Nowadays our phone applications are full of private and at times even confidential information. And unfortunately, it could happen that you lend your Honor 8X to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go into the content of your phone's applications. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution is to hide an application on your Honor 8X . First, we will see how to hide an application on an Honor 8X using the phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Honor 8X using a third party application.
How to hide an application on Honor 8X using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Honor 8X
There are a lot of apps installed that are not of much use. If you ever do not use an application and it bothers you visually or you want to sort everything very easily in your phone, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the application in question. So, how to hide an application on your Honor 8X 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
You simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Honor 8X, which is the home page? Therefore, you can perform a very simple solution, we present it to you immediately after, in the event that you want to find out how to hide messages on Honor 8X, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the app logo that you want to hide
- A dialogue window will open: press the button " Supprimer »
Now the app that you removed from your home screen will be accessible only through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Honor 8X using a third-party application
To hide an application on your Honor 8X, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you see fit, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Honor 8X with a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Honor 8X 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 most popular you will find the application Nova Launcher . The latter is available in free or paid version. It allows you to change your home screen to renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, to do this 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 Honor 8X :
- 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 edit it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Honor 8X by removing them from the list of applications. To use it you will not have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide applications on Honor 8X:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Honor 8X that you want to hide.
Hide an app on an Honor 8X with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the mission that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Honor 8X by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for anyone who would like 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.
- Press the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and press » importer "
- Then click on 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 under the name Calculator +. This way your application will be even better to hide in your Honor 8X. To do this:
- Go to the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- When you launch the Calculator + app , in the event that you dial the PIN code, the normal application will open. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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