In the event that you have just picked up a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro that has belonged to someone close to you, or that you have doubts about someone around you trying to hide things from you, you should know that there is a feature on Android that makes it very easy to hide files or folders on a smartphone. In this article, we are going to explain to you how to find hidden files or folders on HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?
To do this, first of all, we will find out why it can be useful to hide or hide files or folders on a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, then, using file management applications, first the native application , then Es File Explorer, which we believe is the best application for show hidden files on a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro .
Why hide files or folders on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?
First of the sections of this guide, in the latter, we will try to understand with you why it can be useful for some people to want to prevent access to certain documents on their HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro. It is an increasingly widespread technique which is mainly due to the fact that we store more and more data on our smartphones and in particular sensitive data. Whether it's identity documents, bank documents or personal photos, there can be many reasons for wanting to hide files on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro.
How to show hidden files or folders on HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro using an app?
It's time to find out how you are going to be able to recover these documents which are hidden from view of all, you will realize that hidden files are not so much hidden as that and are only hidden from view of all by simple options. In the event that you really want to recover camouflaged data, you may need disable the encryption of your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro.
Find hidden files or folders on a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro via the native file manager
We therefore start the practical part of our article by revealing the technique for seeing all the files or folders hidden on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro via the file manager of your smartphone. This is the simplest option you can use, however, you may not be able to view all hidden files or folders on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro using this manipulation.
We therefore advise you, in the event that you have doubts that you have missed certain files, to go through the second part of this guide to complete the process. Find out how to do it below:
- Open the native file manager of your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro
- Go to the "Settings" of your application
- Go to the "Advanced" menu of the latter
- Activate the option "Show hidden files"
- You can now by browsing in your file manager see all the files that are originally hidden, this also includes the hidden system files of your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro
Show hidden files or folders on HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro using Es File Explorer
Second solution, even if the native file managers of smartphones are capable of many things, they are generally less complete than applications dedicated to this function, this is particularly the case of Es File Explorer, one of the managers according to us more complete and which will allow you very easily to have access to hidden files on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro. Follow these few instructions to use it:
- Download and install Es File Explorer on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro
- 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 HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro
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