I’ve been using Before Launcher and requested the feature a few years back. They said they wanted to support it eventually.

I’ve tried a handful of alternatives and they all seem to lack this capability.

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      Ding ding ding I think this is the answer

      Edit: It looks like this is functionally a paid app. You have to pay to get more icons on your home screen, which is pretty ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind paying for apps. But it’s not worth $75 in my opinion

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        I’ve been using mlauncher forever and never even knew there were IAPs. One of the things I like about it is I don’t even know it’s there. I have no icons. Just a blank home screen. It’s beautiful.

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          I’m assuming the Play store version is what’s being referenced. It lists an IAP, but I can’t see what it is.

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            Hey! To clarify the maintainer appears to have split their own development. The Play Store is receiving updates and new features that F-Droid is not getting. Can’t say I’m a fan of this

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              I see that. Under MultiLauncher. One of the contributors acknowledges the two separate versions but doesn’t say anything about it. I didn’t dig too deep, but I’ll definitely be watching. Probably trying out CCLauncher as well given it’s close to identical.

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      Yes, I used to use it! Good launcher, but not minimalist as outlined in a different comment

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    Do you mean the ability to backup and restore your launcher config? If so, it doesn’t get more minimal and awesome than T-UI

    You’ll want the F-Droid version as it is the most complete. It hasn’t seen an update in ages, but it really doesn’t need one. It’s also all open-source, so you could always download the code from GitHub and do whatever you want to it

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    What are some of the ones you’ve tried and how do you define minimal?

    I use action launcher but I guess that does quite a few things… I haven’t changed my setup or layout in about 7 or 8 years!

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      Tried these ones: Olauncher, Oasis, minimalist phone, Indistract, Minimalist Launcher, Productivity Launcher

      I think it’s a relatively defined launcher category at this point. Typically they’re monochrome and text-based. Often have features to limit notifications and track phone usage

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          I tried it out. Seems like a nice one and does have backup & restore! But it’s not minimalist as described above. I didn’t see an option to hide app icons