Nowadays our mobile phone applications are full of private and at times even confidential data. However, it may happen that you lend your Xiaomi Redmi K20 to someone you trust without any guarantee that they will not go to take a look at the content of the applications on your mobile phone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best solution turns out to be to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 . To begin with, we will find out how to hide an application on a Xiaomi Redmi K20 through the settings of the mobile phone. After that we will find out how to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 using a specific application.
How to hide an application on Xiaomi Redmi K20 using Settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Xiaomi Redmi K20
There are many applications that are installed that are never used. If you ever do not use an application and it bothers you visually or you want to sort everything very easily in your mobile phone, the best solution will be very easily to deactivate the application concerned. So, how to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 by uninstalling it:
- Access the " Settings »
- Select " 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 Xiaomi Redmi K20, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can perform a very easy action, it will be presented to you right after, if you ever want to learn how to hide messages on Xiaomi Redmi K20, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- Go to the home screen
- Long press on the app 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 application on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 using a specific application
To hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi K20, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Which gives the possibility to personalize your device as you want it, or then a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest way to hide it on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 will be to download an » launcher », Which is also called an application launcher which will give you the possibility of customize your mobile phone. Among the most used 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, for this you will have to install it first and configure it as the default launcher.
Discover how to use Nova Launcher in free version to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 :
- Download the app 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 configure 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 allows you to hide the applications of your Xiaomi Redmi K20 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use them, you just have to go through search mode on your Android phone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide applications on a Xiaomi Redmi K20:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Choose the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications present on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 that you want to hide.
Hide an app on a Xiaomi Redmi K20 using App Hider
Hiding applications by other applications is also the mission that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Xiaomi Redmi K20 by adding additional security: a password . Very convenient for people who want 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.
- Click on the + icon to choose one or more apps to hide and press » importer "
- Then press 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 be even better to hide in your Xiaomi Redmi K20. In this context:
- 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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