Nowadays our mobile phone applications are full of private and at times even confidential information. And unfortunately, sometimes it happens that you lend your LG K40S to someone you trust without being sure that they will not browse through the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your LG K40S . First, we will see how to hide an application on an LG K40S through the settings of the mobile phone. Then we will see how to hide an application on your LG K40S with a third-party application.

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How to hide an app on LG K40S using Settings

Disable applications already installed on your LG K40S

There are a lot of apps 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 want to clean up your mobile phone very easily, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. In this situation, how to hide an application on your LG K40S 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 LG K40S, which is the home page? From then on, you can perform a very simple action, we present it to you immediately after, in the event that you wish to find out how to hide messages on LG K40S, 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 app you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.

How to hide an app on your LG K40S with a third-party app

To hide an application on your LG K40S, you will have to download and use a » launcher  "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you see fit, or a" app hider  »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.

Hide an application on your LG K40S using a Launcher

When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your LG K40S 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 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 LG K40S :

  • Download the application using Google Play Store .
  • Set 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 edit it in turn.

In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your LG K40S by deleting 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 LG K40S:

  • Go to the " Nova settings "
  • Choose the option » Drawers  »
  • Press on "  Hide applications  »
  • Choose applications installed on your LG K40S that you want to hide.

Hide an application on an LG K40S with App Hider

Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the mission that App hider . This was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your LG K40S by adding additional security: a password . Very useful 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 choose one or more apps to hide and press » 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 LG K40S. 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. In the event that no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!

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