How to Hide Navigation Bar on Android Without Root

Jun. 24, 2017

Most of the smartphones these days come with the on-screen navigation bar, as opposed to including hardware buttons. For a company, this really saves their manufacturing cost of including an extra piece of hardware in the form of capacitive or physical buttons. Furthermore, the ‘soft keys’ do offer tons of customizability for OEMs, as well as for the consumers. However, it does come at the cost of decreasing your display’s real estate. If you’re one of those people who would really want the most out of your device’s display, chances are, you would be leaning towards the idea of hiding your navigation bar.

While manufacturers like Xiaomi, Samsung allow you to hide the navigation bar, most stock Android phones don’t have this functionality. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered, as we’ll be sharing with youhow you can hide navigation bar on Android:

Hide Navigation Bar Using Third Party Apps

You can use the Power Toggles app to enableimmersive modeon your device, which essentially hides the status bar and the navigation Bar, thus giving you more screen space. To do so, follow the steps below:

Another option to achieve these results is by the use ofGMD Full Screen Immersive Mode app(free, with in-app purchases). While Power Toggles hides both the status bar and the navigation bar, this app gives you theoption to hide either of them or both of them. You can use this app with the help of the simple toggle in the notification panel.

While the above mentioned apps are good enough to hide the navigation bar temporarily, one may want to get rid of it permanently and resort to other navigation methods such as Pie Control, or the hardware buttons (if your device has them). As such, you can edit the build.prop file of your device to completely get rid of the navigation bar.

Note– Before proceeding with the steps below, make sure you have at least one navigation method configured on your device such asSimple Pieor your capacitive hardware buttons.

See Also:How to Set Custom Navigation Bar Icons in Android (No Root)

You may want to hide the navigation bar temporarily to make use of the extra screen space. Or maybe just because you are annoyed with how the navigation bar looks, and would much prefer an alternative method. Either way, our guide should help you achieve your aim. Well, that was all, so go ahead and hide the navigation bar in your Android device. If you have any doubts, do let us know about it in the comments section below.

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