Now our phone apps are full of personal and sometimes even confidential information. And unfortunately, you may lend your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite to someone you trust without a guarantee that they won't peek 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite . First, we will see how to hide an application on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using the phone settings. And then we will see how to hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using a specific application.
How to hide an app on HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite
There are many applications installed that are never used. In the event that you are not using an application and that it bothers you visually or that you want to clean up your phone very easily, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the application in question. So, how to hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite by uninstalling it:
- Open 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 only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, which is the home page? In this situation, you can achieve a very easy solution, we present it to you below, if you want to find out how to hide messages on HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, 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 application that you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using a specific app
To hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you wish, or a" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using a Launcher
If you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite will be to download an » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your phone. Among the best known there is the application Nova Launcher . The latter 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. However, for 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Tap and hold an app you want to manage 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it you will not have to go through search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide applications on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite with App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the objective that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for people who want to search every nook and cranny of your 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 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 +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide in your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite. In this context:
- Go to the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time 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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