If you want to keep certain apps out of the reach of other people, you can lock or hide those apps on your Android phone.

These days, it's easy to find an app for essentially anything, whether that's for locating your parked car or hunting for ghosts in your neighborhood haunted mansion. But while it's fun to fill your ...

Samsung's earlier line of Galaxy phones didn't come with the robust software and UI features their modern successors offer. Case in point: older Galaxy models didn't feature built-in support for ...

Did you know you can lock or hide individual apps on your iPhone for even more privacy? Whether you’re handing your phone to someone or just want to keep certain apps off-limits, here's how you can ...

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How to lock down and hide your app behavior on iOS 18. Credit: Jonathan Raa / NurPhoto / Getty Images Among the iOS 18 features Apple announced at WWDC 2024, the ability to lock and hide apps was a ...

You can hide apps on your iPhone so they’re completely invisible, and you can lock all kinds of apps so they require Face ID to open. Why would you want to? Maybe you have sensitive content you don’t ...

There are many legitimate reasons why you might want to hide an app from your iPhone’s Home Screen, preventing anyone with access to your phone from easily seeing what you’ve installed. Maybe you’ve ...

Your secret apps on your Samsung phone are just a swipe away from getting discovered by your nosy friends and family members. Whether it’s a dating app, a game, or a finance app, you don’t want others ...

Whether you want to protect sensitive information from prying eyes or simply declutter your home screen: Hiding apps on your iPhone is a simple solution that will help you organize your device and ...

There’s a good chance you don’t want prying eyes snooping on your apps. However, Google Pixel phones didn’t have an official way to hide apps until Android 15, which launched with a feature called ...

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