Nowadays our phone applications are full of private and sometimes even confidential information. However, you may lend your Samsung Galaxy S21+ to someone you trust with no guarantee that they will not take a look at the content of your phone's applications. Therefore, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy S21 + . First of all, we will see how to hide an application on a Samsung Galaxy S21 + through the phone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy S21 + using a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Samsung Galaxy S21+ using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung Galaxy S21 +
There are many apps installed that are not of much use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you want to very easily sort out your phone, the best solution will be very simply to deactivate the application concerned. . In this case, how to hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy S21+ by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by clicking again on » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
Do you simply want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Samsung Galaxy S21+, which is the home page? In this situation, you will be able to perform a very easy action, we present it to you below, if you ever want to find out how to hide messages on Samsung Galaxy S21 +, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the app logo that you want to hide
- A dialogue window will open: press the button " Supprimer »
Now the app that you removed from your home screen will be accessible only through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Samsung Galaxy S21+ using a third-party app
To hide an application on your Samsung Galaxy S21+, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility 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 S21+ using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an app, the quickest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung Galaxy S21+ will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your phone. Among the most used you will find 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 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 S21 + :
- Download the app with 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.
- Press on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Tap the icon of the application to edit it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications on your Samsung Galaxy S21+ by deleting them from the application list. To use it, you just have to go through the search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to hide apps entirely on a Samsung Galaxy S21+:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your Samsung Galaxy S21+ that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Samsung Galaxy S21 + with App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S21 + by adding additional security: a password . Very handy for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your phone. Here's 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 press » importer "
- Click 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 as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your Samsung Galaxy S21+. In this context:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time 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!
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Samsung Galaxy S21+, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S21 +.
