In the event that you have just recovered a Xiaomi 11T that has belonged to someone close to you, or that you have suspicions that someone around you is trying to hide things from you, you should know that there is a feature on Android which allows to simply hide files or folders on a phone. We are going to explain to you today how to find hidden files or folders on a Xiaomi 11T?
Within this, to begin with, we are going to find out why it may be relevant to hide or hide files or folders on a Xiaomi 11T, then, through file management applications, first the native application, then Es File Explorer, which in our opinion is the best application for show hidden files on a Xiaomi 11T .
Why hide files or folders on your Xiaomi 11T?
First of the sections of this article, in this one, we will try to understand with you why it may be relevant for some people to want to prevent access to certain documents on their Xiaomi 11T. This is an increasingly common practice which is mainly due to the fact that we accumulate more and more files on our phones and in particular sensitive files. Whether it's identity documents, bank documents or personal photos, there can be various reasons for wanting to hide files on your Xiaomi 11T.
How to show hidden files or folders on Xiaomi 11T using an app?
It's time to learn how you can recover those documents which are hidden from plain sight, you will notice that hidden files are not so much hidden and are only hidden from plain sight by simple settings. If you really want to recover camouflaged files, you may need to disable encryption on your Xiaomi 11T.
Find hidden files or folders on a Xiaomi 11T using the native file manager
We therefore start the practical part of our tutorial by showing you the technique for seeing all the hidden files or folders on your Xiaomi 11T using your phone's file manager. This is the easiest solution you can use, however, you may not be able to view all hidden files or folders on your Xiaomi 11T using this solution.
We therefore advise you, if you ever have any doubts that you have missed certain files, to go through the second option of this article to complete the procedure. We will find out how to do it below:
- Open the native file manager of your Xiaomi 11T
- 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 Xiaomi 11T
Show hidden files or folders on Xiaomi 11T using Es File Explorer
Second alternative, although native phone file managers are capable of many things, they are usually less complete than applications dedicated to this function, this is for example the case of Es File Explorer, one of the file managers in our opinion the most complete and which will simply allow you to have access to hidden files on your Xiaomi 11T. Apply the few instructions below to use it:
- Download and install Es File Explorer on your Xiaomi 11T
- 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 Xiaomi 11T
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Xiaomi 11T, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi 11t.
