Xiaomi offers you a large number of possibilities to increase the security of your mobile and prevent other people from accessing what you do not want them to discover. Also if you are using Instagram, since in addition to the application’s own options it adds extra security. In your Redmi, POCO or Xiaomi you can use a secret account without anyone suspecting anything.
Few people know that it is possible to install two Instagram accounts on their Xiaomi, and even fewer are unaware that not only is this possible, but that they can also be hidden so that no one finds out, even if they are looking at your mobile. . All this is possible in Xiaomi and we tell you how you can do it with this trick, it’s very simple!
First, duplicate Instagram to use your other account
The first thing you have to do is install a new copy of the application, for which you will have to duplicate it. Doing it is very simple, and we tell you how to proceed step by step:
- Go to the mobile Settings
- Look for the Applications option
- Go to Dual Apps
- Select Instagram in the recommendations
- Click on its icon
- Look for the dual apps dropdown bar and tap on it
- Confirm the option on the screen that appears, clicking Activate
Once you have done it, you already have two Instagrams on your screen, one the main app and the other the one you have created. Although they are similar, they are well differentiated because the last one is marked. When you open it, a dual applications notice will appear and you will be able to identify yourself to start using it. You already have two!
Hide it so no one else sees it
Once you have created the application in which you are going to use the account that you want to keep from outside eyes, it is time to hide it. Xiaomi can help you with that by hiding the application.
Doing so is very simple by following these steps:
- Go to the Applications option
- Confirm the App lock option
- Create a pattern
- Add your account My
- Confirm the option Use app lock on the Instagram that you have created (with the orange image at the bottom left)
- Activate the lock with your fingerprint
It is done. Now when someone wants to access that account they will have to use the pattern you have created, otherwise they will not be able to see the account. But we are going to go further, because if you also want to hide it so that nobody sees it, you can also do it.
You just have to go to the mobile Settings, in Security, to Hidden Applications and mark the one you have created. You will see how it disappears from the screen, but calm down because you can easily access it with a little trick.
To see it you will have to separate two fingers on the home screen. There the applications that you have hidden will appear, you will be able to access them and configure the settings according to your interests at all times. Now yes, no one will be able to see that you have another account on Instagram or have any reason to suspect anything. You can enter it whenever you want.