Today our smartphone applications are full of private and at times even confidential information. Unfortunately, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung W20 to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not snoop around in the content of your smartphone's applications. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Samsung W20 . First of all, we will find out how to hide an application on a Samsung W20 through the settings of the smartphone. After that we will find out how to hide an application on your Samsung W20 using a specific application.
How to hide an application on Samsung W20 using settings
Disable applications already installed on your Samsung W20
Many applications that are installed are not of much use. If you ever do not use an application and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very simple way to clean up your smartphone, the best technique will be all in a very simple way to deactivate the application in question. So, how to hide an application on your Samsung W20 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Select the app you want to hide
- Click 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 W20, which is the home page? From then on, you can accomplish a very simple solution, we present it to you right after, in case you want to find out how to hide messages on Samsung W20, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the application that you want to hide
- A dialog window will open: click on 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 application on your Samsung W20 using a specific application
To hide an application on your Samsung W20, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you wish, or" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Samsung W20 using a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an app, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Samsung W20 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your smartphone. Among the most famous you will find the application Nova Launcher . The latter 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 have 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 W20 :
- 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.
- 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 the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Samsung W20 by deleting them from the list of applications. 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 hide apps completely on Samsung W20:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Samsung W20 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on Samsung W20 using App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the objective that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Samsung W20 by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your smartphone. Find out 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 "
- Then click on 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 W20. To do this:
- Go to 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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