Nowadays our mobile phone applications are full of private and at times even confidential data. And however, you may lend your Huawei P8 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not peek into the content of your mobile phone's applications. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Huawei P8 . First of all, we will find out how to hide an application on a Huawei P8 using the settings of the mobile phone. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Huawei P8 using a specific application.
How to hide an application on Huawei P8 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Huawei P8
There are a lot of applications that are installed that you never use. In the event that you are not using an application and that it bothers you visually or that you want to sort everything very easily in your mobile phone, the best technique will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. So, how to hide an application on your Huawei P8 by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by pressing again » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
You only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Huawei P8, which is the home page? Therefore, you will be able to perform a very easy manipulation, we present it to you below, in case you wish to discover how to hide messages on Huawei P8, 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 dialog window 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 application on your Huawei P8 using a specific application
To hide an application on your Huawei P8, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you 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 P8 using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Huawei P8 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your mobile 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 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 P8 :
- Download the app 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 modify it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Huawei P8 by deleting them from the application list. 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 apps on Huawei P8:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications installed on your Huawei P8 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Huawei P8 using App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the mission that has given itself App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Huawei P8 by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for people who want 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.
- Press the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and click » 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 P8. For that:
- Access 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 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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