{"id":517,"date":"2010-09-28T23:21:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T04:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icopybot.com\/blog\/?p=517"},"modified":"2010-09-28T23:31:02","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T04:31:02","slug":"hide-mail-and-appstore-icon-on-ipad-without-jailbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icopybot.com\/blog\/hide-mail-and-appstore-icon-on-ipad-without-jailbreaking.htm","title":{"rendered":"Hide Mail and AppStore icon on iPad without jailbreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometime you may need to hide Mail icon and AppStore icon on your iPad for against unwanted access, you can follow below steps, no need jailbreak your iPad:<\/p>\n

1. Download and install iBackupBot for iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Run iTunes, connect your iPad to computer, right click your iPad name in left pane of iTunes then select Back Up<\/strong> from pop up menu, after backup process done, you can exit iTunes and run iBackupBot and click your iPad backup name in left pane of iBackupBot, then double click Library\/Preferences\/com.apple.springboard.plist<\/strong> in right pane.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Add below lines after first <dict> line in pop up plist Editor window:
\n<key>SBParentalControlsApplications<\/key>
\n<array>
\n<string>com.apple.mobilemail<\/string>
\n<string>com.apple.AppStore<\/string>
\n<\/array>
\n<\/code>\"\"<\/a>
\nIf you want display these icons later, just search SBParentalControlsApplications then remove these line that you added before.<\/p>\n

4. Press CTRL+S to save changes and close plist Editor window, then press CTRL+T or select main menu->File->Restore, select “Restore only modified files” and press OK button.<\/p>\n

5. After restore process done, your iPad should restart automatically.<\/p>\n

That’s all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometime you may need to hide Mail icon and AppStore icon on your iPad for against unwanted access, you can follow below steps, no need jailbreak your iPad: 1. Download and install iBackupBot for iTunes. 2. Run iTunes, connect your iPad to computer, right click your iPad name in left pane of iTunes then select […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[54,77],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-itunes-backup-manager","tag-ipad-software","tag-iphone-software"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t