Nowadays our phone apps are full of personal and sometimes even confidential data. And unfortunately, it may happen that you lend your Alcatel 1S to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not watch the content of your phone's applications. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution turns out to be hide an application on your Alcatel 1S . To start, we are going to see how to hide an application on an Alcatel 1S using the phone settings. Then then we will see how to hide an application on your Alcatel 1S using a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Alcatel 1S using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Alcatel 1S
There are a lot of apps installed that are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and that it bothers you visually or that you want everything in a very simple way to clean up your phone, the best solution will be all in a very simple way to deactivate the application concerned. . So, how to hide an application on your Alcatel 1S by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Click on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by pressing again » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
You only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Alcatel 1S, which is the home page? From then on, you will be able to perform a very simple action, we present it to you below, in the event that you want to learn how to hide messages on Alcatel 1S, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press on the app 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 Alcatel 1S using a third-party application
To hide an application on your Alcatel 1S, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you see fit, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Alcatel 1S using a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Alcatel 1S will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your phone. Among the most famous 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, 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 Alcatel 1S :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Set the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Press and hold 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 allows you to hide the applications of your Alcatel 1S by deleting them from the application list. 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 an Alcatel 1S:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Alcatel 1S that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an Alcatel 1S using App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . This was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Alcatel 1S by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for people who want to dig into every nook and cranny of your phone. Find out how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Click the + icon to select 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 +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide in your Alcatel 1S. To do this:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Click on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- When 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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