Nowadays our smartphone apps are full of personal and sometimes even confidential information. And unfortunately, sometimes it happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not watch the content of the applications on your smartphone. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best solution turns out to be to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus . First, we will find out how to hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy S10 plus through the smartphone settings. And then we will find out how to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus with a third party app.
How to hide an app on Samsung Galaxy S10 plus using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus
There are many applications that are installed that are never used. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you want to sort everything very easily in your smartphone, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. In this situation, how to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Select " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press 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 S10 plus, which is the home page? From then on, you will be able to perform a very simple technique, we present it to you right after, if you ever want to discover how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy S10 plus, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press the app logo that you want to hide
- Options will open: click on the button » Supprimer »
Now the application that you removed from your home screen will be accessible only through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus with a third-party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus, you will need 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 S10 plus with a Launcher
If you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus will be to download an » 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 . 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. Having said that, to do this you will first need 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 S10 plus :
- Download the app using 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 the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications of your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus by removing them from the application list. To use them you will not 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 S10 plus:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus that you want to hide.
Hide an app on Samsung Galaxy S10 plus using App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search 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 click » importer "
- Press to finish on 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 S10 plus. To do this:
- 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 , in the event that 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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