Today our smartphone applications are full of private and at times even confidential information. And however, you may lend your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 to a person you trust without any guarantee that they will not go to take a look at the content of the applications on your smartphone. Therefore, to avoid this, the best solution turns out to be to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 . First of all, we are going to see how to hide an application on a Xiaomi Redmi Y3 using the smartphone settings. After that we will see how to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 using a third-party application.
How to hide an application on Xiaomi Redmi Y3 using settings
Disable the applications already installed on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3
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 simply want to sort through your smartphone, the best solution will be simply to deactivate the application concerned. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 by uninstalling it:
- Open 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 Y3, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can achieve a very simple solution, we present it to you right after, if you ever want to learn how to hide messages on Xiaomi Redmi Y3, feel free to take a look at our guide.
- 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 that you removed from your home screen will only be accessible through the search menu.
How to hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 using a third-party application
To hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3, you will need to download and use a » launcher "Able to personalize your device as you want, or a" app hider »Which gives the possibility to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 will be to download an » launcher »Or in other words an application launcher that will allow you to customize your smartphone. Among the most famous 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 applications. However, to do this you will first need 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 Xiaomi Redmi Y3 :
- Download the app with 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 offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it, 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 Y3:
- Go to the " Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Choose applications installed on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 that you want to hide.
Hide an application on an Xiaomi Redmi Y3 with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 by adding additional security: a password . Very useful for people who want to search every nook and cranny of your smartphone. Find out 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 "
- Click 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 under the name Calculator +. This way your application will be even better to hide in your Xiaomi Redmi Y3. For that:
- Access the menu of the App Hider application.
- Click on " Set up PIN now »And enter a password.
- By the time 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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