Now our smartphone applications are full of personal data and at times even confidential. And unfortunately, you may lend your Samsung Galaxy M40 to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not watch the content of applications on your smartphone. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique is to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy M40 . To begin with, we will find out how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy M40 using the smartphone settings. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy M40 with a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Samsung Galaxy M40 using Settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy M40
Many applications that are installed that are never used. If you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you want to sort everything very easily in your smartphone, the best technique will be very easily to deactivate the application in question. So, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy M40 by uninstalling it:
- Open 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 only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy M40, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can perform a very easy solution, we present it to you right after, if you want to find out how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy M40, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- Options will open: press the button » Supprimer »
Now the application that you have removed from your home screen will be exclusively accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy M40 with a third-party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy M40, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you wish, or a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy M40 using a Launcher
When you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy M40 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your smartphone. 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, 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 M40 :
- 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.
- Press on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Tap 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 M40 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you just have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide apps on Samsung Galaxy M40:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Samsung Galaxy M40 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy M40 with App Hider
Hiding applications 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 M40 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.
- Press the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and press » 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 M40. For that:
- Go to 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 ever dial the PIN code, the normal application will open. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
If you are ever looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy M40, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy M40.
