Today our mobile phone applications are full of personal and at times even confidential information. And unfortunately, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not take a look at the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 . First, we will see how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 using the mobile phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 with a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017
There are a lot of applications that are installed that you never use. 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 solution will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. In this case, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 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 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 J7 2017, which is the home page? In this specific case, you will be able to perform a very easy technique, we present it to you below, if you want to discover how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy J7 2017, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press on the app that you want to hide
- A dialogue window 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 J7 2017 with a third-party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you wish, or then a" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 using a Launcher
If you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 will be to download an » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of 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 by renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, in this context you will have to first 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 J7 2017 :
- Download the app 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 modify it in turn.
In paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility to hide the applications of your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 by deleting them from the list of applications. 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 hide apps entirely on Samsung Galaxy J7 2017:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications installed on your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 using App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful 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 choose 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 J7 2017. To do this:
- Access 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 , if you ever 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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