Today our phone applications are full of private and at times even confidential data. And however, you may lend your Huawei Nova 5z to a person you trust without any guarantee that they will not rummage through the content of the applications on your phone. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5z . First, we are going to see how to hide an application on a Huawei Nova 5z through the phone settings. And then we will see how to hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5z with a third-party application.

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How to hide an application on Huawei Nova 5z using settings

Disable the applications already installed on your Huawei Nova 5z

There are a lot of apps installed that are not of much use. If you ever do not use an application and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very simple way to clean your phone, the best technique will be all in a very simple way to deactivate the concerned application. So, how to hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5z by uninstalling it:

  • Access the "  Settings  »
  • Select "  Applications  »
  • Open Application Manager
  • Click on 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 simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Huawei Nova 5z, which is the home page? In this case, you will be able to perform a very easy technique, we present it to you below, in the event that you want to discover how to hide messages on Huawei Nova 5z, feel free to take a look at our guide.

  • Go to the home screen
  • Long press on the app that you want to hide
  • A dialogue window will open: press the button " Supprimer  »

Now the application that you have removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.

How to hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5z with a third-party application

To hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5z, you will need to download and use a " launcher  "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you wish, or then a" app hider  »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.

Hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5z through a Launcher

If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Huawei Nova 5z will be to download an » launcher  »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your phone. Among the best known there is 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, in this context 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 Huawei Nova 5z :

  • Download the app with Google Play Store .
  • Set the app as the default Launcher .
  • Open your app drawer .
  • Make a long press on an application that you want to manage 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 allows you to hide the applications of your Huawei Nova 5z by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you won't have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide applications on a Huawei Nova 5z:

  • See you in the » Nova settings "
  • Select the option » Drawers  »
  • Click on "  Hide applications  »
  • Select applications installed on your Huawei Nova 5z that you want to hide.

Hide an application on a Huawei Nova 5z with App Hider

Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the objective that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Huawei Nova 5z by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for people who want to dig into every nook and cranny of your phone. Here's how to use this app:

  • Download the app on Google Play Store .
  • Launch the application App Hider.
  • Click on the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and press » importer "
  • Then press 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 +. This way your application will be even better to hide in your Huawei Nova 5z. For that:

  • Go to the menu of the App Hider application.
  • Click on " Set up PIN now  »And enter a password.
  • When you launch the Calculator + app , in the event that you dial the PIN code, the normal application will open. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!

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