App Menu controls which Lightning Apps appear in users' App Launcher and in what order. Admins can hide deprecated apps, surface new ones, or rearrange to put the most-used app first. Per-org defaults; users can personalize their own App Launcher order on top.
- Open Setup → App Menu
Setup gear → Quick Find: App Menu → App Menu.
- Review the list of Lightning Apps
Each row: App Name, Visible in App Launcher, Visible in App Picker (Lightning's app dropdown).
- Drag rows to reorder
Top of the list appears first in App Launcher. Drag the most-used apps to the top.
- Tick / untick Visible in App Launcher per app
Hide deprecated or limited-audience apps from users.
- Tick / untick Visible in App Picker per app
App Picker is the dropdown to switch active apps from within Lightning. Different toggle from App Launcher visibility.
- Save
Org default order applies. Users can drag to personalize their own App Launcher (saved per-user).
Drag-to-reorder.
Whether the app shows in the 9-dot grid.
Whether the app shows in the in-app dropdown.
Users override the org default by dragging in their own App Launcher.
- App Menu visibility is layered with Profile assignments. A user's App Launcher shows the intersection: apps visible per App Menu AND apps the user's Profile is allowed to see. Hiding an app here hides it for everyone regardless of profile.
- Per-user personalization persists across sessions. A user who drags their App Launcher into a custom order keeps that order — the org default only affects users who haven't customized.
- Hidden apps still exist and still process. They're just not surfaced in the launcher. Apex / API access works regardless of visibility.