How To Hide WhatsApp, Facebook & Other Applications Without Any Third-Party App On iPhone (2023)

Published 2017-06-04

Many times, you might have realized the need of hiding applications because you aren’t the only person who uses the phone. Sometimes you need to hand over the device to your kids or friends for some reason. When it comes to locking down individual apps you will hardly find an application for free. Here is a simple and clear solution to hide WhatsApp, Facebook, and other applications without any third-party app on iPhone. You are not required to download anything or jailbreak your phone.

All you need to do is make some changes to iPhone settings:

Go to Settings from the home screen of your iPhone.
Navigate to the General option.
Head towards the restrictions and Enable it if it is not automatically enabled.

For the first time, you will be asked to set a restriction passcode and then re-enter it.

Note: Always remember your restriction passcode.

Now tap on Enable Restrictions.
Now scroll down to Apps. When you will tap on apps you will see a screen like this.
Here you will see application ratings. Simply tap on “Don’t Allow Apps” this will hide all the applications you have downloaded from the app store.
Now press the home button and you will find that there are no third-party applications visible on the home screen.

Wrap-Up: How To Hide WhatsApp, Facebook & Other Applications (2023)

So, this is how you can successfully hide WhatsApp, Facebook, and other applications without any third-party app on your iPhone. Now you can easily hand over your iPhone to your kids or to anyone they will not be able to view your applications without restrictions passcode. Please remember that you will not get any notifications from the applications which are hidden.

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