# Provide option to suppress 'Add to Home Screen' infobar **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [October 31, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562 "2019-10-31T12:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/1 "2019-10-31T12:36:42Z")
Hi Can you remove ‘add to home screen’ prompts when you open the app? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/2 "2019-10-31T12:41:24Z")
As far as I know that is a feature of your devices operating system. Just curious as to why you would not want users to create short cuts to your app? ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/3 "2019-10-31T12:44:35Z")
It’s annoying to users. If they want to add to home screen then they can, or if they don’t know how then we can create a simple help snippet to explain to them how to do it. Loving the tool by the way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/4 "2019-10-31T12:49:43Z")
Got it. Most people complain that it is too “hard” to show users how to add it to their devices home screen, but that would depend on your target audience I guess. I had to write a tutorial with pictures to show folks how to do it, but then again the user base for that app was senior citizens, not all that savvy with mobile devices. ---
**Author:** ![Dean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dean/32/2264_2.png) [@Dean](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dean)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/5 "2019-12-20T13:47:49Z")
Is there any customisation options for this prompt? It obscures the tabs on Android, meaning users won’t be aware of the other tabs unless they act to either add to homescreen or dismiss the prompt. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Calandrino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alex_calandrino/32/335_2.png) [@Alex\_Calandrino](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alex_Calandrino)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/6 "2019-12-20T14:05:04Z")
I do not think it is useful to delete this option. Because it is an alternative installation mode of the application ---
**Author:** ![Pablosan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablosan/32/3620_2.png) [@Pablosan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pablosan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/7 "2020-05-03T15:16:17Z")
I am also interested in removing the prompt. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/8 "2020-05-03T21:19:31Z")
Having now seen users actually downloading the app and then installing on their home screen I am now a fan of having the prompt, I wasn’t before. It also encouraged them to open the app when it forms part of their home screen on the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/9 "2021-02-16T16:05:02Z")
I’m also a fan of the prompt, but I’ve bumped into a use case where I really don’t want/need it there. The users of my app will be transient. Essentially they will scan a QR code that will open a deep link to the app for a single use. I _don’t want_ them to install the app. I just want them to use it once from their mobile browser, and then move on. I did a bit of Googling, and it appears that it is possible to suppress the prompt programatically, which means (I assume) that Glide could add this as an optional feature. So I’m going to revive this feature request, and retitle it slightly 😛 References: > **[In Chrome 76 you can hide the Add to Home screen mini-infobar  |  Web](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/05/mini-infobar-update)** > > Adding more control to the mini-infobar for PWAs in Chrome 76. > **[What You Need to Know about PWA Add to Homescreen](https://love2dev.com/pwa/add-to-homescreen/)** > > What you need to know to ensure your PWA is installed or added to the homescreen on your customer's device. > **[How to provide your own in-app install experience](https://web.dev/customize-install/)** > > Use the beforeinstallprompt event to provide a custom, seamless, in-app install experience for your users. ---
**Author:** ![ovejaenlaciudad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ovejaenlaciudad/32/23381_2.png) [@ovejaenlaciudad](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ovejaenlaciudad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/10 "2021-04-14T08:14:43Z")
Hi there I would like to know how to stop the pop up from showing, as my users won’t probably want to add the site to their home screen (return rate is not that high) and I believe it adds confusion in that case. Do you know how? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/11 "2021-04-14T12:47:32Z")
Go pro ---
**Author:** ![ovejaenlaciudad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ovejaenlaciudad/32/23381_2.png) [@ovejaenlaciudad](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ovejaenlaciudad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/12 "2021-04-14T14:43:04Z")
Is there a solution for that in the Pro version? Which one is it? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/13 "2021-04-14T17:16:14Z")
No, Pro would not make a difference in this case. These are primarily web based Apps, so in a majority of cases, it is desired to have them installed instead of visiting the url like a webpage. At this time, there is no setting to disable the prompt to install the app. The user can choose to dismiss it and will never see it again, unless they wipe out the cache in their browser. ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/14 "2021-04-14T18:19:32Z")
Oh I thought it was the Glide pop up which you see on free apps only. ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/provide-option-to-suppress-add-to-home-screen-infobar/1562/15 "2021-04-15T09:25:50Z")
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