Today our smartphone apps are full of private and at times even confidential information. However, it sometimes happens that you lend your OPPO A16 to someone you trust without guarantee that he will not watch the content of the applications on your smartphone. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution remains to hide an application on your OPPO A16 . First, we will see how to hide an application on an OPPO A16 using the smartphone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your OPPO A16 using a specific application.
How to Hide an App on OPPO A16 Using Settings
Disable applications already installed on your OPPO A16
There are many applications that are installed that are not of much use. If you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or if you want to sort everything very easily in your smartphone, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. Therefore, how to hide an application on your OPPO A16 by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by clicking again on » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
Do you only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your OPPO A16, which is the home page? In this case, you can perform a very simple technique, we present it to you below, in the event that you want to learn how to hide messages on OPPO A16, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press on the app that you want to hide
- Options will open: press the button » Supprimer »
Now the application that you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your OPPO A16 using a specific application
To hide an application on your OPPO A16, you will have to download and resort to a » launcher "Which gives the possibility 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 application on your OPPO A16 through a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your OPPO A16 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your smartphone. Among the most used there is 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 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 OPPO A16 :
- Download the app using Google Play Store .
- Set the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Tap and hold an app 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 edit it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications on your OPPO A16 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 completely hide apps on an OPPO A16:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Select applications installed on your OPPO A16 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on an OPPO A16 using App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your OPPO A16 by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for people who want to dig into every nook and cranny of your smartphone. Here's how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Press the + icon to select 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 also hide the App Hider application as a calculator as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your OPPO A16. For it:
- Access 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 ever dial the PIN code, the normal application will open. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
If you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the OPPO A16, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: OPPO A16.
