In the event that you have just picked up a Vivo Y16 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 function on Android that offers the possibility of hiding files or folders on a mobile phone very easily. We will precisely, in this article, explain to you how to find hidden files or folders on a Vivo Y16?
In this context, first of all, we will see for what reasons it may be relevant to hide or hide files or folders on a Vivo Y16, then, thanks to 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 Y16 .
Why hide files or folders on your Vivo Y16?
First of the parts of this article, in the latter, 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 Y16. This is an increasingly common practice which is mainly linked to the fact that we accumulate 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 various reasons for wanting to hide files on your Vivo Y16.
How to show hidden files or folders on Vivo Y16 using an app?
It's time to find out how you are going to be able to recover those documents that are hidden from view, you will notice that hidden files are not that much hidden and are only hidden from view by simple settings. In the event that you really want to recover camouflaged data, you may need to disable encryption on your Vivo Y16.
Find hidden files or folders on a Vivo Y16 via a native file manager
We therefore start the practical part of our guide by revealing the procedure for discovering all the hidden files or folders on your Vivo Y16 via a file manager on 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 Vivo Y16 by going through this solution.
We therefore recommend that, in the event that you have doubts that you have missed certain files, you go through the second part of this article to complete the procedure. Here we will find out how to do it:
- Open the native file manager of your Vivo Y16
- Go to the "Settings" of your application
- Access the "Advanced" menu of it
- Activate the option "Show hidden files"
- You will now be able by browsing in your file manager to see all the files that are originally hidden, this also contains the hidden system files of your Vivo Y16
Show hidden files or folders on Vivo Y16 using Es File Explorer
Second solution, although the native file managers of smartphones are capable of many things, they are most of the time less complete than applications dedicated to this function, this is among others the case of Es File Explorer, one of the file managers in our opinion the most efficient and which will allow you very easily to have access to hidden files on your Vivo Y16. Follow the few instructions below to use it:
- Download and install Es File Explorer on your Vivo Y16
- 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 Y16
In case you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Vivo Y16, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Live Y16.
