Nowadays our phone apps are full of private and sometimes even confidential data. However, it may happen that you lend your Honor 8A to a person you trust without a guarantee that they will not snoop around the content of your phone's applications. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution is to hide an application on your Honor 8A . First, we will find out how to hide an application on an Honor 8A using the phone settings. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Honor 8A using a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Honor 8A using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Honor 8A
Many installed applications are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you simply want to clean your phone, the best solution will be simply to deactivate the application concerned. So, how to hide an application on your Honor 8A by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select the app you want to hide
- Click on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by clicking again on » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
You only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Honor 8A, which is the home page? Therefore, you can perform a very simple manipulation, we present it to you right after, in case you want to learn how to hide messages on Honor 8A, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the app logo that you want to hide
- Options will open: press the button » Supprimer »
Now the app that you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Honor 8A using a third-party application
To hide an application on your Honor 8A, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you wish, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Honor 8A using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Honor 8A will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your phone. Among the most popular you will find the application Nova Launcher . This is available in free or paid version. It will allow you to change your home screen to renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, for this you will first have to install it and configure it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Honor 8A :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Make a long press on an application that you want to configure and hide.
- Click on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Click on the icon of the application to edit it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Honor 8A by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you just have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide applications on Honor 8A:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications installed on your Honor 8A that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an Honor 8A with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Honor 8A by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for people who want to dig into every nook and cranny of your phone. Here is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Click on the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and press » importer "
- Click to finish on the Menu .
- Select » Hide To hide the apps in the App Hider app.
In the application menu you can also hide the App Hider application as a calculator under the name Calculator +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide on your Honor 8A. To do this:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Click on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time you launch the Calculator + app , if you dial the PIN code, the normal application will open. In the event that no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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