We are continuing our project on the security of a Huawei Mate 10. You will probably have understood it if you are ever used to the site, we want to provide you with all the solutions to secure your phone. In fact, the personal data it records are sometimes sensitive and we do not want them to be accessible by just anyone. So, today we have concocted an article to teach you how to lock applications on your Huawei Mate 10?
With this in mind, we will find out first, why it is interesting to block access to applications on your Huawei Mate 10, and then, two specific applications that can allow you to lock access to all the applications you want. This will give you confidence even if you leave your smartphone unattended.
How useful is locking an app on Huawei Mate 10?
Although the majority of people configure a password, pattern, or fingerprint to lock the screen of their Huawei Mate 10, unfortunately this is not necessarily enough. And, whether at work, or at home, it sometimes happens that you let your smartphone unlock and someone around you grab it and take a moment of inattention to dig into your smartphone and access the content of some applications.
If you take care to block access to certain apps that you think are sensitive, you will add additional security and whether your Huawei Mate 10 is unlocked or not, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to access your applications and what they contain.
How to lock access to one or more applications on Huawei Mate 10?
We now move on to the tutorial part of this guide, and we reveal two distinct methods to block access to applications on your Huawei Mate 10. However, this function is not integrated natively, except on certain specific apps. But generally, you will need to install a dedicated application that will improve the security of your phone. We will show you the two that we prefer.
Block access to certain applications with SoftWego
First technique, you can use the application of a software suite which is very easy to use because its applications are very compact, no need to bother with the memory of your smartphone, even if it is very simple toinsert a memory card into a Huawei Mate 10. In other words, this is the application Protect your applications , they made it simple yet effective, as its name suggests, its only objective is to lock access to the applications of your Huawei Mate 10 using a password. You just need to:
- Download and install the app
- Open it and give it the requested rights
- Choose from the list of applications all those you want to block
- Determine an application access password for your Huawei Mate 10
Lock access to one or more applications on your Huawei Mate 10 using AppLock
Finally, a second solution, which this time is a little more global and will also allow you to protect certain other elements such as functions of writing SMS, calls, uninstalling applications, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth … A truly complete application to guarantee you maximum security and make sure that no one can harm you by wanting to use your Huawei Mate 10.
Although it takes a little more space for the memory of your device, it remains an application that will not interfere with the operation of your smartphone. We recommend it if you ever need a more user-friendly, customizable, more complete application AppLock is made for you:
- Download and install AppLock on your Huawei Mate 10
- Grant the essential access to the application so that it can function properly
- Define a password or fingerprint as an access key to your locked content
- Define all the content you want to block access in the different categories of the application
In case you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Huawei Mate 10, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Mate 10.
