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For different reasons, which are personal to you, you don't want to see all the contacts you have on your smartphone.

Fortunately, you should know that the possibilities of customizing your Android smartphone are almost endless because it is in Open source. And of course, showing or hiding your contacts is one of these possible actions.

However, this action is not available directly with a show / hide contact option. You're going to have to be a little mischievous.

For this, we will reveal to you different methods to be able to hide a contact on your Android smartphone.

Different methods to hide a contact on Android phone

Here are all the ways we have found in order to hide some of your contacts. Depending on the brand and version of Android you own, handling may vary a bit.

Hide an Android contact by hiding the contacts saved on its sim card

The first technique we are going to use is very simple. We start from the following principle: When you save a contact, you have the possibility to save it on different media, in general : sim card, memory card, phone, google account.

It is also possible, with your phone, display only the contacts present on one of these media. If you decide then save your sensitive numbers on your sim card, and you configure your phone to display all contacts, EXCEPT those on the sim card, then these will be hidden.

Here's how to do it:

  • Go to contacts from your phone
  • Choose the contacts you want to hide, and transfer them to your sim card
  • if you can not not transfer your contacts, then you can surely to erasethen recreate to choose the recording medium, as below
save contact on sim to hide number

Once you have saved all the contacts you want to hide, do like this:

  • Go to contacts from your phone
  • Open them settings by pressing 3 small vertical dots at the top right of your screen
  • You will arrive on the photo on the right below. Open the tab display preferences
  • Choose the option Personalize their campaigns »At the bottom of your screen
  • Customize your contact display by checking everything EXCEPT those on the sim card, as below

From there, save your choices, and you're done! By default, all your contacts will be displayed in your phonebook, except those on your sim card. You will then have to return to your display preferences as above to display them again.

If this method does not suit you, there are other ways to do it, which we will show you now.

Hide a contact by creating a folder or private space on their smartphone

This functionality is not the same on all brands of smartphone. You will have access to two main features: hide a folder, or create a private space.

  • Hidden folder : So you can create a folder where you save your masked contactsr, like a notepad or other similar application.
  • Private space : with the private area, you have a directory dissociated from your normal directory. You can thus directly y save numbers so that they are hidden there.

You will have access to one or the other depending on the brand of your phone.

Now, to know how to create a folder or private space, have a look at this article:

How to hide a contact using a folder or private space on Android


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