How to Hide Photos on Android? 5 Simple Solutions & Hot Tips

Why do we need to hide photos on Android? That's because it can secure our personal privacy and protect the pictures from exploiters/criminals. However, although it is so important but fewer phones have the feature to conceal images. Hence, you need to find some methods to help you complete the hiding process. And to enhance the process, we will provide 5 ways to hide the pictures here.

Part 1. How to Back Up the Pictures Before Hiding Them

Before hiding the pictures, you'd better back them up, or they might be deleted or lost unexpectedly. This could be an easy task cause there are many ways available for you to complete the backup. But here, we would like to show you a simple but effective way to sync Android photos to a computer - making use of MobiKin Assistant for Android (Win & Mac).

The recommended software is a program to back up Android files to the computer. The file types that it supports are various, including contacts, messages, photos, videos, music and so on. Besides, you can transfer them in bulk or partly as you like. What's more important, the whole process is secure and clean so you do not need to worry about a virus attack at all.

Here is how to backup images with the tool:

Step 1. Build a connection between your phone and computer

To begin with, you need to use a USB cable to connection your phone to computer and then launch the installed program.

Step 2. Make the device be recognized

After running the tool, you will be asked to open USB debugging on your phone and install the USB driver on the computer. Just go with the instructions to accomplish the recognition.

Step 3. Transfer the desired pictures to PC

After the detection, you can begin to move the photos to computer now. Here, you have two options:

- You can tap on the Photos folder in the left panel to locate and view its contents. Then just tick the files that you want to back up and hit Export to move them to the computer.

- If you want to back up all the pictures on your phone, you can tap on Super Toolkit on the top menu and then choose Backup. After that, a list of categories that can be backed up will appear. Just check the Photos folder and click on Back Up to easily save them locally.

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Part 2. How to Hide Photos on Android? (5 Easy Ways)

After backing up the photos, you can begin to hide them without additional worries. Here are 3 means of hiding images for you to select. You can go with the detailed process below to complete the hiding process.

Method 1. Create a hidden folder

To conceal the pictures, you can create a hidden folder on your phone and then move the images to the folder. After that, no one but you can find out and view the files saved in the folder. However, to establish such a folder, you need to ask ES File Explorer File Manager for help. Now let's take a look at the details of this means.

Step 1. Download and install the file management App

Go to the Google Play Store to download the ES File Explorer File Manager or other applications to your phone. Then you can follow the prompts to install it.

Step 2. Create a hidden folder

Just go to the folder that you want to hide pictures in and then tap on it until the menu appears. Next, select New to create a new folder. Then you need to put a period at the front of the folder name to make it hidden.

Step 3. Add the pictures to the hidden folder

Now you need to open the folder containing the pictures you want to hide and long-press an image and tap each additional picture you want to select. After finishing the selection, you can tap on Move or Cut from the menu. Then go back to your newly-created hidden folder and choose Move or Paste to copy the selected photos.

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Method 2. Hide photos in the folder

This means is a little bit different from the first means. Instead of creating a new folder, you can add the pictures to an existing folder on your phone directly. That is to say, you can:

Step 1. Add the pictures to a folder

Just open a folder that you want to save the pictures in and then tap on New at the bottom of the screen. Then tap on the file while prompting.

Step 2. Save the files

After moving the images to the folder, you need to name it with a period. And then save them.

Now this file will act as a command to hide images or even videos which can be viewed via a file manager but will remain hidden in the main interface of Android. And if you want to show the file, you can delete the created file and the photos will no longer be hidden.

Method 3. Set password for the pictures

Another way to protect the photos is to set a PIN code for them. This can only be completed with the help of third-party tools. Here Hide Pictures & Videos Vaulty - a simple, free but a reliable application is our suggestion.

Step 1. Download and install the tool

The first step is to download and install the application on your phone.

Step 2. Set a PIN code for the pictures

Just open the software and enter the PIN code or password which you will use to access files. Then tap on hide videos & photos, and you will be asked to select the files you want to hide. Just tap on the pictures that you wish to conceal and click on pad lock to protect them.

Method 4. Hide Photos in Google Photos Locked Folder

If you want to keep certain images private on your Android phone, Google Photos offers a built-in Locked Folder feature that keeps your files hidden from the main gallery and other apps. Below, we'll show you exactly how to hide photos in the Google Photos Locked Folder step by step:

• Open the Google Photos app on your Android phone and make sure you're signed in to your Google account.
• Tap the Library tab at the bottom of the screen to view your albums and tools.
• Select Utilities and scroll until you find the Locked Folder option.



• Set up the Locked Folder if it's your first time using it, then confirm your device screen lock (PIN, pattern, or fingerprint) to add extra security.
• Choose the photos or videos you want to hide by long-pressing the first one, then tapping others to select more.
• Tap the three-dot menu or Move to Locked Folder, then confirm when asked.
• Your selected photos are now hidden and won't appear in Albums, Search, other apps, or cloud backups (they stay stored locally). (Can I retrieve permanently deleted pics from Google Photos?)

Method 5. Use Samsung Secure Folder (Samsung Only)

If you're using a Samsung Galaxy phone and want a safer way to keep private photos out of your main gallery, Samsung's Secure Folder offers a built-in encrypted space just for sensitive files. Below, we'll show you how to use Samsung Secure Folder to hide photos on your Android phone easily.

• Open the Settings app on your Samsung phone and scroll down to Biometrics and security, then tap it to open the security options.



• Select Secure Folder and, if it's your first time using it, follow the on-screen setup steps.
• Set up Secure Folder by signing in with (or confirming) your Samsung account, choosing a lock method such as PIN, password, pattern, or fingerprint, and waiting while the Secure Folder is created, which forms a private area only you can access.
• Open the Secure Folder app, where you'll see a separate secure space with its own apps.
• Tap Add files > Images, and your main gallery will appear so you can pick the photos you want to hide.
• Select the photos you want to move (you can tap multiple items), then tap Done and choose whether to Copy or Move - where Move removes the photos from your regular gallery and Copy keeps them in both places.

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