How to Use App Pinning on Your Android Phone
Sometimes, you find yourself in a situation where you have to share your phone with others. It may be for a quick phone call or for browsing a website. Or maybe, you have a kid who’s always grabbing your phone to play games.
Luckily, your Android phone has an option that lets you give limited access to a third person. So, let’s look at what pinning an app means, how you can enable it, and how you can actually pin apps on your Android phone.
What Does Pinning Apps Mean?
Pinning an app means restricting your Android phone’s functionality to just a single app so that nothing else is accessible until you unlock your phone. For example, if your kid wants to play a game on your phone, you can pin that game so that they can’t access anything else, like your phone’s settings or other apps.
How to Enable App Pinning in Android Settings
Before you can pin apps, you need to enable the feature. Different phone manufacturers might have this option at slightly different locations. Check out this guide if you’repinning apps on a Samsung phone.
However, what generally works on almost all modern Android phones is to search for “Pin” in your phone’s settings and tap on something along the lines of “App Pinning.” Once you locate it, toggle it on to enable it.
By default, when you unpin the app, it will ask you for your unlock PIN or fingerprint. If you’re unsure which type of security to use, check out thiscomparison of face, iris, fingerprint, password, and PINto determine which is more secure.
How to Pin Apps on Your Android Phone
Now that you’ve enabled app pinning, you can pin and unpin apps on your Android phone by following these steps:
Restrict Access to Your Phone by Pinning Apps
With app pinning at your disposal, you can let your family or friends use any app on your Android phone without worrying about them seeing things they shouldn’t. Even if they try to access other stuff, your phone will restrict them by asking them for your PIN or fingerprint.
If your family or friends need your phone to use more than one app, you might be better off creating a Guest profile for them.
You can set up another user profile or activate Guest mode whenever you need to let someone else use your phone. Here’s how to do it.
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