Today our phone apps are full of private and sometimes even confidential information. Unfortunately, it may happen that you lend your Lenovo K10 Note to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go into the content of your phone's applications. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Lenovo K10 Note . To start, we are going to see how to hide an application on a Lenovo K10 Note using the phone settings. After that we will see how to hide an application on your Lenovo K10 Note using a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Lenovo K10 Note using Settings
Disable applications already installed on your Lenovo K10 Note
Many applications that are installed that are never used. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you just want to clean your phone, the best technique will be to simply deactivate the application concerned. In this case, how to hide an application on your Lenovo K10 Note by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select 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 simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Lenovo K10 Note, which is the home page? Therefore, you will be able to carry out a very simple manipulation, we present it to you below, in case you want to learn how to hide messages on Lenovo K10 Note, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- 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 application on your Lenovo K10 Note using a third-party application
To hide an application on your Lenovo K10 Note, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you wish, but also a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Lenovo K10 Note with a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Lenovo K10 Note 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 used 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. However, in this context you will first have 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 Lenovo K10 Note :
- Download the app with 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.
- 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 Lenovo K10 Note by removing them from the list of applications. 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 applications on a Lenovo K10 Note:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications installed on your Lenovo K10 Note that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Lenovo K10 Note with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that App hider . This was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Lenovo K10 Note by adding additional security: a password . Very handy for people who want to dig into every nook and cranny of your phone. Find out 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 "
- Then press 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 +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide in your Lenovo K10 Note. For that:
- Go to the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press 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. In the event that no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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