Now our mobile phone applications are full of personal and sometimes even confidential data. And unfortunately, sometimes it happens that you lend your Lenovo to someone you trust without being sure that they won't be able to look through the content of your mobile phone's apps. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your Lenovo . First, we will see how to hide an application on a Lenovo using the mobile phone settings. Then next we will see how to hide an application on your Lenovo using a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Lenovo using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Lenovo
There are a lot of applications that are installed that are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and that it bothers you visually or that you simply want to sort your mobile phone, the best solution will be quite simply to deactivate the application concerned. So, how to hide an application on your Lenovo by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on 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 area of your Lenovo, which is the home page? From then on, you can accomplish a very simple solution, we present it to you right after, in case you want to learn how to hide messages on Lenovo, 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 application that you have removed from your home screen will be exclusively accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Lenovo using a third party app
To hide an application on your Lenovo, you will have to download and use a » launcher » which allows you to personalize your device as you see fit, or a » app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Lenovo with a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Lenovo will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your mobile phone. Among the most used 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 by renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, to do this you will first need to install it and set it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Lenovo :
- 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 paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Lenovo by deleting them from the application list. To use it, you won't 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:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications installed on your Lenovo that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Lenovo using App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Lenovo by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. Find out how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Click on the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and click on » importer "
- Press 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 Lenovo. 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. In the event that no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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