Today our mobile phone applications are full of personal and at times even confidential information. Unfortunately, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A20 to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not watch the content of your mobile phone's applications. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique is to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A20 . First of all, we will find out how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy A20 through the settings of the mobile phone. After that we will find out how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A20 with a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Samsung Galaxy A20 using Settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy A20
There are many applications that are installed that are never used. If you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or if you want to clean up your mobile phone very easily, the best technique will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A20 by uninstalling it:
- Access 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 only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy A20, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can accomplish a very easy solution, we present it to you right after, if you want to learn how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy A20, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the app logo that you want to hide
- Options 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 application on your Samsung Galaxy A20 using a third-party application
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A20, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you see fit, or a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A20 using a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy A20 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your mobile phone. Among the most used there is 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 have to first 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 A20 :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Set 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 allows you to hide the applications of your Samsung Galaxy A20 by deleting them from the application list. To use them, you won't have to go through search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to hide apps entirely on Samsung Galaxy A20:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications present on your Samsung Galaxy A20 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy A20 with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the mission that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A20 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. Find out 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 click on 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 app will hide even better in your Samsung Galaxy A20. In this context:
- Access 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 , in the event that you dial the PIN code, the normal application will open. In the event that no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
If you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy A20, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A20.
