If you have just bought an Honor 8S which has been for a relative, or you have doubts that someone around you is trying to hide things from you, note that there is a function on Android that allows you to very easily hide data or folders on a smartphone. In this article, we are going to show you how to find hidden files or folders on Honor 8S?

For this, first of all, we will see for what reasons it may be relevant to hide or hide files or folders on an Honor 8S, then, thanks to data management applications, first of all the application native, then Es File Explorer, which we think is the best application for show hidden files on an Honor 8S .

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For what reasons to hide files or folders on your Honor 8S?

First of the parts of this tutorial, in this one, we will try to understand with you why it can be useful for some people to want to make certain documents on their Honor 8S inaccessible. It is an increasingly common practice which is mainly due to the fact that we store more and more data on our mobile phones and in particular sensitive data. Whether it's identity documents, bank documents or personal photos, there can be various reasons for wanting to hide data on your Honor 8S.

How to display hidden files or folders on Honor 8S using an application?

It's time to find out how you can recover these documents which are hidden from view of all, you will find that hidden files are not that much hidden and are only hidden from view by simple settings. If you want to really recover disguised data you may need to disable the encryption of your Honor 8S.

Find hidden files or folders on an Honor 8S using the native data manager

We therefore begin the practical part of our tutorial by showing you the solution to discover all the data or hidden folders on your Honor 8S using the file manager of your smartphone. It is the simplest solution that you can use, despite everything, you may not be able to view all the hidden files or folders on your Honor 8S using this solution.

We therefore recommend that you, in the event that you are not sure that you have discovered all the files, to go through the second part of this tutorial to complete the procedure. We will find out the following how to do it:

  • Open the native file manager of your Honor 8S
  • Go to the "Settings" of your application
  • Go to the "Advanced" menu of the latter
  • Check the option "Show hidden files"
  • You will now be able by browsing in your file manager to see all the files which are originally hidden, this also contains the hidden system files of your Honor 8S

Show hidden files or folders on Honor 8S using Es File Explorer

Second alternative, even if the native file managers of mobile phones are capable of a lot of things, they are generally less complete than applications dedicated to this functionality, this is among others the case of Es File Explorer, one of the managers according to us the most complete and which will allow you very easily to have access to the hidden files on your Honor 8S. Apply the following guidelines to use it:

  • Download and install Es File Explorer on your Honor 8S
  • Open the application
  • Drag the menu bar down
  • Access the "Settings" of the application
  • Check the “Show Hidden Files” option to display all the hidden files on your Honor 8S

In the event that you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Honor 8S, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Honor 8S.