Now our smartphone applications are full of personal data and at times even confidential. And however, it may happen that you lend your Oppo A9 to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not rummage through the content of the applications on your smartphone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Oppo A9 . First of all, we will see how to hide an application on an Oppo A9 using the smartphone settings. After that we will see how to hide an application on your Oppo A9 with a specific application.
How to hide an application on Oppo A9 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Oppo A9
There are a lot of applications 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 smartphone very easily, the best technique will be very easily to deactivate the application in question. So, how to hide an application on your Oppo A9 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Select " 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 simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Oppo A9, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can accomplish a very simple solution, we present it to you below, if you ever want to learn how to hide messages on Oppo A9, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- Options will open: press the button » Supprimer »
Now the app that you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Oppo A9 with a specific application
To hide an application on your Oppo A9, 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 A9 using a Launcher
If you've downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Oppo A9 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your smartphone. 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 configure it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Oppo A9 :
- Download the app using Google Play Store .
- Configure 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 the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Oppo A9 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you just have to go through search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide apps on Oppo A9:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Oppo A9 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on an Oppo A9 using App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that has been set App hider . The latter was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Oppo A9 by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search 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.
- Click on the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and press » importer "
- Press to finish on 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 under the name Calculator +. This way your application will be even better to hide in your Oppo A9. In this context:
- 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. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Oppo A9, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Oppo A9.
