TikTok user reveals secret hack to disguise apps on your iPhone – shows cheaters hiding Tinder and Bumble from suspicious partners
- Kaansanity, 21, from the US, often shares tech tips online with his 4.5 million followers
- Many have said his latest hack made it easy for people in relationships to hide apps they shouldn’t be using, such as dating apps Tinder and Bumble
- In the video, he changes the name and icon of his Tinder app to match Weather
A man has revealed a little-known hack for ‘hiding’ apps on an iPhone, changing their name and symbols to hide them easily – but many say it’s ‘easy to cheat’.
TikTok user Kaansanity, 21, from the US, often shares tech tips online with his 4.5 million followers.
But many have said his latest hack will make it easy for people in relationships to hide apps they shouldn’t be using – like a Tinder and Bumble – by making the dating app seem like a mundane thing.
A man has revealed an unknown hack that ‘hides’ apps on an iPhone by changing their name and symbols to hide them easily – but many say it is ‘easy to cheat’
In the clip, which has more than two million views, the influencer shows how to change the app icons from the ‘shortcuts’ app. Once opened, iPhone users can click the plus button and add action. Then users can search for the ‘Open app’ option and then click a button with multicolored squares.
Kaan showed viewers how to complete the hack and revealed how to change the face of his Tinder app.
In the clip, which has more than two million views, the influencer opens the Apple Shortcuts app, which is automatically downloaded on new iPhones and free from the app store for all users.
Once opened, iPhone users can click the plus button and add action, he shows.
Then users can search for the ‘Open app’ option and then click a button with multicolored squares.
Then he adds the app to his home screen and changes its name to ‘weather’ and the image to the logo normally used for Apple’s weather app.
He will then return to his home screen and open what looks like the weather app.
But it’s not the weather app and is Tinder instead.
The clip has generated thousands of comments, many of which said it made them suspicious of their partners.
“Why do you teach people to be more shady,” someone wrote.
“Okay, now I’m about to click on all of my husband’s apps,” another joked.
“It’s basically how to create an aesthetically pleasing home screen on iOS,” said a third.
Then he adds the app to his home screen and changes its name to ‘weather’ and the image in the logo normally used for Apple’s weather app. He then returns to his home screen and opens what looks like the weather app.
Surprise! Despite looking like the weather app for anyone using the phone, once opened it is actually Tinder
“This is a game changer,” added a fourth.
Some even went so far as to call Kaan a ‘genius’ and a true legend’.
Others pointed out that after performing the trick, they could still see the original app, and it will also show up when suspicious partners search the app library.
While some even suggested that you can add a condition to add a password when opening the app for those who are trying to be extra sneaky.