You are a private person and use social media apps to stay with the trend or keep yourself updated on interesting topics. You love appreciating others on TikTok and probably have liked several videos.

There’s an easy way to keep your apps hidden. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can hide apps on your iPhone so they’re completely invisible, and you can lock all kinds of apps so they require ...

Ever feel like someone is monitoring you on Telegram? By default, your online presence on the platform is visible to your friends, family, and others. Even your unsaved contacts can see your online ...

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To hide your likes and comments from Instagram’s Friends Tab, update the app, go to your profile > menu > “Who can see your content” > “Activity in the Friends group,” and select “No one.” This will ...

Prevent strangers from seeing what apps you've got installed. Your smartphone reveals an awful lot about you, not the least of which includes the apps you’ve got ...

Keep your photos locked up like Fort Knox. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can easily hide photos and videos on your iPhone to keep secret and/or illicit images out of your main Photos library ...

Until now, it’s been a pain to try and hide apps on Android. However, the new Private Space feature on Android 15 makes it possible to tuck away apps in a protected zone. In fact, it’s a lot stronger ...

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