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. I’ll show you how to use your phone’s built-in features as well as ...

How to lock apps using the built-in app lock on your smartphone While Android currently doesn’t offer a native way to lock apps, several OEMs have baked an app lock feature into their custom skins.

How to Hide Apps When you lock an app, you also have the option to hide it. This means the app will no longer be visible on your iPhone (other than in certain places like Settings).

Not all system apps, like Safari, are automatically included in the All Apps & Categories selection, and you cannot lock some apps, such as Settings and Phone.

However, unlike most brands that bake these features into Settings, Samsung offers a dedicated customization app instead — the Good Lock app.

Apple does not provide the lock option for apps like Maps, Clock, Calculator, and Settings. Otherwise, almost every other app can be locked, including third-party apps.

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Resetting a Kwikset lock involves removing the battery pack and holding down a button, while changing the code can be done ...