Today our mobile phone applications are full of personal and sometimes even confidential information. And unfortunately, you may lend your Xiaomi Poco M5S to someone you trust without being sure that they will not look in the content of the applications on your mobile phone. This is the reason why, to avoid this, the best solution is to hide an application on your Xiaomi Poco M5S . To begin with, we will see how to hide an application on a Xiaomi Poco M5S using the mobile phone settings. And then we will see how to hide an application on your Xiaomi Poco M5S using a third-party application.
How to hide an app on Xiaomi Poco M5S through settings
Disable applications already installed on your Xiaomi Poco M5S
There are many apps installed that are not of much use. In the event that you do not use an application and it bothers you visually or that you want everything very easily to sort out your mobile phone, the best solution will be very simply to deactivate the application in question. In this case, how to hide an application on your Xiaomi Poco M5S by uninstalling it:
- Open the " Settings »
- Choose " Applications »
- Open Application Manager
- Click on the app you want to hide
- Press on " deactivate »
- Confirm your choice by clicking again on » deactivate »
Hide an app from your home page
Do you only want to hide an application on the most visible space of your Xiaomi Poco M5S, which is the home page? In this situation, you will be able to perform a very easy action, we present it to you just after, in the event that you wish to learn how to hide messages on Xiaomi Poco M5S, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press on the app that you want to hide
- A dialog window will open: click on 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 Xiaomi Poco M5S using a third-party app
To hide an application on your Xiaomi Poco M5S, you will have to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you see fit, or a" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Xiaomi Poco M5S through a Launcher
When you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Xiaomi Poco M5S will be to download a » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your mobile phone. 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 by renaming names and changing icons of all your applications. However, in this context you will have to first install it and configure it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Xiaomi Poco M5S :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Set the app as the default Launcher .
- Open your app drawer .
- Make a long press on an application that you want to manage and hide.
- Press on " Edit "
- Give it the name you want then press » finish "
- Tap the icon of the application to edit it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher allows you to hide the applications on your Xiaomi Poco M5S by deleting them from the application list. To use them, you just have to go through the search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide the applications on a Xiaomi Poco M5S:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Click on the option » Drawers »
- Press on " Hide applications »
- Select applications present on your Xiaomi Poco M5S that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Xiaomi Poco M5S using App Hider
Camouflaging applications by other applications is also the role that App hider . The latter has been designed to hide the applications on the screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5S by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. Here's how to use this app:
- Download the app on Google Play Store .
- Launch the application App Hider.
- Press the + icon to select one or more apps to hide and click » 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 Xiaomi Poco M5S. In this context:
- Go to the menu of the App Hider application.
- Press on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time you launch the Calculator + app , if 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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