TikTok user reveals secret hack to disguise apps on his iPhone – showing how cheaters hide Tinder and Bumble from suspicious partners
- Kaansanity, 21, from the United States, shares technology tips online with her 4.5 million followers
- Many said their latest hack made it easier for those in a relationship to hide any apps they shouldn’t be using, like the dating apps Tinder and Bumble
- In the video, he changes the name and icon of his Tinder app to match the weather
One man revealed a little-known hack to ‘hide’ apps on an iPhone, changing their names and symbols to disguise them easily – but many people say it makes ‘easy to cheat’.
The TikTok user Kaansanity, 21, from the United States, often shares technology tips online for his 4.5 million followers.
But many said that their latest hack will make it easier for those in a relationship to hide any apps they shouldn’t be using like Tinder and Bumble – making the dating app feel more mundane.
One man revealed a little-known hack that “hides” apps on an iPhone, changing its name and symbols to disguise them easily – but many people say that makes it “easy to cheat”
In the clip, which has over two million views, the influencer shows how to change the application icons from the ‘shortcuts’ application. Once opened, iPhone users can click on the add button and add action. Then, users can search for the ‘Open app’ option and click on a button with multicolored squares.
Showing viewers how to complete the hack, Kaan revealed how to change the face of his Tinder app.
In the clip, which has over 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 on the add button and add action, it shows.
Then, users can search for the ‘Open app’ option and click on a button with multicolored squares.
He then adds the app to his home screen and changes the name to ‘weather’ and the image to the logo commonly used in Apple’s weather app.
It then returns to the home screen and opens what appears to be the weather application.
But it’s not the weather app, it’s Tinder.
The clip garnered thousands of comments, with many saying it made them suspicious of their partners.
‘Why are you teaching people to be more obscure?’, Wrote one of them.
‘Okay, now I’m about to click on all of my man’s apps,’ joked another.
“It’s actually like making an aesthetic home screen on iOS,” commented a third.
He then adds the app to his home screen and changes the name to ‘weather’ and the image to the logo commonly used in Apple’s weather app. He then returns to his home screen and opens what appears to be the weather app.
Surprise! Although it looks like a weather forecast app for anyone using the phone, once open, it’s actually Tinder
“It changes the game,” added a fourth.
Some have gone so far as to label Kaan a ‘genius’ and a true legend’.
Others pointed out that after doing the trick, they can still see the original app, and it will also appear if suspicious partners search the app library.
While some have even suggested that you can add a condition to add a password when opening the app for those trying to be more stealthy.