Today our mobile phone applications are full of personal and at times even confidential data. However, you may be lending your Xiaomi to someone you trust without being sure that they will not peek into the content of your mobile phone's applications. This is the reason why, in order not to risk this kind of disappointment, the best solution is to hide an application on your Xiaomi . First of all, we will see how to hide an application on a Xiaomi through the settings of the mobile phone. Then we will see how to hide an application on your Xiaomi using a specific application.
How to hide an application on Xiaomi using the settings
Disable applications already installed on your Xiaomi
Many applications that are installed that are never used. In the event that you are not using an application and it bothers you visually or you simply want to clean your mobile phone, the best solution will be simply to deactivate the application concerned. In this situation, how to hide an application on your Xiaomi 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 simply want to hide an application on the most visible area of your Xiaomi, which is the home page? In this specific case, you can achieve a very easy solution, we present it to you below, if you wish to discover how to hide messages on Xiaomi, 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 application on your Xiaomi using a specific application
To hide an application on your Xiaomi, you will need to download and use a " launcher "Able to personalize your device as you see fit, or a" app hider »Able to camouflage and hide any applications.
Hide an application on your Xiaomi using a Launcher
If you have downloaded an application, the fastest and easiest solution to hide it on your Xiaomi 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 there is 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 :
- Download the application using Google Play Store .
- Set 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 modify it in turn.
In the paid version, Nova Launcher offers you the possibility of hiding the applications of your Xiaomi by deleting them from the list of applications. To use it you will not have to go through search mode on your Android smartphone, or create a shortcut on Nova Launcher. So, how to completely hide the applications on a Xiaomi:
- See you in the » Nova settings "
- Select the option » Drawers »
- Click on " Hide applications »
- Click on the applications present on your Xiaomi that you want to hide.
Hide an application on a Xiaomi with App Hider
Making applications inaccessible by other applications is also the objective that has been set App hider . The latter was developed to hide the applications on the screen of your Xiaomi by adding additional security: a password . Very practical for anyone who would like to search every nook and cranny of your mobile phone. This is 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 click on Menu .
- Select » Hide To hide the apps in the App Hider app.
In the application menu you can additionally 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. 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 , if you ever 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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