These days our phone apps are filled with personal and at times even confidential information. And alas, it may happen that you lend your OPPO Reno 8 to a trusted person without guarantee that he will not snoop on the content of the applications on your phone. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your OPPO Reno 8 . First, we will find out how to hide an application on an OPPO Reno 8 using the phone settings. Then then we will find out how to hide an application on your OPPO Reno 8 using a third-party application.
How to Hide an App on OPPO Reno 8 Using Settings
Disable applications already installed on your OPPO Reno 8
Many installed applications are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or that you want to very easily clean up your phone, the best technique will be very simply to deactivate the application concerned. . So how to hide an app on your OPPO Reno 8 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Choose " 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
Do you simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your OPPO Reno 8, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can perform a very easy action, it is presented to you just after, in the event that you wish to learn how to hide messages on OPPO Reno 8, 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 dialog window will open: click on 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 app on your OPPO Reno 8 using a third-party app
To hide an application on your OPPO Reno 8, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you wish, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your OPPO Reno 8 using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your OPPO Reno 8 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your phone. Among the best known there is the application Nova Launcher . This is available in free or paid version. It allows you to change your home screen to renaming names and changing icons of all your apps. However, for that you will first have 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 Reno 8 :
- Download the app with Google Play Store .
- Set the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Make a long press on an application that you want to manage 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 allows you to hide applications from your OPPO Reno 8 by deleting them from the application list. To use them you will not have to go through the search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to hide apps entirely on an OPPO Reno 8:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications installed on your OPPO Reno 8 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an OPPO Reno 8 with App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the objective that App hider . This one has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your OPPO Reno 8 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for people who want to dig into 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 choose 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 as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your OPPO Reno 8. In this context:
- Go to the menu of the App Hider application.
- Click on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time 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!
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