The amount of information that we are storing today in mobile phones, can become abysmal given all the content we usually store on these devices . Number of photos and videos is usually one of the main elements that we find in them, for personal data, different accounts such as social networks or email or banking applications, for example..
This means that having it protected has become essential today, to prevent people who have not been given permission to have access to all this type of information. For this, the most recurrent is to establish an unlock method in the terminal. However, this may not seem necessary and we want to protect certain applications with a password.
Next, we show you the steps you must follow in Xiaomi Mi 8 to protect those apps you want with a password without having to install any external program..
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1. How to block Xiaomi Mi 8 applications
Step 1
First, access the “Settings†of the phone from the main application screen.
Step 2
The next thing you should do is scroll through the phone until you get to the "Application lock" section
Step 3
Next we have to select an unlock method of Apps. In this case we have configured an unlock pattern for the phone, so we must create a new one to unlock the apps.
Note
We must repeat this process
Step 4
Once configured, click on “Next†at the bottom.
Note
If we think it is necessary, we can also add our footprint for unlocking.
Step 5
We will see a list with our applications. We must select those that we want to be locked by password. To do this we slide the tab and we will activate each of them.
Step 6
Now when we try to enter the App, we will see that it is necessary to enter the unlock pattern we have created.
2. How to remove lock Xiaomi Mi 8 applications
Step 1
The first thing you should do is enter the "Settings" of the phone from the main application screen.
Step 2
Next you have to select the section of “Application blockingâ€
Step 3
Go to the top and select the gear icon
Step 4
Finally, you must uncheck the "Application blocking" tab at the top and the blocking will be deactivated.
It is a simple way to block those apps that interest you with a password on Xiaomi Mi 8 without having to install any program.
