Nowadays our mobile phone applications are full of personal and sometimes even confidential data. And unfortunately, it sometimes happens that you lend your Fairphone 4 to a trusted person without guarantee that he will not snoop on the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique remains to hide an application on your Fairphone 4 . First, we will see how to hide an application on a Fairphone 4 using the mobile phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Fairphone 4 using a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Fairphone 4 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Fairphone 4
There are a lot of apps installed that are not of much use. In the event that you do not use an application and it bothers you visually or that you want to very easily sort out your mobile phone, the best technique will be very simply to deactivate the application concerned. In this case, how to hide an application on your Fairphone 4 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 clicking again on » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
Do you simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Fairphone 4, which is the home page? In this case, you can perform a very simple technique, we present it to you just after, in the event that you want to discover how to hide messages on Fairphone 4, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- Options will open: click on the button » Supprimer »
From now on, the application that you have removed from your home screen will be exclusively accessible via the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Fairphone 4 using a third-party app
To hide an application on your Fairphone 4, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you wish, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an app on your Fairphone 4 using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an app, the quickest and easiest way to hide it on your Fairphone 4 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your mobile 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 by renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, for this you will have to first install it and configure it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Fairphone 4 :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Press and hold on an application that 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 edit it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications on your Fairphone 4 by deleting them from the application list. To use it you will not have to go through the search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So how to completely hide apps on a Fairphone 4:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your Fairphone 4 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Fairphone 4 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 Fairphone 4 by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. Here's 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 "
- Then press the Menu .
- Select » Hide To hide the apps in the App Hider app.
In the application menu you can additionally hide the App Hider application as a calculator as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your Fairphone 4. For this:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- When you launch the Calculator + app , if you ever dial the PIN code, the normal application will open. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
In case you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Fairphone 4, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: 4 Fairphone.
