Now our phone apps are full of private and sometimes even confidential data. And alas, sometimes you lend your nan to someone you trust with no guarantee that they won't look on the content of your phone's apps. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique is to hide an app on your nan . First, we will see how to hide an application on a nan through the phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your phone using a third-party application.
How to hide an app on nan through settings
Disable apps already installed on your phone
There are a lot of apps that are installed that are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or that you simply want to clean up your phone, the best technique will simply be to deactivate the application concerned. So how to hide an app on your nan by uninstalling it:
- Open 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
You only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your nan which is the home page? In this case, you will be able to achieve a very easy solution, we present it to you right after, in the event that you want to learn how to hide messages on nan, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press on the app that you want to hide
- A dialogue window will open: press the button " Supprimer »
Now the app that you removed from your home screen will be accessible exclusively through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your nan using a third-party app
To hide an application on your nan, you are going to have to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you see fit, but also a" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an app on your nan using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an app, the quickest and easiest solution to hide it on your nan will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your phone. Among the most popular 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 to renaming names and changing icons of all your apps. However, to do this 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 nan :
- Download the app using Google Play Store .
- Set the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Press and hold 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 modify it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility to hide your phone's applications by deleting them from the application list. To use them, you just have to go through the search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So how to totally hide apps on a nan:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications present on your nan that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a nan using App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter was designed to hide apps on your nan's screen by adding extra security: a password . Very convenient for people who want to search every nook and cranny of your 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 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 as Calculator+. This way your app will hide even better in your nan. For it:
- Access 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. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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