Now our mobile phone applications are full of personal and sometimes even confidential data. And unfortunately, you may lend your Samsung Galaxy A12 to someone you trust without being sure that he will not take a look at the content of your mobile phone's applications. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best solution remains to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A12 . To begin with, we will see how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy A12 through the mobile phone settings. After that we will see how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A12 with a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Samsung Galaxy A12 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy A12
There are many applications that are installed that we never use. If you are not using an app and it bothers you visually or you want to sort everything very easily in your mobile phone, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the affected app. In this case, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A12 by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on 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 only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy A12, which is the home page? In this case, you can accomplish a very simple solution, we present it to you below, if you wish to learn how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy A12, 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
- A dialogue window 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 Samsung Galaxy A12 with a third-party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A12, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you wish, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A12 using a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy A12 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your mobile phone. Among the most used 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 apps. However, to do this you will first have 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 Samsung Galaxy A12 :
- Download the app using 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.
- Click on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Click on 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 Samsung Galaxy A12 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it 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 Samsung Galaxy A12:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your Samsung Galaxy A12 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy A12 using App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the mission that has given itself App hider . The latter was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A12 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for anyone who would like 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.
- Click on the + icon to choose 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 +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide in your Samsung Galaxy A12. For that:
- 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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