How to hide applications on Oppo - Basically, the Oppo cellphone is equipped with security features such as a screen lock password and fingerprint. However, it is possible that the security could be breached by other people. You certainly don't want it, right, applications that are on your cellphone are sometimes opened by other people, especially those that are private.
Well, you don't need to worry, because thanks to the sophistication of the Oppo smartphone, the applications you have can be hidden. So other people will not know, if you have a secret application. And when you need the apk, you can bring it up anytime easily.
But unfortunately, how to hide applications on an Oppo cellphone without a new application can only be used for the latest Oppo cellphones, which are already using ColorOS version 5 and above. To check how many versions are used, you can go through the phone settings in the about cell phone section.
Some examples of cellphones that can hide applications without using additional applications include the Oppo A3s, A12, A5s, A53, F7, F9 A1k, A5 and A9 2020.
Meanwhile, the way to hide applications on old oppo phones such as oppo a37, f1s, f5, a71 must use applications from third parties. The reason is because some of the cellphones were still using ColorOS version 3, which was not equipped with the default hide app feature.
How to hide apps on Oppo without apps
How to hide applications on this Oppo cellphone for Oppo cellphones that already use the ColorOS operating system version 5 and above. So that this tutorial can be followed easily, then please change the phone language to Indonesian first. For the steps you can pay attention to the guide below. Here's how:
- First, on the Oppo phone, open the settings menu and select security .
- After that select App Encryption and create a privacy passcode .
- Then select the application you want to hide and enable passcode verification .
- Then press again hide home screen icon and assign access number .
- Create an access number starting and ending with a # sign, for example access code #0000# (uses to open applications that are hidden on the Oppo phone).
- Finally press done .
Now return the Oppo phone to the main screen or homepage, see the application icon that was selected earlier has been successfully hidden.
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To bring up the application icon again, go to the phone dial pad and enter the passcode you created earlier (#0000#). To be more secure, please create an access code that is easy to remember, because if you forget it, you have to do a factory data reset to open it again.
To disable and add hidden applications, please enter again in the security menu in the third stage. Note: You can also hide the photo album and file manager icons.
Hide apps on Oppo With Apps
An alternative for those who use the old type of oppo cellphone as mentioned earlier is to use an additional application. This method can be applied to hide applications on the oppo a37f, a71, f1s and so on. Please note, the weakness of this method is having to uninstall the application in the main menu.
In addition there are shortcomings that may be quite annoying, namely the many ads that appear when the application is used. To get it you can install through the playstore with the keyword app hider.
