Nowadays our phone applications are full of personal data and at times even confidential. And unfortunately, sometimes it happens that you lend your HUAWEI P20 Lite to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not look inside the apps content on your phone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your HUAWEI P20 Lite . First of all, we will find out how to hide an application on a HUAWEI P20 Lite using the phone settings. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your HUAWEI P20 Lite with a third-party application.
How to hide an app on HUAWEI P20 Lite using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your HUAWEI P20 Lite
There are a lot of applications installed that are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an app and it bothers you visually or you just want to sort through your phone, the best solution will be to simply deactivate the affected app. So, how to hide an application on your HUAWEI P20 Lite by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by clicking again on » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
You only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your HUAWEI P20 Lite, which is the home page? In this specific case, you will be able to carry out a very simple manipulation, we present it to you below, if you ever want to learn how to hide messages on HUAWEI P20 Lite, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- A dialog window 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 app on your HUAWEI P20 Lite with a third-party app
To hide an application on your HUAWEI P20 Lite, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Able to customize your device as you want, but also a" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your HUAWEI P20 Lite using a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your HUAWEI P20 Lite will be to download an » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your phone. Among the best known there is 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. Nevertheless, in this context you will have to first 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 P20 Lite :
- Download the app with Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Tap and hold an app you want to configure 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 P20 Lite by deleting them from the application list. To use them, you just have to go through search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide apps on HUAWEI P20 Lite:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your HUAWEI P20 Lite that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a HUAWEI P20 Lite with App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the mission that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Lite by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for people who want 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.
- Press the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and click » importer "
- Press 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 +. This way your app will hide even better in your HUAWEI P20 Lite. In this context:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press 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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