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.

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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With Android 14, the best way to "hide" an app is to remove them from your home screen. Android 15 introduces the Private Space feature, which lets you hide and secure apps in a separate folder.