We continue our series of articles on the security of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. You will certainly have understood it in the event that you are used to our content, we want to provide you with all the solutions to secure your device. Indeed, the personal data it stores are sometimes sensitive and we do not want them to fall into everyone's hands. Therefore, today we have concocted a guide to teach you how to lock applications on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
To do this, we will first see what is the point of blocking access to applications on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and then, two specific applications that can allow you to lock access to all the applications you want. wish. This will give you peace of mind, even if you leave your mobile phone unattended.
What is the point of locking an application on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
Even if the majority of people set a password, pattern, or fingerprint to lock the screen of their Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, however, this is not always enough. And, whether at work, or at home, it is possible that you 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 ever take care to block access to certain apps that you think are sensitive, you will add additional security and whether or not your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is unlocked, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to access your devices. personal data.
How to lock access to one or more applications on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and we will show you two different methods to block access to applications on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. However, this functionality is not available on Android, except on some specific apps. But in the majority of cases, you will need to install a dedicated application which will improve the security of your mobile phone. We are going to show you the two choices that we think are the most relevant.
Block access to certain applications using SoftWego
First solution, you can use the application of a software suite which is very easy to use due to the fact that its applications are very compact, no need to bother with the memory of your mobile phone, even if it is very easy toinsert a memory card into a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. If we summarize, this is the application Protect your applications , they made it easy yet effective, as the name suggests, its only role is to lock access to the applications of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with a password. Now all you need to do is:
- Download and install the app
- Open it and grant it the required rights
- Choose from the list of applications all those you want to block
- Set an application access password for your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Lock access to one or more applications on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 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 truly complete application to guarantee you maximum security and to be sure that no one will be able to harm you by wanting to use your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
Although it is a little more bulky 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- Grant the necessary rights 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 ever want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Edge S7.
