Nowadays our phone apps are full of private and at times even confidential information. And unfortunately, it sometimes happens that you lend your Huawei Nova 5 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go and take a look at the content of the applications on your phone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5 . First of all, we are going to see how to hide an application on a Huawei Nova 5 using the phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5 with a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Huawei Nova 5 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Huawei Nova 5
There are a lot of applications installed that are not of much use. If ever you are not using an app and it bothers you visually or you just want to clean your phone, the best solution will be to simply deactivate the app in question. So, how to hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select 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 Nova 5, which is the home page? In this situation, you will be able to carry out a very simple solution, we present it to you immediately after, in case you want to find out how to hide messages on Huawei Nova 5, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the application that you want to hide
- Options will open: press 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 Nova 5 with a third-party application
To hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5, you will have to download and use a " launcher "Able to customize your device as you want, but also a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Huawei Nova 5 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Huawei Nova 5 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words 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 will allow you to change your home screen to renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, to do 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 Nova 5 :
- Download the app using Google Play Store .
- Set the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Make a long press 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 edit it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Huawei Nova 5 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 Nova 5:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Huawei Nova 5 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Huawei Nova 5 using App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the role that has been given App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Huawei Nova 5 by adding additional security: a password . Very handy for anyone who wants to search every nook and cranny of your phone. 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 "
- Then click on 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 Nova 5. 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!
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