iOS 18 provides this nice function that makes use of Face ID to lock your apps and in addition conceal them from others

Here is the way it works. Decide an app you need to defend. Ideally, you may decide a banking app or an app you need to defend along with your face like a securities buying and selling or funding app. There is no such thing as a restrict to the variety of apps you’ll be able to defend with this function. From the house display screen, long-press on the icon of the app you need to lock with Face ID. You will see an choice that claims “Require Face ID.” Choose that and you will note a immediate with three decisions:

• Require Face ID
• Cover and Require Face ID
• Cancel

Shield your private knowledge by requiring Face ID to open your apps and hiding the icon from the house display screen. | Picture credit-PhoneArena

The “Cover and Require Face ID” function won’t solely make use of that massive, burly bouncer by the velvet rope to determine whether or not to allow you to in (that is Face ID, after all), however it should additionally conceal the app icon from the house display screen and transfer it to the Hidden apps folder within the App Library the place it should keep hidden till Face ID verifies your id and exhibits the icon within the folder. Simply understand that when you do select to cover the app icon, it should cease you from receiving notifications, calls, and alerts from this app. It additionally won’t present up in Siri options.

In case you have an app protected by Face ID and need to finish this safety, long-press on the app icon on the house display screen and faucet on “Do not Require Face ID.” The app will now not must have your id confirmed by Face ID to open. In case you have an app protected by Face ID and hidden, go to the App Library on the final house display screen web page. Faucet on the “Hidden” folder and Face ID will affirm your id and present the entire apps you might have protected by Face ID and selected to cover.

To reverse this, long-press on the suitable app icon and choose “Add to Residence Display screen.” You will be prompted to substantiate this motion. Undergo the house display screen to seek out the app icon and you must have the ability to entry the app with out utilizing Face ID. In different phrases, tapping the “Add to Residence Display screen” choice not solely makes the app icon seen once more, it additionally removes the app from having Face ID safety.