In Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen, the leftmost panel is reserved for Bixby Home page (Hello Bixby), which is part of Samsung Bixby. But many owners want to remove Bixby Home page in Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen.
This guide shows you how to easily turn off or remove Bixby Home page in Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen.
If you want to disable Bixby button in Galaxy S8 and S8+, you may follow this guide.
What is Bixby Home page in Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen?
Prior to Galaxy S8 and S8+, Samsung added Flipboard briefing to the leftmost panel of home screen.
This is one of the least popular features. It seems nobody except Samsung likes this annoying feature. Luckily, you can disable flipboard briefing in all previous Galaxy phones.
Now, in Galaxy S8 and S8+, Samsung replaced the Briefing page with Bixby Home page as shown below.
Samsung Bixby is actually a good new feature in Galaxy S8 and S8+ and it works mainly locally on the phone.
But Samsung wants to stuff you with Bixby everywhere in Galaxy S8 and S8+.
Bixby Home (Hello Bixby) is Bixby’s claimed territory in Galaxy S8 home screen.
The Bixby Home page is very similar to Google Now page comes with Google Now launcher or Pixel launcher. You can personalize Bixby Home page to show your preferred apps, news and reminders.
It sounds great.
But what disturbs many owners is that the Bixby Home page occupy a dedicated panel in Galaxy S8 home screen.
Can I remove Bixby Home page in Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen?
Yes, you can remove Bixby Home page from Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen, just like what you can do with Briefing page in previous Galaxy phones.
But unlike Briefing, you cannot disable Samsung Bixby in Galaxy S8 and S8+. You can only remove Bixby Home page from the home screen in Galaxy S8 and S8+.
In addition, there is a dedicated Bixby button next to volume button in Galaxy S8 and S8+ (see Galaxy S8 layout and Galaxy S8+ layout page). When you press the button, you will always get the Bixby Home page (Hello Bixby) even after you remove Bixby Home page from Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen.
The limitation is due to the deep integration of Samsung Bixby in Galaxy S8 and S8+. You may mess up the phone if you try to totally disable Samsung Bixby in .
How to remove Bixby Home page in Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen?
For Galaxy S8 and S8+ owners who do not like Bixby Home page (Hello Bixby), the good news is you can easily remove the Bixby Home page from Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen.
You may follow these steps to remove Bixby Home in the home screen of Galaxy S8 and S8+.
Step 1: Enter edit mode for Galaxy S8 home screen
You can tap and hold (aka long tap) any blank area in the home screen as shown above to enter edit mode of Galaxy S8 home screen.
Step 2: Switch to Bixby Home page
As mentioned, the Bixby Home page (Hello Bixby page) is in the leftmost panel of Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen. So you can swipe from right to left until you reach the Bixby Home (Hello Bixby) page as shown below.
Step 3: Turn off Bixby Home page in Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen
In the Bixby Home (Hello Bixby) page, you can find the switch in the top right as shown below.
Drag the switch or tap it to make the switch in the left side. This would turn off Bixby Home page in Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen
Can you remove Bixby Home page from Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen?
If you have any questions or encounter any problems on removing or turning off Bixby Home page from Galaxy S8 and S8+ home screen, please let us know them in the comment box below.
The community will help you find the answer or solution.
You may also check our Galaxy S8 guides:
- Galaxy S8 new features guide covers all new and unique features of Galaxy S8 and S8+.
- Galaxy S8 how-to guides give you detailed step-by-step guides on using most features of Galaxy S8 and S8+.
- Galaxy S8 user manuals lets you download official Samsung Galaxy S8 user manuals in your won language.
- Galaxy S8 camera guides covered everything related to Galaxy S8 camera is covered in Galaxy S8 camera guides section.
- Galaxy S8 accessories guides help you find the perfect accessories for Galaxy S8 and S8+.
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Marjan Pregelj says
April 20, 2017 at 5:19 pmOr just download great mini app bxActions from Google store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.bxactions.
Mr Stoner says
April 23, 2017 at 2:26 pmNot sure why we would want every interaction with our phone sent to South Korea for analysis. I completely disabled Bixby and setup the button to work with the camera instead. Bixby is not useful.
Christine says
May 25, 2017 at 10:40 pmI followed the steps and my problem still exists
simon says
May 26, 2017 at 12:02 amWhat’s the problem? If you hide the Bixby home page, it should not show in your home screen.
Of course, you will still see the page if you press the Bixby button. You cannot disable the hardware button.
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Jim says
June 5, 2017 at 6:04 pmCan you give details on how you set up the Bixby button to work with the camera?
simon says
June 6, 2017 at 12:45 amWe are preparing the guide.
Bixby button is for you to launch Bixby home. In camera app, you should find the Bixby button already. You don’t need Bixby button. You may check this guide on camera app (Bixby vision button is marked as 6) https://gadgetguideonline.com/s8/how-to-use-galaxy-s8-camera-app/
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Maree Dickson says
July 10, 2017 at 4:52 amHate the bixby app that appears on my S8 plus ..GET RID OF IT …..it is so annoying
simon says
July 10, 2017 at 5:08 amYou cannot remove Bixby from Galaxy S8 and S8+. It’s deeply integrated into the phone. Your only choice is not to use it.
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Michael Miah says
July 20, 2017 at 4:21 pmIf I had known of the Bixby app, even the name makes me want to scream, I would not have bought the phone. It has no point and performs no useful function whatsoever.
simon says
July 20, 2017 at 11:23 pmYou can just not to use it.
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Dee says
August 3, 2017 at 4:52 amYou said you can remove the Bixby page but you don’t give us instructions for that. You’re only telling us how to shut Bixby off.
simon says
August 3, 2017 at 5:31 amThis guide only shows you how to remove or hide Bixby home screen from Galaxy S8 home screen. You cannot remove Bixby, you cannot shut Bixby off. The only solution of removing Bixby is not to use Samsung phones. Bixby is integrated deeply in S8 and S8+.
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Carl says
August 12, 2017 at 3:29 amHow about epoxy or glue on the button so it cannot depress if hit by mistake?
simon says
August 12, 2017 at 5:41 amYou can check local handphone repair shop. But it will void your warranty.
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Mike says
August 16, 2017 at 7:52 pmIs there a way to use Google Voice in lieu of this POS voice that’s on there now?
simon says
August 17, 2017 at 12:26 amNo, you cannot change the voice engine for Bixby.
You can use Google Assistant if you want. Just hold home button.
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Mike says
August 17, 2017 at 12:33 amI don’t really want to do anything with Biggs me I just won’t use it but for instance this text that I am Dictating is just Terrible. I can use Google for text messaging But not for Facebook or messaging on Facebook And will do something about it.
Mike says
August 17, 2017 at 12:34 amBy The way thank you for your reply
No Bixby for me says
August 20, 2017 at 4:30 pmI used Bixby remapper, it’s an app in the play store, slowed me to map the button to any app, I put it on camera, works great, you just can’t use Bixby at all or it will revert or something, but I don’t care because I never would use it anyway.
Diana Lockridge says
August 30, 2017 at 12:48 pmI HATE bixby it was a bad idea and to try and force it on people makes me think about the Terminator. It should be optional and completely removable. Samsung should just do them and forget about keeping up with Alexa and Siri
Akos says
August 30, 2017 at 1:57 pmhi,
i fully agree with you.
plase let us know how to disable the bixby button, how to remove bixby sw from s8, how to re-configure the left button to start any other application than bixby.
thx!
Akos
simon says
August 31, 2017 at 12:22 amDon’t use Samsung phones. Bixby will come to more Samsung phones with deeper integration. This means it’s almost impossible to disable Bixby without breaking other features.
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Marjan Pregelj says
August 31, 2017 at 5:02 amHa ha ha … so for you Bixby would be reason not to use best tech and overall phones which are Samsung? 🙂 Never been so satisfied with any phone as with my current S8. Do not like Bixby, have disabled with app, from time to time come back … but at the end it is not so bad at all once you get used to it. Now I have enabled Bixby, will see after some time. But have have disabled dedicated key which is – IMO – completely silly decision and on the very wrong spot.
Akos says
August 30, 2017 at 2:05 pmahoi,
this is an online petition for change the mandatory bigsby towards samsung company.
https://www.change.org/p/samsung-disable-bixby-samsung-galaxy-s8?recruiter=769993960&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_email_responsive
please join and share!
KATARINA says
September 21, 2017 at 5:52 pmChanged from Bixby home to Google now… all my apps disappeared.. I still get all my notifications, the apps say in play store that they are on the phone but there is nothing in home screens or the full app nor comes up when I search in search for apps… how do I get them back? It’s note 8 btw
simon says
September 22, 2017 at 12:53 amWhat did you do when you changed from Bixby to Googe Now? Did you change to Google Now launcher? Or did you use some apps to change the function?
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Linda Petrozelli says
October 20, 2017 at 5:47 pmMy home screen and Bixby is not given me a button to remove it saying update or cancel now what do I do my email REMOVED
simon says
October 21, 2017 at 1:11 amCan you share a screenshot in our Facebook page so that others can see what screen you are referring to.
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Wallace Turner says
November 13, 2017 at 8:20 pmBixby is the worst app ever for any of my phones
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Serge says
December 15, 2017 at 7:22 amI agree with all the people who complain about being forced to see this stupid Bixby crap. I DO NOT NEED SOME SOFTWARE TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO! I am an intelligent human being, and sick and tired of people trying to f…ing help me like I am a total moron. Because, that’s what I feel they are doing these days: trying to dumb us down so much, we will swallow any crap they feed us. GRRRR!!!
Serge says
December 15, 2017 at 7:27 amPS: I bought this S8+ phone because it got the highest rating in Consumer Reports. But they failed to take a few points away for this huge design mistake. Had I known this I would have looked at another phone. Next time I will check and make sure to avoid any phone with this particularly idiotic feature.
Stacey says
December 31, 2017 at 2:42 pmHate it. I have force stopped the app over & over. It just comes back like a bad dream. Love the phone…. Hate the demi-god approach to phone. Let me chose what I want help with.
GlockBoy says
January 16, 2018 at 3:27 pmYou can get used to a nail stuck through your foot, too, if it’s there long enough. Dopey fan boy …
GlockBoy says
January 16, 2018 at 3:34 pmMaybe we can get Kim Jong Un to drop one of his crappy missiles on the whole Samsung group who thought Bixby was a great idea to force on people .. this has got to be the worst, most irritating application ever conceived and wasted on an otherwise nicely done piece of hardware. I would NEVER have bought the phone had I understood this crap app was on it and couldn’t be taken out.
Frustrated says
February 22, 2018 at 3:20 pmI followed the steps and I’m still having the same problem. It’s draining my battery.
simon says
February 23, 2018 at 1:09 amYou cannot fully disable Bixby in S8. But if you don’t set it up, it should not drain too much battery. If you really don’t want to use it, you can try to clear data for Bixby in settings – apps. There are several Bixby related apps. You need to clear data for all of them.
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Karla says
April 20, 2018 at 5:16 pmEASIEST FIX! Glue the stupid button on the new case you KNOW you are going to have to buy anyway. All of these solutions I read require you to ACTIVATE Bixby before you proceed. I am NOT activating it – to look at the permissions you have to give it – no thanks!
Jean says
June 4, 2018 at 12:35 pmThis trick worked for awhile – all of a sudden this weekend the screen is back if you swipe! It is still turned off as above – but shows up again when swiping!!! Has this happened to anyone else? And do we have fix for it?
simon says
June 4, 2018 at 1:41 pmAre you sure it is turned off? When you are in other home screen panel, what’s the leftmost screen panel indicator, dot or two lines?
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Jean says
June 4, 2018 at 1:55 pmI don’t see any dots at all? I am not sure where you are looking… 🙁
simon says
June 4, 2018 at 1:58 pmHoem Screen indicator is marked as 4 in this guide.
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Jean says
June 4, 2018 at 2:04 pmGot it – I think I figured it out!!! 🙂
Anonymous says
October 19, 2018 at 2:56 pmBixby sucks
Pooper says
December 1, 2018 at 7:47 pmLMAO Just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Karla’s solution!!!! LMAO
Pooper says
December 1, 2018 at 7:50 pmLMAO Just LOVE, LOVE, LLLLLLOVE your solution!!! LMAO Now that’s thinking outside the box.
Chula Vista says
December 23, 2018 at 9:37 pm“It’s deeply integrated into the OS” is what they said about Explorer in Windows XP-7, and yet it was still possible to remove with a few registry redirects.
simon says
December 25, 2018 at 11:59 pmThe problem is that Samsung believes Bixby is their future. So they tried very hard to promote Bixby.
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Kirk McAfee says
January 13, 2019 at 7:42 pmI have a new S8 (replacement of broken phone) and know I want to disable Bixby button and Bixby Home page right away. You solution requires that I go to the Bixby page, which in turns requires that I first accept all of the Samsung permissions and enable Bixby. Ever read those permissions? They are invasive and intrusive. Give Samsung access to all my contacts? No way. Is there any way to disable the Bixby button without first accepting all the Samsung permissions? Is there no button control screen in Settings?
simon says
January 14, 2019 at 12:09 amYes, you need to enable Bixby to disable the button. For today’s smartphones, you have to trust someone.
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