Today our phone applications are full of private and at times even confidential information. And unfortunately, sometimes it happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A3 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go to look in the content of the applications on your phone. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution is to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A3 . To begin with, we will find out how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy A3 through the phone settings. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A3 with a specific application.
How to hide an app on Samsung Galaxy A3 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy A3
Many applications that are installed that are never used. If you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very easy way to clean your phone, the best solution will be all in a very easy way to deactivate the concerned application. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A3 by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select the app you want to hide
- Click on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by pressing again » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
You simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy A3, which is the home page? From then on, you will be able to perform a very easy technique, we present it to you just after, in the event that you want to discover how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy A3, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the application 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 app on your Samsung Galaxy A3 with a specific app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A3, 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 Samsung Galaxy A3 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy A3 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 . The latter is available, in free or paid version. It allows 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 configure it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A3 :
- Download the application 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.
- 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 paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Samsung Galaxy A3 by deleting them from the list of applications. 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 completely on Samsung Galaxy A3:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications present on your Samsung Galaxy A3 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy A3 with App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A3 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your phone. Here is below 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 "
- 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 +. This way your app will hide even better in your Samsung Galaxy A3. For that:
- Access 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. In the event that no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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