Nowadays our mobile phone applications are filled with private and sometimes even confidential data. However, you may lend your Sony Xperia 5 IV to someone you trust without guarantee that they will not watch the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best technique remains to hide an application on your Sony Xperia 5 IV . To begin with, we will find out how to hide an application on a Sony Xperia 5 IV using the mobile phone settings. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Sony Xperia 5 IV using a specific application.
How to Hide an App on Sony Xperia 5 IV Through Settings
Disable applications already installed on your Sony Xperia 5 IV
There are a lot of apps installed that you never use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you want everything in a very simple way to sort out your mobile phone, the best technique will be in a very simple way to deactivate the application concerned. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Sony Xperia 5 IV by uninstalling it:
- Open 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 only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Sony Xperia 5 IV which is the home page? In this case, you can perform a very easy technique, we present it to you below, in the event that you wish to discover how to hide messages on Sony Xperia 5 IV, 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
- Options will open: press the button » Supprimer »
Now the app you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Sony Xperia 5 IV using a specific application
To hide an application on your Sony Xperia 5 IV, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Which allows you to personalize your device as you see fit, but also a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Sony Xperia 5 IV through a Launcher
If you have downloaded an app, the quickest and easiest way to hide it on your Sony Xperia 5 IV will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your mobile phone. Among the most used there is the application Nova Launcher . This 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 apps. 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 5 IV :
- 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 the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications on your Sony Xperia 5 IV by deleting them from the application list. To use it, you just have to go through the search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So how to hide apps entirely on a Sony Xperia 5 IV:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Sony Xperia 5 IV that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Sony Xperia 5 IV using App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the mission that App hider . This has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Sony Xperia 5 IV by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. Here is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Click the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and press » 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 as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your Sony Xperia 5 IV. 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. In the event that no PIN code is entered, the app will open like a real calculator!
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