Nowadays our smartphone apps are full of personal data and sometimes even confidential. And unfortunately, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy J5 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go and take a look at the content of the applications on your smartphone. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution turns out to be hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J5 . First, we will find out how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy J5 through the settings of the smartphone. And then we will find out how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J5 with a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Samsung Galaxy J5 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy J5
There are a lot of applications that are installed that are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and that it bothers you visually or that you want everything in a very simple way to clean up your smartphone, the best solution will be all in a very simple way to deactivate the application concerned. . In this case, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J5 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 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 J5, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can accomplish a very easy solution, we present it to you below, if you want to learn how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy J5, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the application that you want to hide
- Options will open: press 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 J5 with a third-party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J5, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you wish, but also a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J5 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy J5 will be to download an » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your smartphone. Among the most popular 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, in this context 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 J5 :
- 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 allows you to hide the applications of your Samsung Galaxy J5 by deleting them from the application list. To use them, you just have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to hide apps completely on Samsung Galaxy J5:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications installed on your Samsung Galaxy J5 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy J5 using App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the mission that App hider . The latter was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful 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.
- Click on the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and press » importer "
- Then click on 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 J5. 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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