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How To How to get rid of the carrier name in the status bar on the Huawei Mate 8

Carriers love to plaster their name all over phones. If they can't put a label on the back or front of the phone they have to put it in the status bar. You may have noticed your carrier's name in the left side of your status bar (notification area). It's pretty annoying to be constantly reminded of your carrier. Let's turn that off.

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  1. Go to Settings > Notification panel & status bar
  2. Switch the toggle off for Display carrier name
Unfortunately, this won't remove the carrier name from the lock screen. Your notification area is now just a little bit cleaner.
 

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