Today our mobile phone applications are full of personal and sometimes even confidential data. Unfortunately, it may happen that you lend your Huawei Maimang 8 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not browse through the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution turns out to be hide an application on your Huawei Maimang 8 . First of all, we are going to see how to hide an application on a Huawei Maimang 8 using the mobile phone settings. And then we will see how to hide an application on your Huawei Maimang 8 with a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Huawei Maimang 8 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Huawei Maimang 8
There are many applications that are installed that are never used. If you ever do not use an app and it bothers you visually or you just want to sort through your mobile phone, the best solution will be to simply deactivate the app in question. In this case, how to hide an application on your Huawei Maimang 8 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Click 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 Huawei Maimang 8, which is the home page? In this case, you can accomplish a very easy action, it will be presented to you right after, in case you want to learn how to hide messages on Huawei Maimang 8, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press on the app that you want to hide
- A dialog window will open: click on the button " Supprimer »
Now the app you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Huawei Maimang 8 with a third-party application
To hide an application on your Huawei Maimang 8, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you wish, or" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Huawei Maimang 8 with a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Huawei Maimang 8 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your mobile phone. Among the most used you will find 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. That said, for that 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 Huawei Maimang 8 :
- Download the app with 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 offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Huawei Maimang 8 by deleting 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 applications on a Huawei Maimang 8:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your Huawei Maimang 8 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Huawei Maimang 8 with App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the objective that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Huawei Maimang 8 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.
- Click on the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and click on » 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 +. This way your application will be even better to hide in your Huawei Maimang 8. To do this:
- Access 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. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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