Nowadays our mobile phone applications are full of personal data and sometimes even confidential. And unfortunately, you may lend your Asus ZenFone 3 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go and take a look at the application content of your mobile phone. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution is to hide an application on your Asus ZenFone 3 . First of all, we will see how to hide an application on an Asus ZenFone 3 using the mobile phone settings. And then we will see how to hide an application on your Asus ZenFone 3 with a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Asus ZenFone 3 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Asus ZenFone 3
There are a lot of installed applications that you never use. In the event that you are not using an application and that it bothers you visually or that you want to clean up your mobile phone very easily, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the application in question. In this case, how to hide an application on your Asus ZenFone 3 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select the app you want to hide
- Press 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 Asus ZenFone 3, which is the home page? Therefore, you can perform a very simple technique, we present it to you below, if you ever want to learn how to hide messages on Asus ZenFone 3, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- A dialog window will open: click on the button " Supprimer »
Now the application that you removed from your home screen will be exclusively accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Asus ZenFone 3 with a third-party application
To hide an application on your Asus ZenFone 3, you will need to download and use a " launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you wish, but also a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Asus ZenFone 3 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Asus ZenFone 3 will be to download an » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your mobile phone. Among the most popular 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, to do this you will first need 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 Asus ZenFone 3 :
- Download the app using Google Play Store .
- Set the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Tap and hold an app you want to manage and hide.
- Press on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Tap 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 Asus ZenFone 3 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 an Asus ZenFone 3:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications present on your Asus ZenFone 3 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an Asus ZenFone 3 using App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the role that has been given App hider . This was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Asus ZenFone 3 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. This is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Press the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and click » importer "
- Press 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 in your Asus ZenFone 3. For this:
- Access 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 , if you ever 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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