Customize the app launcher in Microsoft 365 to make the apps you use easier to find. To start, select the app launcher in the top left corner. Then, select All apps. Find the app you want to add to the app launcher and when the cursor hovers over the icon, select the three dots. Then, select Pin to launcher. Luckily, there is a way to customize that App Launcher and add your custom tile to it. It is pretty straightforward to setup and involves just 2 steps: Step 1: Office 365 Administrator adds the tile (makes it available) in Office 365 apps. Step 2: Each user manually adds a tile to their Office 365 App Launcher. Office 365's App launcher icon is displayed wherever the Office 365 Suite Bar is present, including SharePoint sites. You might not want this to be the case and in this brief article I will show you a straightforward way to hide the App launcher icon.
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In Microsoft 365, you can quickly and easily get to your email, calendars, documents, and apps using the App launcher (learn more). These are apps you get with Microsoft 365 as well as custom apps that you add from the SharePoint Store or Azure AD.
You can add your own custom tiles to the app launcher that point to SharePoint sites, external sites, legacy apps, and more. The custom tile appears under the app launcher's All apps, but you can pin it to the Home apps and instruct your users to do the same. This makes it easy to find the relevant sites, apps, and resources to do your job. In the below example, a custom tile called 'Contoso Portal' is used to access an organization's SharePoint intranet site.
Add a custom tile to the app launcher
Sign in to the admin center as a Global Administrator, go to Settings > Org Settings, and choose the Organization profile tab.
On the Organization profile tab, choose Custom app launcher tiles.
Select Add a custom tile.
Enter a Tile name for the new tile. The name will appear in the tile.
Enter a URL of website for the tile. This is the location where you want your users to go when they select the tile on the app launcher. Use HTTPS in the URL.
Tip
If you're creating a tile for a SharePoint site, navigate to that site, copy the URL, and paste it here. The URL of your default team site looks like this:
https://<company_name>.sharepoint.comEnter a URL of the image for the tile. The image appears on the My apps page and app launcher.
Tip
The image should be 60x60 pixels and be available to everyone in your organization without requiring authentication.
Enter a Description for the tile. You see this when you select the tile on the My apps page and select App details.
Select Save changes to create the custom tile.
Your custom tile now appears in the app launcher on the All tab for you and your users.
Note
If you don't see the custom tile created in the previous steps, make sure you have an Exchange Online mailbox assigned to you and you've signed into your mailbox at least once. These steps are required for custom tiles in Microsoft 365.
Edit or delete a custom tile
In the admin center, go to the Settings > Org Settings > Organization profile tab.
On the Organization profile page, next to Add custom tiles for your organization, select Edit.
Update the Tile name, URL, Description, or Image URL for the custom tile (see Add a custom tile to the app launcher).
Select Update > Close.
To delete a custom tile, from the Custom tiles window, select the tile, select Remove tile > Delete.
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Next steps
In addition to adding tiles to the app launcher, you can add app launcher tiles to the navigation bar (learn more). To customize the look and feel of Microsoft 365 to match your organization's brand, see Customize the Microsoft 365 theme.
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In Microsoft 365, you can quickly and easily get to your email, calendars, documents, and apps using the App launcher (learn more). These are apps you get with Microsoft 365 as well as custom apps that you add from the SharePoint Store or Azure AD.
You can add your own custom tiles to the app launcher that point to SharePoint sites, external sites, legacy apps, and more. The custom tile appears under the app launcher's All apps, but you can pin it to the Home apps and instruct your users to do the same. This makes it easy to find the relevant sites, apps, and resources to do your job. In the below example, a custom tile called 'Contoso Portal' is used to access an organization's SharePoint intranet site.
Add a custom tile to the app launcher
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Sign in to the admin center as a Global Administrator, go to Settings > Org Settings, and choose the Organization profile tab.
On the Organization profile tab, choose Custom app launcher tiles.
Select Add a custom tile.
Enter a Tile name for the new tile. The name will appear in the tile.
Enter a URL of website for the tile. This is the location where you want your users to go when they select the tile on the app launcher. Use HTTPS in the URL.
Tip
If you're creating a tile for a SharePoint site, navigate to that site, copy the URL, and paste it here. The URL of your default team site looks like this:
https://<company_name>.sharepoint.comEnter a URL of the image for the tile. The image appears on the My apps page and app launcher.
Tip
The image should be 60x60 pixels and be available to everyone in your organization without requiring authentication.
Enter a Description for the tile. You see this when you select the tile on the My apps page and select App details.
Select Save changes to create the custom tile.
Your custom tile now appears in the app launcher on the All tab for you and your users.
Note
If you don't see the custom tile created in the previous steps, make sure you have an Exchange Online mailbox assigned to you and you've signed into your mailbox at least once. These steps are required for custom tiles in Microsoft 365.
Edit or delete a custom tile
In the admin center, go to the Settings > Org Settings > Organization profile tab.
On the Organization profile page, next to Add custom tiles for your organization, select Edit.
Update the Tile name, URL, Description, or Image URL for the custom tile (see Add a custom tile to the app launcher).
Select Update > Close.
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To delete a custom tile, from the Custom tiles window, select the tile, select Remove tile > Delete.
Next steps
In addition to adding tiles to the app launcher, you can add app launcher tiles to the navigation bar (learn more). To customize the look and feel of Microsoft 365 to match your organization's brand, see Customize the Microsoft 365 theme.
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