information icons in black bars on my note 22 home screen

[benb1946]

My home screen has two black bars- top and bottom. They contain icons man/tablet/ refresh and favourites. The bottom has pencil/ share and trash.

These are annoying and obstruct the normal icons

What are the extra icons/bars and how do I get rid of them?

[LongHiker]

@benb1946 It sounds like you have installed some 3rd party software or launcher which is creating those bars. 

As a test, boot into safe mode. If the bars aren't there while booted in safe mode, you know it is caused by some 3rd party software. You will need to uninstall that software or change it's configuration. 

To boot in safe mode, https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00062983/