Now our mobile phone applications are full of personal data and at times even confidential. However, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy J6 to someone you trust without any guarantee that they will not snoop around the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J6 . First, we will see how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy J6 through the settings of the mobile phone. After that we are going to see how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J6 with a specific application.
How to hide an application on Samsung Galaxy J6 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy J6
There are many applications that are installed that are never used. In the event that you are not using an application and that it bothers you visually or that you want to sort everything very easily in your mobile phone, the best technique will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. So, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J6 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 simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy J6, which is the home page? In this situation, you will be able to perform a very simple manipulation, we present it to you immediately after, in the event that you want to find out how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy J6, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- A dialog window will open: click on the button " Supprimer »
Now the app you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy J6 with a specific app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J6, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Able 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 J6 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy J6 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your mobile phone. Among the best known there is 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 have to first 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 J6 :
- Download the app with Google Play Store .
- Configure 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 J6 by deleting them from the list of applications. 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 entirely on Samsung Galaxy J6:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications present on your Samsung Galaxy J6 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy J6 with App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the role that has been given App hider . This was designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy J6 by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. This is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Click on the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and click on » importer "
- Press to finish on the 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 J6. To do this:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Click 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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