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How to Hide

apps on Android
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3 WAYS TO HIDE APPS ON ANDROID & iPHONE

 Most of the people use android on their day to day


basis. The use of android and the different apps
compatible with Android are growing. People use
different apps to do different kinds of stuff. As there
are many apps you might want to hide some of those.
People usually hide apps on their device for two
reasons:
 To keep their life and app personal.
 To minimize the bloat wares seen on the Android.
Method 1 to Hide apps on Android
 Step 1: Click on the screen from where you load the apps. Then, you’ll see
all the applications you have on your android device.
 Step 2: You’ll see the three dots on the top right corner of your screen. Click
on it.
 Step 3: You can now view the menu to hide/display apps, sort apps and
uninstall the app. Click on hide/display apps.
 Step 4: Check on the apps that you want to hide. Numbers of icons that
you selected is displayed at the top of your android device screen.
 Step 5: Click on Finish.
After these steps, you can now see that the icons you selected are gone from
your screen.
Method 2 How to hide apps on
Android
 Step 1: Go the settings of your Android smartphone and click on General >
Applications.
 Step 2: Scroll down to the ‘All’ tab section. You’ll see a list of all apps of your
device.
 Step 3: Click on apps that you need or want to hide.
 Step 4: Click on ‘Disable’.
 Step 5: Repeat the steps until all your desired apps are not hidden.
Now, if you mistakenly disabled the wrong app or you need the app which
you disabled then don’t worry. You just have to go to Settings > General >
Applications > Disabled and then you’ll see the hidden/disabled apps. Then,
you can easily re-enable it.
Method 3 to hide apps on Android

 Nova Launcher:

 To use this launcher for hiding apps, you need to:


 Step 1: Download the Nova Launcher from PlayStore and install it.
 Step 2: Open the application bar from you Nova Launcher settings.
 Step 3: An application menu will open form which you can easily select the
Hide applications menu in the “groups in the application list” tab.
 Step 4: Select the apps you want to hide and exit the menu.
Apex Launcher: How to Hide apps on
android

 Now, after downloading the installing the Apex Launcher, you can:
 Step 1: Launch application menu and press the Menu system button.
 Step 2: From there select, Apex Settings.
 Step 3: Go to application settings and then, hidden applications.
 Step 4: The list of application will appear. And you just have to put a tick on
the desired program that you want to hide.
 Step 5; Save the settings.
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