We continue our series of articles on the security of a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro. You will certainly have understood it in the event that you are a regular on our blog, we want to provide you with all the means to secure your device. In fact, the personal data it records are at times sensitive and we do not want them to be accessible by anyone. As a result, we have concocted a little tutorial for you today to explain how to lock applications on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?
To do this, we will first discover why it is worth blocking access to applications on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, and then two third-party applications that will allow you to lock access to all applications that you want. In this way you will be quiet, even if you leave your mobile phone unattended.
What is the point of locking an application on HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?
Even though the majority of people set a password, pattern, or fingerprint to lock the screen of their HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, unfortunately this is not necessarily enough. And, whether at work or at home, it sometimes happens that you leave your mobile phone unlocked and someone around you picks it up and takes advantage of a moment of inattention to rummage through your mobile phone and access to the content of certain applications.
If you take the step of blocking access to certain apps that you consider sensitive, you will add additional security and whether your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro is unlocked or not, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to have access to your personal data.
How to lock access to one or more applications on HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?
We now move on to the tutorial part of this article, and we present two distinct methods to block access to applications on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro. Unfortunately, this feature is not available on Android, except on certain specific apps. But in general, you will need to install a dedicated application that will increase the security of your mobile phone. We are going to present to you the two choices which seem to us the most relevant.
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 weigh only a few megabytes, no need to worry about your mobile phone's memory, even if it is very easy toinsert a memory card into a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro. In short, this is the application Protect your applications , they made it easy nonetheless, effective, as its name suggests, its only interest is to lock access to the applications of your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro with 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 a password to access the applications of your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro
Lock access to one or more applications on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro using AppLock
Finally, second option, 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 really complete application to ensure maximum security and to be sure that no one will be able to harm you by trying to use your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro.
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 mobile phone. We recommend it to you in the event that you need a more pleasant to use, customizable, more complete application AppLock is made for you:
- Download and install AppLock on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro
- Grant the necessary access to the application so that it can function properly
- Set 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
If you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro.
