We are continuing our project on the security of an Honor 6X. You will undoubtedly understand it if you are ever used to our content, we want to provide you with all the means to secure your device. Indeed, the personal data it stores are at times sensitive and we do not want them to fall into everyone's hands. As a result, today we have put together an article to teach you how to lock applications on your Honor 6X?
To do this, we will first find out why it is interesting to block access to applications on your Honor 6X, after that, two specific applications which may give you the possibility of locking access to all the applications that you wish. This will give you peace of mind, even if you leave your mobile phone unattended.
How useful is locking an app on Honor 6X?
Even though most people configure a password, pattern, or fingerprint to lock the screen of their Honor 6X, this is not always enough. And, whether at work, or at home, you may let your mobile phone unlock and someone around you picks it up and takes a moment of inattention to dig into your mobile phone and access the content of certain applications.
If you take care to block access to certain apps that you think are sensitive, you will add additional security and whether or not your Honor 6X is unlocked, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to access your personal data. .
How to lock access to one or more applications on Honor 6X?
We now move on to the tutorial part of this guide, and we present you two different methods to block access to applications on your Honor 6X. However, this functionality is not available on Android, except on certain specific apps. But in general, you will need to install a specific application that will optimize the security of your smartphone. We will present you the two that we prefer.
Block access to certain applications through SoftWego
First solution, you can use the application of a software suite which is very useful due to the fact that its applications weigh only a few megabytes, no need to bother you with the memory of your mobile phone, even if it is very easy toinsert a memory card into an Honor 6X. In other words, this is the application Protect your applications , they made it easy yet effective, as the name suggests, its only goal is to lock access to the applications of your Honor 6X using a password. All you have to do is:
- Download and install the app
- Open it and grant it the requested rights
- Choose from the list of applications all those you want to block
- Set an application access password on your Honor 6X
Lock access to one or more applications on your Honor 6X using AppLock
Finally, a second alternative, which this time is a little more complete and will also give you the possibility to protect certain other elements such as functions of writing SMS, calls, uninstalling applications, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth … A truly complete application to ensure maximum security and to be sure that no one will be able to harm you by wanting to use your Honor 6X.
Although it is a little heavier, it remains an application that will not interfere with the operation of your mobile phone. We recommend it if you ever want to have a more user-friendly, customizable, more complete application AppLock is made for you:
- Download and install AppLock on your Honor 6X
- Grant the essential access to the application so that it can function properly
- Set a password or fingerprint as an access key to your locked content
- Select all the content you want to block access from the different categories of the application
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Honor 6X, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor 6X.
