Now our phone apps are filled with private and at times even confidential information. And unfortunately, you may lend your Google Pixel 6 pro to someone you trust without being sure that he will not take a look at the content of the applications on your phone. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Google Pixel 6 pro . First of all, we will find out how to hide an application on a Google Pixel 6 pro through the phone settings. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Google Pixel 6 pro using a specific application.

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How to hide an app on Google Pixel 6 pro using settings

Disable applications already installed on your Google Pixel 6 pro

There are many apps installed that are not of much use. If ever you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or if you want to very easily clean up your phone, the best technique will very easily be to deactivate the application concerned. Therefore, how to hide an application on your Google Pixel 6 pro by uninstalling it:

  • Open the "  Settings  »
  • Choose "  Applications  »
  • Open Application Manager
  • Select the app you want to hide
  • Click on "  deactivate  »
  • Confirm your choice by clicking again on » deactivate  »

Hide an app from your home page

Do you only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Google Pixel 6 pro, which is the home page? In this situation, you can perform a very easy solution, we present it to you right after, in the event that you wish to learn how to hide messages on google pixel 6 pro, feel free to take a look at our article.

  • Go to the home screen
  • Long click on the app logo 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 Google Pixel 6 pro using a specific application

To hide an application on your Google Pixel 6 pro, you will have to download and use a » launcher  "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you see fit, but also a" app hider  »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.

Hide an application on your Google Pixel 6 pro using a Launcher

If you have downloaded an app, the quickest and easiest way to hide it on your Google Pixel 6 pro will be to download a » launcher  », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of 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 by renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, in this context 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 Google Pixel 6 pro :

  • Download the app 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.
  • 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 offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Google Pixel 6 pro by deleting them from the application list. To use them, you just have to go through the search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So how to hide apps entirely on a Google Pixel 6 pro:

  • See you in the » Nova settings "
  • Click on the option » Drawers  »
  • Click on "  Hide applications  »
  • Choose applications present on your Google Pixel 6 pro that you want to hide.

Hide an app on a Google Pixel 6 pro using App Hider

Hiding applications by other applications is also the objective that App hider . This one has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Google Pixel 6 pro by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for people who want to search every corner of your phone. This is how to use this app:

  • Download the app on Google Play Store .
  • Launch the application App Hider.
  • Click on the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and click on » importer "
  • Click 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 as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your Google Pixel 6 pro. For it:

  • 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 , 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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