We continue our series of articles on the security of a Pocophone M5s. You will certainly have understood this if 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 stores are sometimes sensitive and you don't want them to fall into everyone's hands. Thus, today we have prepared an article for you to teach you how to lock apps on your Pocophone M5s?
With this in mind, we will first see why it is interesting to block access to applications on your Pocophone M5s, then two specific applications which will allow you to lock access to all the applications that you want. This way you will be calm, even if you leave your smartphone unattended.
What is the use of app lock on Pocophone M5s?
Even if the vast majority of people configure a password, a pattern, or a fingerprint to lock the screen of their Pocophone M5s, it is however not necessarily sufficient. And, whether at work or at home, it is possible that you leave your smartphone unlocked and that someone around you grabs it and takes advantage of a moment of inattention to rummage through your smartphone and access to the content of certain applications.
In the event that you have made the decision to block access to certain apps that seem sensitive to you, you will add additional security and whether your Pocophone M5s is unlocked or not, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to have access to your applications and what they contain.
How to lock access to one or more applications on Pocophone M5s?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and we will show you two distinct methods for block access to applications on your Pocophone M5s. Unfortunately, this functionality is not natively integrated, except on certain specific apps. But generally, you will need to install a dedicated application that will increase the security of your phone. We will show you the two that we prefer.
Block access to certain applications using SoftWego
First solution, you can use the application of a software suite which is very useful because its applications weigh only a few megabytes, no need to bother with the memory of your smartphone, even if it is very simple toinsert a memory card into a Pocophone M5s. In other words, this is the application Protect your applications , they made it simple yet effective, as its name suggests, its only interest is to lock access to the applications of your Pocophone M5s with a password. You just need:
- Download and install the app
- Open it and grant it the necessary rights
- Choose from the list of applications all those you want to block
- Set a password to access the applications of your Pocophone M5s
Lock access to one or more applications on your Pocophone M5s using AppLock
Finally, second solution, 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 really complete application to ensure maximum security and ensure that no one can harm you by trying to use your Pocophone M5s.
Although it is a little more cumbersome for the memory of your device, it remains an application that will not disrupt the operation of your smartphone. 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 Pocophone M5s
- Grant essential access to the application so that it can function properly
- Choose 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 are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Pocophone M5s, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Pocophone M5s.
