Now our smartphone applications are full of personal data and at times even confidential. Unfortunately, it may happen that you lend your Alcatel 3X to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go to watch the content of the applications on your smartphone. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best technique is to hide an application on your Alcatel 3X . First, we will see how to hide an application on an Alcatel 3X using the smartphone settings. After that we will see how to hide an application on your Alcatel 3X with a specific application.
How to hide an application on Alcatel 3X using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Alcatel 3X
There are many applications that are installed that are never used. If you ever do not use an application and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very simple way to sort through your smartphone, the best technique will be all in a very simple way to deactivate the concerned application. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Alcatel 3X by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press 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 Alcatel 3X, which is the home page? In this case, you can achieve a very simple solution, we present it to you right after, in the event that you want to find out how to hide messages on Alcatel 3X, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the application that you want to hide
- Options will open: click on 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 3X with a specific application
To hide an application on your Alcatel 3X, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you wish, or then a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Alcatel 3X using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Alcatel 3X will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your smartphone. Among the most used there is the application Nova Launcher . The latter 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 3X :
- Download the app with Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Tap and hold an app you want to configure and hide.
- Press on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Tap the icon of the application to modify it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Alcatel 3X by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you just have to go through search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide applications on an Alcatel 3X:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications installed on your Alcatel 3X that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an Alcatel 3X with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that has been set App hider . The latter was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Alcatel 3X by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your smartphone. Here's how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Press the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and click » importer "
- Then click on 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 3X. For that:
- Go to the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time you launch the Calculator + app , in the event that 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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