Disable Hotspot sign on your notification bar

For Android Marshmallow devices and above, you need to activate SystemUI Tuner which is hidden by default. To enable the SystemUI Tuner:

•Swipe down the notification shade from top. Long-press the Settings(gear) icon.


•After about few seconds of holding, it spins and release when it displays a message saying Congrats! System UI Tuner has been added to Settings.


•To access it, go to Settings->System UI Tuner(scroll down to the bottom of the screen). Tap it.

On the System UI Tuner device shows a warning message. Tap Got It to continue.


Tap Quick Settings or Status Bar option to customize your tiles.

a. Select the hotspot sign.

b. Then Disable it.

d. If you want to go back to the default layout, tap the menu button and choose “Reset”.

Note:

Choose option B to Remove the Hotspot tile. After that, you can activate Hotspot only from Settings App, because, icon is no longer displayed under notification shade, until you add hotspot tile using add tile option.