Now our smartphone applications are full of personal data and at times even confidential. And however, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 to a person you trust without any guarantee that they will not go to take a look at the content of the applications on your smartphone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 . First of all, we will find out how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 through the settings of the smartphone. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 with a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017
There are a lot of applications installed that are not of much use. If you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you want to sort everything in your smartphone in a very simple way, the best solution will be all in a very simple way to deactivate the concerned application. So, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select the app you want to hide
- Press on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by clicking again on » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
You simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017, which is the home page? Therefore, you can perform a very simple manipulation, we present it to you below, in the event that you want to learn how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy J3 2017, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- 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 Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 with a third-party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017, you will need to download and use a " launcher "Able to personalize your device as you want, or a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 through a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your smartphone. Among the most popular 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 by renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, for this you will first need to install it and set it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 :
- 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 manage 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 Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you won't have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to hide apps entirely on Samsung Galaxy J3 2017:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 using App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy J3 2017 by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for people who want to dig into every nook and cranny of your smartphone. Here is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Press the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and press » importer "
- Then press 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 J3 2017. In this context:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- When you launch the Calculator + app , if 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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