Hide message count on WhatsApp?

And I would like to know if and how to hide on Android phones, the displayed number of messages that is shown, even if WhatsApp is closed.

I want to choose for myself, when I read something and do not let myself be tempted by this preview. Especially on vacation very disturbing.

I have a Huawei P8 Lite, if that matters.

Then you have to guess the individual chats so you will not receive any notification when someone writes you.

You can try the following, but then the messages will not appear in the message bar anymore, which should not be bad for the holidays:

Go to your menu where all apps are listed.
Search Whatsapp and hold it down.
Then drag the icon to App Info (I hope that's with you too) and there
remove the tick from show notifications.

Otherwise, you also think about the PlayStore in the App menu

So with my Honor5X it goes like this:

Hold down an empty spot on the screen, then click "More Settings"

and there on "App news symbol".

There you can disable it for each app. Works flawlessly.

Since you have a cell phone from the same home, this should definitely work the same way with you.