Hide Apps on a Samsung Phone- Easy Way To Do It

How to Hide Apps on Your Samsung Smartphone

These instructions apply specifically to Samsung Android smartphones. If you have an Android phone manufactured by another company, the process will be different. This is because Samsung uses a proprietary Android software overlay called One UI.

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1. Go to your home screen and pinch it, or long press on a blank space. This puts you in the home screen editing view, with a menu at the bottom.
2. From the bottom menu, select Home screen settings (alternatively, it might be called Settings).
3. Scroll down and select Hide apps.
4. Select all the apps that you wish to hide. When done, select Apply (alternatively, the button might say Done).

Once an app is hidden, it will no longer appear within your app drawer. However, it will still appear in search results and when browsing all of your apps via Settings.

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If you want to unhide an app, return to the Hide apps page. Beneath the Hidden apps heading, tap the apps you want to unhide, then tap Apply. If you need further assistance, see our guide on how to find hidden Android apps.

Is Hiding Apps Enough?

It’s great that you can hide apps on your Samsung phone, but is that enough for you? You may want to go one step further and block the apps entirely or lock them behind a passcode. For this, you can use Google’s Digital Wellbeing app, which helps you know when to disconnect.