tuner on Android

Step 2. Open the Android application tray and enter the "Configure" menu. Scroll down to "System" and see that the "System UI Tuner" option now appears. Touch it, and in the dialog that will open, click "I understood".

Tuner System UI option in the Android settings menu

Step 3. Access the "Status Bar" option. See that the features are accompanied by an on / off switch. Leave the icons you want to appear in the status bar in the on position (green) and those you do not want, in the off position (gray).

List of assets with active or disabled icons in the Android status bar

Step 4. In addition to inserting and removing, you can also change the behavior of some status bar icons. Click on "Battery" and see options. In this tutorial, we select "Always show percentage".

Edition for battery icon always display percent of charge on Android status bar

Step 5. In "Time", in addition to the default, you can choose to hide the icon or display hours, minutes, and seconds, the option chosen for demonstration in this tutorial.

Changing the behavior of the time icon in the Android status bar

Step 6. At the end of all modifications, the Android status bar will automatically look like you configured it. In this example, it displays hours, minutes, and seconds and always shows the percentage of the battery.