How to Hide Private Photos on Android

This step-by-step guide explains how to hide private photos on Android. It covers the required setup, the main actions, and the checks that help prevent common problems.

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The two Android phone makers are Samsung and LG, both have integrated tools that can hide images.

If you are using a Samsung device running Android Nougat 7. 0 or later, you can use the Secure Folder Feature. This feature allows you to hide private files, photos and even apps with passwords.

To enable the Secure Folder Feature, go to Apps> Settings> Lock screen and security> Secure Folder . Note, you need to sign in with your Samsung account to do this.

After logging in, select the preferred lock method. The next time you use this feature, you only need to access it from the Home and Apps Screen.

To hide pictures in Secure Folder, open the app and tap Add Files .

The process of hiding photos on LG devices is slightly different than on Samsung devices. To hide photos, go to Settings> Fingerprints and Security> Content Lock , then choose a security method such as using a PIN, password or fingerprint scanning.

Now, go to your phone's default photo gallery app, select all the photos you want to hide and tap Menu> More> Lock . You can lock the entire photo folder if you want.

When touching Lock , the image / photo folder will disappear from the library. To view these hidden pictures, tap Menu> Show Locked Files , use the security method previously set to unlock and the image will reappear.

Note: Not all Android devices have Content Lock feature.

If you don't use Samsung or LG phones, you can still hide private photos but the process is much more complicated. You can use third party file or tool management app to hide pictures. Let's discover how to hide photos using the file manager app first.

Before you start, you need to install a high quality file management app on your phone. There are many options on Google Play Store, if you do not know which apps to install, you can refer to the article Top 10 good file management apps on Android.

After installing the file manager app, open it. You need to create a new folder. Next, move all photos you want to hide into this new folder. How to transfer images varies depending on the app, but generally you need to press and hold the file you want to transfer and select the option. All moving files will no longer be in the photo library app.

If the number of photos to hide is too much, manual migration is impossible, you need to create a. Nomedia file in the folder you want to hide. When the phone sees the. Nomedia file in the folder, it will not download the contents of the folder when scanning the folder.

To create a file, you need to use a third-party file manager app to navigate to the folder you want to hide and create a new file in the. Nomedia folder. This file does not need any content, just the file name. To reverse the process, simply delete the. Nomedia file.

Note: Both methods hide the image from the default image library, the image will still be displayed in the file manager app, it is not set a password protection.

Hide Something is an app that can be used to hide photos on Android. When hiding photos you need to set up a PIN and password, all photos will be backed up on Google Drive.

The app has some useful features. First, you need to save the file or folder on your phone to its store using the sharing menu. Then the app will not show up in the recently used app list.

LokMYPix uses standard AES encryption to hide unlimited photos and videos on Android phones or tablets. In addition, it has some outstanding features such as support for photos on SD card, backup encryption, GIF support.

In addition, you can refer to some other hidden photos on Android in the article 4 free software to hide photos and videos on Android.

Here are some ways to help you hide private photos on your Android device. Users of Samsung and LG phones can use built-in tools and others to use third-party apps.