Today our smartphone apps are filled with private and at times even confidential information. However, it may happen that you lend your Vivo V23 to a trusted person without guarantee that he will not snoop in the content of your smartphone applications. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best technique turns out to be to hide an application on your Vivo V23 . First of all, we will see how to hide an application on a Vivo V23 using the smartphone settings. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Vivo V23 with a specific application.

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How to hide an app on Vivo V23 through settings

Disable applications already installed on your Vivo V23

There are many apps installed that you never use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or that you want to clean up your smartphone very easily, the best technique will very easily be to deactivate the application concerned. So how to hide an app on your Vivo V23 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 pressing again » deactivate  »

Hide an app from your home page

Do you only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Vivo V23 which is the home page? From then on, you can carry out a very easy manipulation, we present it to you below, if you ever want to discover how to hide messages on Vivo V23, feel free to take a look at our article.

  • 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 only be accessible through the search menu.

How to hide an app on your Vivo V23 with a specific app

To hide an application on your Vivo V23, you are going to have to download and use a » launcher  » which allows you to personalize your device as you see fit, or a » app hider  »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.

Hide an app on your Vivo V23 using a Launcher

If you have downloaded an app, the quickest and easiest way to hide it on your Vivo V23 will be to download a » launcher  », Which is also called an application launcher which will allow you to customize your smartphone. Among the most used you will find the application Nova Launcher . The latter is available in free or paid version. It allows you to change your home screen to renaming names and changing icons of all your apps. That said, for that you will first have to install it and set it as the default launcher.

Discover how to use Nova Launcher free version to hide an application on your Vivo V23 :

  • Download the app using 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.
  • 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 offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Vivo V23 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 totally hide apps on a Vivo V23:

  • Go to the " Nova settings "
  • Select the option » Drawers  »
  • Click on "  Hide applications  »
  • Select applications installed on your Vivo V23 that you want to hide.

Hide an app on a Vivo V23 using App Hider

Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the role that has been given App hider . The latter has been developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Vivo V23 by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for people who want to search every corner of your smartphone. Learn 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 "
  • 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 as Calculator+. In this way, your application will be even better hidden in your Vivo V23. 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!

In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Vivo V23, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Live V23.