topic Re: Changing Apps displayed when clicking Apps Sidebar button on Sky Q remote in Sky Q

Changing Apps displayed when clicking Apps Sidebar button on Sky Q remote

Swenglishnick — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:34:04 GMT

Hi,

Just got a new Sky Q box and have set up a number of new apps that I would like to add to the App Sidebar button on the Sky Q remote.

Is it possible to update the apps shown as some of the ones currently shown are not relevant to me.

Thanks

Re: Changing Apps displayed when clicking Apps Sidebar button on Sky Q remote

nigea99 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:28:41 GMT

@Swenglishnick wrote:

Hi,

Just got a new Sky Q box and have set up a number of new apps that I would like to add to the App Sidebar button on the Sky Q remote.

Is it possible to update the apps shown as some of the ones currently shown are not relevant to me.

Thanks

N

Sorry @Swenglishnick

You can't change the apps that appear in that sidebar.

Neither can you alter the order that the apps are listed in the Apps section - although I believe, after time, the order should change based on your usage

I am afraid SKY allow virtually no user customisation

Re: Changing Apps displayed when clicking Apps Sidebar button on Sky Q remote

tlise — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:43:58 GMT

And you would think nearly 3 years later that they might have done something about this but no.

And they arent in last or most used order. I don't know why ones I do use like apple are further along a bar past "best of sky", sports, something gold etc. Surely we could have a sort feature by now.

Opinion, I know its a members community not employees mostly.

Re: Changing Apps displayed when clicking Apps Sidebar button on Sky Q remote

xenon81 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:55:56 GMT

The apps are listed in order of use on the home page, but not in the Apps section.

Press home, then instead of going down to Apps, press right (to Today's Top Picks) then down about 4 or 5 times and you will see the apps in the order you most recently used them.

Re: Changing Apps displayed when clicking Apps Sidebar button on Sky Q remote

tlise — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:19:16 GMT

Ah. Mine always says they cannot be displayed right now or something like that.

Box has been turned off, apps reset (playing up more and more)

and router has been off for other reasons so just ignore it now.