If you have ever just picked up a Vivo Y01 that belonged to someone close to you, or you have doubts about someone around you trying to hide things from you, note that there is a feature on Android that offers the ability to simply hide files or folders on a phone. In this guide, we are going to show you how to find hidden files or folders on a Vivo Y01?
To do this, first of all, we will find out for what reasons it may be wise to hide or hide files or folders on a Vivo Y01, then, by means of file management applications, first the native application, then Es File Explorer, which we believe is the best application for show hidden files on a Vivo Y01 .
Why hide files or folders on your Vivo Y01?
First of the parts of this article, in this one, we will try to understand with you why it may be relevant for some people to want to make certain documents inaccessible on their Vivo Y01. This is an increasingly widespread practice which is mainly linked 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 multiple reasons for wanting to hide files on your Vivo Y01.
How to show hidden files or folders on Vivo Y01 using an app?
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 settings. If you ever really want to get your hands on camouflaged data, you may need disable encryption on your Vivo Y01.
Find hidden files or folders on a Vivo Y01 using the native file manager
So we start the practical part of our tutorial by revealing the solution to see all the hidden files or folders on your Vivo Y01 using your phone's file manager. This is the easiest solution you can resort to, however, you may not be able to view all of the hidden files or folders on your Vivo Y01 using this manipulation.
We therefore advise you, if you are not sure that you have discovered all the files, to go through the second option of this article to complete the procedure. We will discover the following how to perform it:
- Open the native file manager of your Vivo Y01
- 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 Vivo Y01
Show hidden files or folders on Vivo Y01 using Es File Explorer
Second option, although the native file managers of mobile phones are capable of many things, they are generally less complete than applications dedicated to this functionality, this is particularly the case of Es File Explorer, one of the managers in our opinion the most complete and which will simply allow you to have access to hidden files on your Vivo Y01. Follow the few instructions below to use it:
- Download and install Es File Explorer on your Vivo Y01
- Open the application
- Drag the menu bar down
- Go to the "Settings" of the application
- Check the “Show Hidden Files” option to show all hidden files on your Vivo Y01
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Vivo Y01, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Live Y01.
