In the Hue ini configuration file, in the [desktop] section, you can enter the names of the app to hide:
[desktop]
\# Comma separated list of apps to not load at server startup.
app_blacklist=beeswax,impala,security,filebrowser,jobbrowser,rdbms,jobsub,pig,hbase,sqoop,zookeeper,metastore,spark,oozie,indexer
And the main menu will go from
to
You can see a live demo of enabling only the Search App.
Note
Some apps might currently still depend on another app and you will get an error if you disable them. For example, ‘beeswax’ app is used by the ‘impala’ app.
Note
You can find the list of the app names on the /desktop/dump_config page.