Nowadays our phone applications are filled with personal and sometimes even confidential data. And unfortunately, it sometimes happens that you lend your Pocophone M5s to someone you trust without being sure that they will not snoop on the content of the applications on your phone. This is why, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Pocophone M5s . First, we will see how to hide an application on a Pocophone M5s through the phone settings. After that we will see how to hide an application on your Pocophone M5s using a specific application.
How to hide an application on Pocophone M5s using the settings
Disable applications already installed on your Pocophone M5s
There are a lot of apps that are installed that you never use. If you are not using an app and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very simple way to sort out your phone, the best technique will be in a very simple way to deactivate the application in question. So how to hide an app on your Pocophone M5s by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by pressing again » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
Do you only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Pocophone M5s, which is the home page? In this specific case, you will be able to perform a very easy manipulation, we present it to you below, if you want to discover how to hide messages on Pocophone M5s, 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 app that you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Pocophone M5s using a specific app
To hide an application on your Pocophone M5s, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you wish, or a" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Pocophone M5s using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Pocophone M5s 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 used you will find the application Nova Launcher . This is available, in free or paid version. It will allow you to change your home screen by 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 Pocophone M5s :
- Download the app using 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 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 offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Pocophone M5s 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 a Pocophone M5s:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications present on your Pocophone M5s that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Pocophone M5s using App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Pocophone M5s by adding additional security: a password . Very handy for anyone who wants to dig into every nook and cranny of your phone. This is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Press 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 as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your Pocophone M5s. In this context:
- Go to 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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