Nowadays our phone apps are full of personal information and at times even confidential. And alas, you may lend your Oppo R15 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go and take a look at the content of the applications on your 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 R15 . To begin with, we will see how to hide an application on an Oppo R15 using the phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Oppo R15 with a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Oppo R15 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Oppo R15
There are a lot of apps installed that are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you simply want to clean your phone, the best technique will be to simply deactivate the application concerned. So, how to hide an application on your Oppo R15 by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select the app you want to hide
- Click 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 R15, which is the home page? In this situation, you can perform a very easy action, we present it to you right after, in case you want to learn how to hide messages on Oppo R15, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- A dialog window will open: click on 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 R15 with a third-party application
To hide an application on your Oppo R15, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you see fit, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Oppo R15 using a Launcher
When you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Oppo R15 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your phone. Among the most famous 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, to do 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 R15 :
- Download the application 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 R15 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use them, you just have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide apps on Oppo R15:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications installed on your Oppo R15 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an Oppo R15 with App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the objective that App hider . The latter was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Oppo R15 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your phone. Here is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Click on the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and click on » 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 under the name Calculator +. This way, your application will be even better to hide on your Oppo R15. To do this:
- 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!
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