Sensitive photos are easily one of the most important things to protect on your phone. There have been countless instances of intimate photos being stolen and shared with the world. You don’t want that to happen to you. Thankfully, some phones have built-in tools to protect private photos. And for everyone else, there are dozens of apps in the Play Store designed to protect your photos.
Use your phone’s built-in tools
Hide pictures, hide videos and hide any files or folders in seconds! Fast and reliable! File Hide Expert is a powerful and easy to use privacy protection app. It can hide any number of files or folders on your devices within several seconds. You no longer need to worry that others will be able to see the files you do not want them to see. File Hide Expert is a free Android app that can use to hide any files and folders. The importance of this application, it need not the root access. In addition to that this app can hide any file that you need. It’s not limited to images, video.
Some manufacturers have started including features for hiding photos. These built-in methods are much easier to use, and often provide better protection. Samsung and LG have the best built-in options for hiding photos.
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Samsung
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- Open the gallery
- Select all the photos you want to protect
- In the upper right corner, tap MORE and select Move to Private
Now you can enable Private Mode to hide all of your sensitive content.
- Navigate to Settings > Privacy and safety and locate Private mode
- Setting Private Mode to “Off” will make it so that the files you specified to be private are hidden from normal viewing, while “On” makes all those files available for normal viewing.
- Select whether you want Private Mode to turn off whenever the screen turns toggle Private Mode settings.
LG
- Go to Settings > Fingerprints & security
- Tap on Content lock
- You’ll be asked to set up a security measure. Follow the steps.
Once you’re done with that you can lock photos.
- In the Gallery, select a photo
- Tap the three-dot menu and select Lock
- To see locked items, tap the three-dot menu on the main page and select Show locked files/memos
Create hidden folders
Another easy method is to simply put all of your sensitive photos in a folder and hide it. This is basically the same method that Samsung and LG use, but with the help of some handy apps, you can do it too.
File Hide Expert (Free)
This app acts like a typical file manager, but it adds the ability to hide content. Anything you hide in the app will be instantly removed from your gallery. It’s easy to switch between hidden and unhidden photos. One of the most important features is password protection, which prevents others from using the app. [Download]
File & Folder Hider (Free)
File & Folder Hider works similarly to File Hide Expert. It acts as a file manager that allows you to hide certain folders. After a folder is hidden, all the content will be invisible to other apps. The app is password protected to prevent anyone from accessing your hidden folders. [Download]
Use a 3rd-party app
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If creating folders sounds like too much work, there are dozens of great apps that make the process super simple. Most of these apps act as a “vault” for your sensitive photos. It’s a great way to put your private photos behind a layer of security.
Gallery Vault (Free)
Gallery Vault can hide and encrypt all of your intimate photos. it even includes a built-in browser so you can automatically hide downloaded images. One nifty trick is the ability to hide the Gallery Vault app icon. No one will even know you have a secret vault full of your photos. [Download]
Hide Something (Free)
Hide Something takes your sensitive photos out of the public gallery. Tabs across the top of the app allow you to easily see which photos are visible to the public and which photos are for your eyes only. All of the hidden photos are protected behind a pattern lock. It’s a really well-designed app with a cute ghost icon (that counts for something right?) [Download]
Keepsafe Vault (Free)
KeepSafe is a private picture locker that keeps all of your personal photos (and videos) hidden and protected behind multiple layers of security. Once you upload your private photos to the KeepSafe locker, you can delete them from your regular photo gallery and still view them in the app. [Download]
Smart Hide Calculator (Free)
This is the most clever app for hiding photos. Smart Hide Calculator is a fully functional calculator with a secret. One you enter your own secret password, the calculator transforms into a file manager. You can hide any photos by placing them in the hidden folder. Everyone will think it’s an innocent calculator. [Download]
Vaulty (Free)
Vaulty works in the same way as the previous apps. You can hide photos from showing up in the public gallery and lock them behind a PIN or password. One unique feature is called “Mugshot.” If someone enters the wrong password, Vaulty will snap a photo of them with the front-facing camera. [Download]
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APK Details
Category | Tools |
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Size | 2.58 MB |
Installs | 5M+ |
Compatibility | Android 4.0.3 and up |
Ad supported | Yes |
Released | Jan 27, 2012 |
Permissions | View |
File Hide Expert APK Derscription
Hide pictures, hide videos and hide any files or folders in seconds! Fast and reliable!
File Hide Expert is a powerful and easy to use privacy protection app. It can hide any number of files or folders on your devices within several seconds. You no longer need to worry that others will be able to see the files you do not want them to see.
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KEY FEATURES
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1. Hide photos, hide videos and hide any files you want.
2. Support hiding the entire folders.
3. Support hiding files on SD card for all the Android platforms including Android 4.4, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0.
4. No storage requirement to hide files.
5. UNLIMITED version that allows you to hide as many files as you want.
6. Clean,smooth and intuitive UI to help you easily hide files and folders.
7. Password protection to ensure your privacy.
8. The app does not appear in 'recent apps' list.
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FAQ
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Q: What if I forgot my password?
A: Please send us an email by clicking the question symbol on the password screen in the app.
Q: Will my hidden files be stored online?
A: No. All your hidden files are stored on your device. So when switching to a new device, please make sure to restore your files and copy them to the new device.
Q: Why doesn't it work on my device?
A: The app should work fine on almost all the devices. If it doesn't work on your device, that's probably caused by the restriction of a specific Android version. In that case, you can go to the Settings of this app and disable the 'Fast Mode' option and then it should work fine.
Q: I hided some files and uninstalled this app, will my hidden files get lost?
A: No. The hidden files are still stored secretly and safely somewhere on your device and you can install this app again any time when you want to restore them. NOTHING WILL GET LOST!
File Hide Expert is a powerful and easy to use privacy protection app. It can hide any number of files or folders on your devices within several seconds. You no longer need to worry that others will be able to see the files you do not want them to see.
------------------------
KEY FEATURES
------------------------
1. Hide photos, hide videos and hide any files you want.
2. Support hiding the entire folders.
3. Support hiding files on SD card for all the Android platforms including Android 4.4, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0.
4. No storage requirement to hide files.
5. UNLIMITED version that allows you to hide as many files as you want.
6. Clean,smooth and intuitive UI to help you easily hide files and folders.
7. Password protection to ensure your privacy.
8. The app does not appear in 'recent apps' list.
------------------------
FAQ
------------------------
Q: What if I forgot my password?
A: Please send us an email by clicking the question symbol on the password screen in the app.
Q: Will my hidden files be stored online?
A: No. All your hidden files are stored on your device. So when switching to a new device, please make sure to restore your files and copy them to the new device.
Q: Why doesn't it work on my device?
A: The app should work fine on almost all the devices. If it doesn't work on your device, that's probably caused by the restriction of a specific Android version. In that case, you can go to the Settings of this app and disable the 'Fast Mode' option and then it should work fine.
Q: I hided some files and uninstalled this app, will my hidden files get lost?
A: No. The hidden files are still stored secretly and safely somewhere on your device and you can install this app again any time when you want to restore them. NOTHING WILL GET LOST!
APK Versions
v 3.0.0
What's New:
Improve support for Android 8.0.