Now our smartphone applications are full of personal and sometimes even confidential data. And however, it sometimes happens that you lend your Sony Xperia 10 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not rummage through the content of the applications on your smartphone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Sony Xperia 10 . To begin with, we will see how to hide an application on a Sony Xperia 10 through the settings of the smartphone. And then we will see how to hide an application on your Sony Xperia 10 with a specific application.
How to hide an application on Sony Xperia 10 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Sony Xperia 10
Lots of installed apps that you never 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 concerned. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Sony Xperia 10 by uninstalling it:
- Access 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 Sony Xperia 10, which is the home page? In this situation, you can perform a very simple technique, we present it to you right after, if you ever want to learn how to hide messages on Sony Xperia 10, 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 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 application on your Sony Xperia 10 with a specific application
To hide an application on your Sony Xperia 10, you will need 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 Sony Xperia 10 using a Launcher
Once you've downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Sony Xperia 10 will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which 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 to renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, for 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 Sony Xperia 10 :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Configure the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Tap and hold an app you want to manage and hide.
- Click on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Click on the icon of the application to edit it in turn.
In paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Sony Xperia 10 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, you won't have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide apps on Sony Xperia 10:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications installed on your Sony Xperia 10 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Sony Xperia 10 with App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the mission that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Sony Xperia 10 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for people who want 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 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 also hide the App Hider application as a calculator under the name Calculator +. This way your application will hide even better in your Sony Xperia 10. To do this:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Click 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. If no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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