All the ways to hide photos and videos on mobile

To be able to enjoy such an option that allows us to hide photos from the mobile , we are going to depend largely on the personalization layer that integrates our mobile. In many of them, the steps to follow to hide photos come by default with a few steps on the screen. However, it is not usually easy or quick to find the option. More than anything, because if it is something that hides files, it must be ‘hidden’ for its purpose to take effect.

Hide photos or videos on Android phones

The first mobiles in which we are going to learn to hide photos are all those that use stock Android, such as the Google Pixel or Android One, but we must also add all those that use the native Android Google Photos application as the default gallery, as is the case with Motorola terminals. More and more people are choosing this option on their smartphones. Although that does not mean that it is not something positive for those who want to hide images from the gallery , because there is a tool designed specifically for this.

Basically, because there is a method that allows you to hide any of your most private photos or videos . It is specifically Private Folder, and with this simple tool we will be able to keep all those images or clips that we had in the smartphone gallery safe. It is a section that prevents our images from appearing in the search engine or in other folders where we add them. To achieve this, we will only have to carry out a series of steps that will only take a few seconds:

• First, we access the Google Photos app.
• Then, we select the videos or photos that we want to hide.
• Then, tap on the three dots and tap on the Move to Private Folder option.

Later, if we want to see the image, we will have to go to the Google Photos Library tab and touch the Utilities section. Here inside, we find again the function of Private Folder. When clicking on it, it will ask us for the security key to unlock the device or to put the fingerprint, if it is what we had configured. Later, we will access its interior to see all those images or videos that we had hidden.

How to hide on Xiaomi

In both Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO mobiles, we have a simple and easy-to-use option in MIUI to protect the photos in the mobile gallery . In this case, we will use the reel that comes by default in the personalization layer of the Chinese firm’s mobiles. To do this, the following process must be followed:

• You just have to enter the gallery .
• Then, we have to keep our finger on the photos that we want to hide.
• Next, we tap on add to Private Album .
• A copy will be made automatically, so if we want it to not be in the public gallery we will have to delete it.

To be able to consult this photo, we have to enter the albums from the gallery and drag your finger from the top to the bottom with the intention of unlocking the private album. Next, it will ask us for the password that we put when using this tool for the first time and we will be able to see the photos or videos that we have protected.

Hide photos on Samsung

Samsung smartphones that integrate One UI in any of its versions offer the possibility of using what is known as a secure folder, a space to store, hide and protect files and also photos or videos. Although within the reel of the South Korean firm’s mobile phones they also have the option to Hide albums, the truth is that it will be safer to do so using the Secure Folder tool . To start using it, we have to enter the device settings to be able to enable this functionality, so that it allows us to hide images and clips:

• We access the Settings app.
• We touch on Biometrics and security .
• Next, we enable the Secure Folder feature.
• The first time we access we will have to configure its options and then we can access with the security measure we have chosen.
• Within it, we can touch the add button to take us to the gallery and then hide the photos on the Samsung mobile that we do not want others to see from the gallery or from the file manager.

In order to access the images or videos that we have been hiding, in addition to the fact that it will also help us to hide applications or other types of files, we must go to the One UI tools folder, where we will find the Secure Folder function. When clicking on it, we will have to put the pattern, fingerprint or PIN to enter. Inside, we will see all the documents or software that we had hidden.

How to hide photos on Realme and OPPO

The Realme signature allows the safe option on all its phones with Realme UI or with Realme UI 2.0. In this section, you can keep everything that you do not want to be visible to others under good protection. We will find this same functionality in OPPO phones. And it is that they are two firms that share many similarities in terms of their customization layers. For this reason, to activate this tool, we must follow a series of steps that will work for both brands of smartphones:

• First we will have to go to Settings > Privacy > Safe and configure it to our liking.
• Later, once we have it configured, we only have to return to the native gallery of our mobile, we will have to select the photos or videos that we want to hide .
• And, to finish, you will have to touch the points and choose the Make private option.

From that moment they will no longer appear in our gallery and will be inside the Safe . To be able to see them we will have to follow the steps that take us to the safe and put the established password. In this way, we manage to keep safe from the ‘gossips’, all that multimedia content that we do not want anyone to be able to see if one day we leave the phone to another person.

Hide photos on OnePlus

The OnePlus firm also offers us through OxygenOS, in each of its versions, the possibility of hiding the photos or videos of the mobile in a comfortable and simple way. As in the previous options, we can get it from the reel that comes by default in the smartphone signature software layer. Therefore, the following process will have to be carried out:

• First of all, you will have to enter the gallery .
• Next, we have to choose one by one the photos or multimedia content that we do not want to appear freely on the mobile.
• Then we have to tap on the three points and in the opinions tap on Move to to continue choosing the hidden Collection .

If later we want to see everything that we have hidden, we have to re-enter the Gallery of OnePlus phones and click on the Collections tab. At that moment, we will have to slide our finger to the bottom and touch on the hidden collection we will be able to see all the previously selected files.

Hide them in Huawei

Huawei could not be missing among all those customization layers that offer us protection for files. The manufacturer introduces in EMUI the possibility of hiding photos or videos from the gallery through its safe tool. To find it, configure it and start using it we have to enter its native configuration. But, so that you do not have any doubts, we will tell you each of the steps that you must follow:

• Go into the Settings app.
• Go to the Security tab and click on the option that says Safe .
• We will have to establish a password, being able to link it with biometric security protection.
• Next, we just have to enter photos or videos and it will take us to the mobile gallery, where we will be able to choose the elements that we want to add to this protection.

As in other customization layers, at the moment in which we want to consult all the chosen photos or videos, we will have to repeat these steps. So there will be no added difficulty. In addition to that we will need to put the unlock key or method that we set to access the EMUI safe .

And for the other brands?

If we have a mobile from another brand such as Vivo, LG, Nokia, Alcatel… we will not find such an option to enjoy the option to hide photos or videos , but we will always have the Google resource Photos that we explained at the beginning. And it is an app that will offer us a quick and easy way to hide images or clips from the phone’s gallery, in addition to being totally free. So we can from Google Play:

Therefore, if in your case it does not come as standard on your mobile, from the previous link you can download and install it on your Android. In this way, you will be able to hide the images that we want to hide , as we have taught you at the beginning for all smartphones that have a purer version of the Google operating system.

Steps to hide pictures on iPhone

Apple, meanwhile, offers the ability to hide photos on all iPhones with a few quick steps. The negative side of this iOS functionality is that this tool is more like another folder that we will find inside the reel of these phones. This means that it will not ask us for any type of password when trying to access it. Therefore, anyone who unlocks the iPhone and accesses the Photos application can easily access the images or videos that we have hidden.

In any case, it is also a good way that, if we want a specific image or video not to be visible to the naked eye, it helps us to hide it. But, as we have been warning you, it is not the safest way if we compare it with the other tools that we have seen in the different layers of Android customization. Although there is a trick that will make this album appear on the reel at all times. But, if you want to know what the process is, here are the steps to hide photos and videos on iPhone:

• First, we have to enter the Photos app.
• Next, we must mark the photo that we want to hide and click on share so that the options appear.
• Among the different options, we must click on the Hide tab.
• After confirming it, it will no longer be so accessible to everyone who uses our mobile.

To be able to see the images or videos we will have to access the albums and locate the one that receives the name of Hidden. For added security and peace of mind, we can make the hidden album hidden from view . An option built into iOS 14 and later, which allows you to just go to Settings, tap on the Photos tab and disable the Hidden Album feature. However, unchecking this tool will make it disappear, so there will be no other way to view the images or clips that we had hidden. If we want to display the hidden multimedia content again, we will have to enable this iOS functionality again.

How do I recover hidden files?

In each layer of customization and system we have shown how we can see those hidden images. In the event that, when the time comes, we want to see them again, we will only have to leave our finger pressed on the photos and do the reverse . We will choose the option to Remove on mobiles that use Google Photos, remove from the safe on Realme, Huawei or Samsung mobiles from the One UI secure folder or stop hiding on Xiaomi or OnePlus.

Therefore, the simple action of sending the image or video that we had wanted to hide to the normal gallery so that it is not so visible on the device’s reel will not have any added difficulty. As it happens in Apple terminals . You just have to go to the Hidden album, select the multimedia content, touch the Share tab and click Show.

As we can see, the reverse path is much faster to do, a process that is done the same for photos and videos. Therefore, by following the same steps that we have explained to you, but in reverse, we will be able to remove the images from the tab, tool or safe that is responsible for hiding the images or clips that we had in the mobile gallery.