“How to hide an application on Honor and Huawei?” is a frequent request among fans of gadgets from these manufacturers. When you need to give your phone to another person for use, there is a need to set a ban on viewing personal data. Find out how to hide them in this article.
How to hide an application on Android Huawei and Honor
To hide applications on an Honor and Huawei phone, the user needs to:
- touch the smartphone screen with two fingers;
- spread your fingers in different directions (just like when enlarging a picture);
- add what needs to be hidden.
Some phone versions do not allow you to hide apps. Newer models have abandoned this feature due to the low level of security. But in these models you can set a password.
- Open "Settings";
- Go to “Security and privacy” / “App blocking”;
- Enter your password twice;
- Drag the shortcut to your home screen and open Gallery.
In the future, you can open the Gallery only after entering a request or activating the fingerprint scanner. Hidden tabs appear in the Hidden Apps section. Afterwards they disappear from the main screen and from the folders in which they were downloaded. But they work in the same mode as before, only their shortcuts are not displayed.
Application panel
The application panel is a special menu where all the icons with installed files are located. You can hide them in the panel if your mobile device is running Android 4.0.
If you eventually want to make the icons visible, follow the same steps, just don't check them.
Why hide apps on your smartphone?
In addition to simply freeing up work space, this function may be needed by those who need to give their smartphone to a stranger for use. To avoid deleting and then restoring applications, as well as not to assign PIN codes to them, you can simply hide them. In addition, in this way you can get rid of pre-installed programs that most people don’t use anyway (built-in browser, program for viewing the weather forecast, and so on). And it’s easier to navigate the desktop when most of the unnecessary icons are hidden.
Through phone settings - without root rights
Without root rights, you can hide tabs only after setting a password. To do this, the user needs:
- go to phone settings;
- select the “Security and Privacy” / “Application Lock” section.
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When prompted for a password, enter the secret combination. The system will automatically display a list of files available for blocking. And the slider opposite will allow you to select the one for which you can set a password;
To confirm, the system asks you to enter the combination again.
How do I know if I'm being spied on?
You can use certain apps to find out if you are being followed. Depending on your purpose the application will be different. For example, to find an app hidden on your Honor 8A that can spy on you, you have read about 2 apps in another article, however, if you want to know if someone is taking your phone without your permission behind your back, you can . When someone takes your phone and enters an incorrect code or pattern, a photo will be taken secretly and sent via email or notifications. If you need other tutorials on your Honor 8A, we invite you to check out the tutorials on Category: Honor 8A.
How to hide an application icon on Android using launchers
If the standard options do not work, use launchers. These are specially developed OS simulators, which, after installation on the gadget, correct the functions. The two most famous ones are used.
Apex Launcher
To work effectively with the simulator you need:
- download to device;
- go to the “Settings” / “Menu Settings” / “Hidden Applications” path.
Select files by checking or swiping. You can restore them in the same way, but only by unchecking the boxes.
Nova Launcher
Just like in the first option, first complete the installation, then follow the algorithm:
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- download the optimizer;
- open “Menu”;
- find groups in the proposed list of services;
All changes made by the user are independently saved and updated. To return to the usual mode, just uncheck the boxes.
Using third-party launchers and programs
If the service cannot be hidden using the methods described above, then special launchers come to the rescue. Today, 3 launchers have proven themselves well, the principle of working with which will be described below.
Apex Launcher
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Apex Launcher - Theme, Hide, Custom
Developer: Android Does Team
Price: Free
Available for download on the Play Store. A free 3-day trial is available, after which the user will be asked to pay for a 3-month period of use. Apex Launcher has a wide range of functionality: customizing the appearance, a huge number of themes, sorting icons and, of course, hiding programs.
Nova Launcher
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Nova Launcher
Developer: TeslaCoil Software
Price: Free
Another popular launcher with great functionality and easy to use. The ability to hide applications is only available in the paid version. Unfortunately, unlike Apex Launcher, there is no free trial period.
Smart Launcher
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Smart Launcher 6-smart launcher
Developer: Smart Launcher Team
Price: Free
A lesser-known, but quite convenient launcher, which has the ability to hide icons. Moreover, Smart Launcher does not ask for money for this opportunity.
Hide pictures – Hide it Pro
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Hide photos - Hide it Pro
Developer: ANUJ TENANI
Price: Free
Unlike launchers, this utility does not eat up a lot of RAM. After installation, the Aidio Manager icon will appear on the screen. This is done so that outsiders do not pay attention. Follow the instructions to complete a simple registration and set a lock code. After which the Hide it Pro capabilities will be available.
How to hide icons from strangers with Hide it Pro
To remove shortcuts from prying eyes, use a special program. To activate it:
- register, confirm actions via email;
- click on the logo, wait a few seconds until the service opens;
- select Hide Apps;
- click OK;
- mark what needs to be hidden.
You can hide the most popular files - from photos to messages.
Hide it Pro
A special program - Hide it Pro - protects personal information from prying eyes and those who want to receive information not intended for public access. To activate a closed area, press and hold the logo for a few seconds. By default, a password or fingerprint is set to protect your privacy.
Smart Hide Calculator
Additional program for hiding data. To download it is better to use the official website, and then:
- register, confirm your login via email;
- press the logo;
- select the Hide Apps icon;
- Click OK;
- mark what needs to be hidden.
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The name Smart Hide Calculator is due to the fact that the developers disguised it as a standard calculator. Thus, without creating any suspicion in the person who decided to check personal information.
Hide program icons
This method is needed when you just need to hide the display of an icon in the menu. For this task, you will need a third-party launcher.
Let's look at a method using Apex (download) as an example to hide the application icon:
- On the home window of the launcher, double-click on an empty space somewhere in the center of the screen.
- Go to "Apex settings".
- In the window that opens, select “Application Menu Settings.”
- Next, go to “Hidden Applications”.
- And check the boxes that you don’t want to see on the menu.
- Then confirm with the “Save” button.
If you are dealing with official pre-installed applications, then you can hide them from the screen without uninstalling them. The Screen Time feature will unexpectedly help with this.
How to get hidden apps back on Android
There is no single algorithm for returning hidden settings in Android, since it depends on the selected connection method. When performing standard settings, it is enough to open hidden applications on Android and cancel previously completed items. When using the launcher, go to the OS simulator settings and uncheck the boxes. Similarly, cancel by unchecking other programs.
If you don't want to return files to the main screen, use one of them and perform the expand gesture. Wait until the list of hidden files appears. Find the one you need and just click on it to launch it. In other words, hiding files means creating an additional list with tabs that, at the user’s request, should not be displayed on the main screen. Or they are simply rarely used.
If you don’t want to, we’ll force you; if you don’t leave, we’ll turn it off!
Not all pre-installed applications can be removed. Not because they are vital for a mobile phone and it won’t turn on without them - it’s just that every time you throw Google Play Music or a Yandex search widget into the trash, somewhere in cozy offices marketing guys shed tears and count lost profit. For this reason, some system components will have to be “uprooted” from the firmware in a different way.
"Uninstallable" applications can be disabled
The easy way is to disable applications. You grab a shortcut, but your smartphone says: “The application cannot be deleted”? Go to system settings, find the application and select “Disable” where “simple” applications have an “uninstall” button.
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If you clean up apps after they've been updated from Google Play, the bulletproof app will first uninstall its new version before allowing itself to be disabled. And, you will laugh, but some applications (for example, video player or Google keyboard) cannot even be disabled. But the good thing about Android is that if you can’t do something in it, but really want it, then you can!
That is, icons most of the time simply take up space in the launcher and are not intended to be used in the future. There are several ways to hide an application on Android, without root rights .
