In the event that you have just picked up a Sony Xperia 5 IV that belonged to someone close to you, or that you have suspicions that someone around you is trying to hide things from you, know that there is a feature on Android that makes it very easy to hide data or folders on a mobile phone. Today, we are precisely going to teach you how to find hidden files or folders on a Sony Xperia 5 IV?
To do this, first of all, we will see why it can be useful to hide or hide files or folders on a Sony Xperia 5 IV, then, thanks to data management applications, all of first the native application, then Es File Explorer, which we believe is the best application for show hidden files on a Sony Xperia 5 IV .
Why hide files or folders on your Sony Xperia 5 IV?
First of the parts of this guide, in the latter, we will try to find out with you why it may be wise for some people to want to make certain documents inaccessible on their Sony Xperia 5 IV. This is an increasingly common practice which is mainly due to the fact that we store more and more data on our mobile phones and among other things sensitive data. Whether it is identity documents, bank documents or personal photos, there can be various reasons for wanting to hide data on your Sony Xperia 5 IV.
How to show hidden files or folders on Sony Xperia 5 IV through an application?
It's time to learn how you can get your hands on those documents which are hidden from plain sight, you will notice that hidden files are not so much hidden and are simply hidden from plain sight by simple options. In the event that you really want to get your hands on camouflaged data, you may need deactivate the encryption of your Sony Xperia 5 IV.
Find hidden files or folders on a Sony Xperia 5 IV via the native data manager
We therefore start the practical part of our tutorial by showing you the solution to learn all the hidden data or folders on your Sony Xperia 5 IV via the file manager of your mobile phone. This is the easiest option you can use, however, you may not be able to view all hidden files or folders on your Sony Xperia 5 IV using this procedure.
We therefore advise you, in the event that you have doubts that you have missed certain files, to go through the second option of this guide to complete the process. We will see that follow how to accomplish it:
- Open the native file manager of your Sony Xperia 5 IV
- Go to the "Settings" of your application
- Access the "Advanced" menu of the latter
- Check the option "Show hidden files"
- You can now by browsing in your file manager see all the files that are originally hidden, this also contains the hidden system files of your Sony Xperia 5 IV
Show hidden files or folders on Sony Xperia 5 IV using Es File Explorer
Second solution, even if the native file managers of mobile phones are capable of many things, they are most of the time less complete than applications dedicated to this function, this is for example the case of Es File Explorer, one of the manager according to us the most powerful and which will allow you very easily to have access to hidden files on your Sony Xperia 5 IV. Follow the few instructions below to use it:
- Download and install Es File Explorer on your Sony Xperia 5 IV
- Open the application
- Drag the menu bar down
- Go to the "Settings" of the application
- Check the “Show Hidden Files” option to display all the hidden files on your Sony Xperia 5 IV
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