Today our mobile phone applications are full of private and sometimes even confidential data. However, there may be times when you lend your Huawei to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not watch the content of your mobile phone's applications. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Huawei . First, we will see how to hide an application on a Huawei using the settings of the mobile phone. And then we will see how to hide an application on your Huawei with a specific application.

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How to hide an app on Huawei using settings

Disable applications already installed on your Huawei

There are many applications that are installed that are never used. If you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very simple way to clean up your mobile phone, the best technique will be all in a very easy way to deactivate the concerned application. So, how to hide an application on your Huawei by uninstalling it:

  • Access the "  Settings  »
  • Choose "  Applications  »
  • Open Application Manager
  • Click on the app you want to hide
  • Click on "  deactivate  »
  • Confirm your choice by pressing again » deactivate  »

Hide an app from your home page

Do you simply want to hide an application on the most visible area of ​​your Huawei, which is the home page? In this situation, you can accomplish a very simple solution, we present it to you right after, in case you want to find out how to hide messages on Huawei, 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 removed from your home screen will be accessible only through the search menu.

How to hide an app on your Huawei with a specific app

To hide an application on your Huawei, you will need to download and use a " launcher  "Able 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 using a Launcher

Once you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Huawei will be to download a " launcher  », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your mobile phone. 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, 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 :

  • 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.
  • 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 the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Huawei by deleting them from the application list. To use it, you just have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide apps on a Huawei:

  • See you in the » Nova settings "
  • Select the option » Drawers  »
  • Click on "  Hide applications  »
  • Choose applications present on your Huawei that you want to hide.

Hide an app on a Huawei using 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 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.
  • 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. In this context:

  • Access the menu of the App Hider application.
  • Click on " Set up PIN now  »And enter a password.
  • When 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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