Now our mobile phone applications are full of private and at times even confidential information. Unfortunately, you may lend your Oppo A5s to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not rummage through the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique is to hide an application on your Oppo A5s . First, we will see how to hide an application on an Oppo A5s through the mobile phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Oppo A5s using a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Oppo A5s using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Oppo A5s
There are 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 simply want to sort your mobile phone, the best technique will be to simply deactivate the application in question. In this case, how to hide an application on your Oppo A5s by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Select " 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 Oppo A5s, which is the home page? In this situation, you will be able to perform a very simple action, we present it to you below, in case you want to learn how to hide messages on Oppo A5s, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the app logo that you want to hide
- Options will open: press the button » Supprimer »
From now on, the application that you have removed from your home screen will be exclusively accessible via the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Oppo A5s using a third-party application
To hide an application on your Oppo A5s, you will need to download and use a " launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you wish, but also a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Oppo A5s through a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Oppo A5s will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your mobile 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 applications. However, for 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 Oppo A5s :
- Download the app with Google Play Store .
- Configure 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 modify it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Oppo A5s by deleting them from the list of applications. To use them you will not have to go through search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide applications on Oppo A5s:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications present on your Oppo A5s that you want to hide.
Hide an app on an Oppo A5s with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Oppo A5s by adding additional security: a password . Very handy 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 select 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 +. This way your application will be even better to hide in your Oppo A5s. 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. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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