A Complete Guide to Hiding Photos on a Samsung Galaxy

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Keep select photos private on your Samsung Galaxy with the Secure Folder app
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This wikiHow teaches you how to create a private photo album in order to select and hide images from your Samsung Galaxy's Gallery, using the Secure Folder app. Secure Folder is a native stock app on all Galaxy phones and tablets.

Things You Should Know

  • Open your Galaxy's Gallery app to begin.
  • Tap and hold on the photo(s) you want to hide.
  • Tap â‹® and then select Move to Secure Folder . Provide your Touch ID or PIN to complete the process.

Steps

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    Find and tap the yellow-and-white flower icon on your Apps menu to open it. You can view and edit all your photos and videos in the Gallery app.
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    This button is located next to ALBUMS on a tabs bar at the top of your screen. This will open a list of all your photos.
    • Alternatively, you can tap ALBUMS and select an image from one of your albums.
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    This will highlight the selected photo. A yellow checkmark will appear next to it.
    • Optionally, you can select multiple photos at once. In this case, tap all the photos you want to select.
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    This will open all your photo options on a pop-up menu on the right-hand side of your screen.
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    This will hide all the selected photos.
    • When you're prompted to confirm your action on a new page, provide your Touch ID or PIN code to proceed.
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    The Secure Folder app looks like a white folder with a key in a blue square icon on your Apps menu. You can find and view your hidden photos in this app.
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    This will open a grid of all your hidden photos.
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    I couldn't find the secure folder app. Where do I get it?
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    It isn't available on some phones that run older software versions. You can download a File Hider app from the Google Play Store and hide your files inside that.
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    How can I see the deleted photos?
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    Deleted photos cannot be seen. You can download Photo Recovery app and recover recently deleted photos. However, you can't get all the photos back.
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      1. Open the Gallery app.
      2. Tap and hold a photo.
      3. Tap " â‹® " on the top-right.
      4. Tap Move to Secure Folder .
      5. Open Secure Folder to view hidden photos.

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