The security and protection of our data is one of the elements that most worries users on a day-to-day basis with the mobile, for this reason there are more and more options that we find for this purpose. In the case of Samsung mobiles, we have at our disposal the possibility of putting a password to the applications with One UI , although this function that we are going to know does not really have this purpose, but rather it is a trick.
Many are those who will have a Samsung mobile and wonder how they can protect their important applications, but have not yet come across a choice among the settings that offer them. It will not be necessary to download anything, not even a complete one, because the secure folder and the internal options of Samsung will allow us to achieve our goal easily.
Steps to put password to apps
To achieve our purpose, we have to help ourselves with the secure folder and therefore the first thing we will do is activate this option. Inside this folder we will be able to save the applications that we do not want others to be able to consult , although nevertheless they will continue to know of their existence if they take our mobile, unless we follow the security trick in Samsung that we are going to show you step by step.
- We begin by entering Settings.
- Then we go down to Biometrics and Security.
- Now we enter Secure Folder and activate it.
Choose protection and applications
For it to start working, it is key that we choose an unlocking method, among which we can choose Pattern, PIN or Password. Also adding biometric security with the fingerprint. When we return to the home screen we will come across the so-called Secure Folder and inside, a series of apps, which we can modify at will.
By tapping on the top of the folder, we can choose the applications that will be protected or remove some of them. So every time we try to use them they will be inaccessible to anyone, although however they will be able to see them on the home screen and even in the application drawer.
Essential step to protect and hide apps
Security would not be complete if people can still consult applications from other points in the system anyway. One UI does not take care of hiding the applications that are inside the secure folder and that leaves us with a serious limitation that has a remedy. We can hide the applications in Samsung as follows:
- First we delete the shortcut from the home page, you just have to hold it down and drag it to the trash.
- Then, we enter the application drawer.
- We touch on the top three points.
- We tap on Settings.
- We enter Hide options.
- And finally we select the options that we have saved in the secure folder.