Now our mobile phone applications are full of private and sometimes even confidential data. Unfortunately, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A7 to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not look in the content of the applications on your mobile phone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A7 . First, we will see how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy A7 through the settings of the mobile phone. Then then we will see how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A7 using a third party application.
How to hide an app on Samsung Galaxy A7 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy A7
There are a lot of installed applications that you never use. If you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you just want to sort through your mobile phone, the best solution will be to simply deactivate the application concerned. So, how to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy A7 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 pressing again » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
You only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy A7, which is the home page? In this case, you can accomplish a very simple solution, we present it to you below, if you ever want to find out how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy A7, 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
- Options will open: click on the button » Supprimer »
Now the app that you removed from your home screen will be accessible only through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy A7 using a third party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A7, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you see fit, or" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy A7 with a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy A7 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your mobile phone. Among the most popular you will find the application Nova Launcher . This 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, 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 A7 :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Press and hold 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 the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Samsung Galaxy A7 by deleting them from the application list. To use it, you just 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 A7:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications present on your Samsung Galaxy A7 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy A7 with App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . This has been designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A7 by adding additional security: a password . Very practical 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 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 +. In this way, your application will be even better to hide in your Samsung Galaxy A7. To do this:
- 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 , 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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