Nowadays our smartphone applications are full of personal and at times even confidential data. And unfortunately, you may lend your Vivo Y76 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not take a look in the content of your smartphone applications. This is why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution is to hide an application on your Vivo Y76 . First, we will find out how to hide an application on a Vivo Y76 through the smartphone settings. Then we will find out how to hide an application on your Vivo Y76 using a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Vivo Y76 through settings
Disable applications already installed on your Vivo Y76
There are many applications that are installed that we never use. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or that you simply want to sort through your smartphone, the best solution will simply be to deactivate the application concerned. So how to hide an app on your Vivo Y76 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 Y76 which is the home page? From then on, you will be able to perform a very simple manipulation, we present it to you below, if you want to learn how to hide messages on Vivo Y76, feel free to take a look at our article.
- Go to the home screen
- Long click on the application that you want to hide
- Options will open: press the button » Supprimer »
Now the app that you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an app on your Vivo Y76 using a third-party app
To hide an application on your Vivo Y76, you will need to download and resort to a » launcher "Able 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 Vivo Y76 using a Launcher
When you have downloaded an app, the quickest and easiest way to hide it on your Vivo Y76 will be to download a » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your smartphone. Among the most popular 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 applications. However, for this you will first have to install it and configure it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher free version to hide an application on your Vivo Y76 :
- 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 manage 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 gives you the option of hiding applications from your Vivo Y76 by deleting them from the application list. To use it you will not 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 Vivo Y76:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Select applications present on your Vivo Y76 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Vivo Y76 using 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 Vivo Y76 by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for anyone who wants to search every corner of your smartphone. This is how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Click on 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+. This way your app will hide even better in your Vivo Y76. 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 , 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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