Highlight the icon, hit the BB button scroll to "Hide" and it will become invisible. To show all of the icons, including the hidden ones, from the home screen, press the BB button and scroll down to "Show All". To 'unhide' a hidden icon so that it will be visible select that icon and hit BB button and the scroll to "Hide" and uncheck it.
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