Now our smartphone applications are full of personal information and at times even confidential. And however, you may lend your HUAWEI Mate X to someone you trust without any guarantee that it will not rummage through the content of your smartphone'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 X . First of all, we will see how to hide an application on a HUAWEI Mate X through the settings of the smartphone. And then we are going to see how to hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate X with a third-party application.
How to hide an app on HUAWEI Mate X using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your HUAWEI Mate X
There are a lot of applications that are installed that you never use. If you ever do not use an app and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very easy way to sort through your smartphone, the best solution will be all in a very easy way to deactivate the app in question. So, how to hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate X by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Select " 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 Mate X, which is the home page? In this case, you will be able to accomplish a very easy technique, we present it to you below, in the event that you want to discover how to hide messages on HUAWEI Mate X, 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
- A dialogue window will open: press the button " Supprimer »
Now the application that you have removed from your home screen will be exclusively accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your HUAWEI Mate X with a third-party app
To hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate X, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you wish, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your HUAWEI Mate X using a Launcher
If you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your HUAWEI Mate X will be to download an » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your smartphone. Among the most popular there is the application Nova Launcher . The latter 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, for this you will first need 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 X :
- Download the app with Google Play Store .
- Set 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 modify it in turn.
In paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility to hide the applications of your HUAWEI Mate X by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you just 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 X:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your HUAWEI Mate X that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a HUAWEI Mate X with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your HUAWEI Mate X by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for anyone who would like to dig into every nook and cranny of your smartphone. Here is 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 press » 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 under the name Calculator +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide in your HUAWEI Mate X. In this context:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Click on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time you launch the Calculator + app , if you 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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