Now our smartphone applications are full of personal and sometimes even confidential data. And unfortunately, you may lend your Honor Play 8 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not rummage through the content of the applications on your smartphone. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution is to hide an application on your Honor Play 8 . First, we will find out how to hide an application on an Honor Play 8 using the smartphone settings. And then we will find out how to hide an application on your Honor Play 8 with a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Honor Play 8 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Honor Play 8
There are a lot of applications that are installed that are not of much use. If ever you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you simply want to sort through your smartphone, the best solution will be simply to deactivate the application concerned. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Honor Play 8 by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Click 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 Honor Play 8, which is the home page? From then on, you will be able to perform a very easy action, we present it to you right after, if you ever want to learn how to hide messages on Honor Play 8, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- 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 Honor Play 8 with a third-party application
To hide an application on your Honor Play 8, you will have to download and use a " launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you want it, or then a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Honor Play 8 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Honor Play 8 will be to download an » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your smartphone. Among the most famous 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, 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 Play 8 :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Make a long press on an application that you want to manage and hide.
- Click on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Click on the icon of the application to modify it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Honor Play 8 by removing them from the list of applications. To use it, you won't have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide apps on Honor Play 8:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications present on your Honor Play 8 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an Honor Play 8 with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the role that has been given App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Honor Play 8 by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for people who want to search every nook and cranny of your smartphone. Here is below 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 additionally hide the App Hider application as a calculator under the name Calculator +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide on your Honor Play 8. To do this:
- 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 , 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!
If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of Honor Play 8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Honor Play 8.
