Having a smartphone that takes high definition videos is now essential. Nevertheless, we have got into the habit of keeping all of our videos on our smartphone, and suddenly we are exposing ourselves to a loved one, or a possible thief, having access to your privacy. Although almost everyone uses a password or fingerprint to access their phone, it is important to know how to hide videos on your Vivo V23? This will allow you to be much more serene and still keep all your videos on your smartphone. With this in mind, to start we will teach you how to hide the videos of your Vivo V23 without using an application, and, secondly, using a specific application.

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How to hide videos on a Vivo V23 without an app?

There are two ways to hide videos on your Vivo V23. We will first show you two methods which will prevent you from downloading third-party applications which may use your smartphone's internal memory and which may slow down your Vivo V23.

Hide your folder to hide videos from your Vivo V23 without using a third-party application

First of the methods, we will quickly teach you how to hide videos from your Vivo V23 without the need to use a dedicated application. You will not need any special knowledge of new technologies. If you know a little about your Vivo V23 and are resourceful, you will, thanks to our advice, very quickly carry out this procedure. It consists of hiding a folder from your photo or video viewing application. You will have to go directly to the folder to view them. Here it is below:

  • Launch your application » My files "
  • Create a folder.
  • Move the photos and videos from your Vivo V23 that you want to hide.
  • Change the name of the folder by entering a “. Before the name. This will have the effect of making the folder and everything in it inaccessible for your photo and video viewer application.
  • Example " . videos »

To browse this folder you will need to activate the option in your file management application settings » show hidden files ". If you want to know how to hide files on a Vivo V23, do not hesitate to consult our guide on the subject.

Create a file that will make your videos invisible on your Vivo V23

Second possibility, you can insert a file that will make the directory invisible. To do this, you will need to have a good file manager and it is likely that the native application of your smartphone is not sufficient to perform this manipulation. In fact, creating a file is not possible on all applications. For those who can, here is the procedure:

  • Launch the file manager application of your Vivo V23.
  • Create a folder in which you want to hide your videos.
  • Move the problematic content there.
  • Create a file in this directory that you will call » . nomedia ". Attention the point must be in front of the name of the file.

You will therefore have to go directly to the folder to view these videos, they will not be accessible from the application ” Gallery  of your Vivo V23.

How to hide videos on Vivo V23 through an app

Finally, if you don't want to take the lead and wander through your folder directories, you can always use an application to hide your videos on your Vivo V23. The technique is really easy, you just have to download the application we are talking about and install it. We tested various applications before selecting two that we believe are the most relevant. Both are free apps . We present here the two that we wanted to present to you:

  • Vault : This application is complete and does not offer any "In-app" purchases or other annoying advertisements while using the app. In addition to hiding videos on your Vivo V23 using a password, you can secure applications by hiding icons. Finally, you will even benefit from cloud storage which will allow you if you lose your smartphone to recover your data.
  • Vault Gallery : An application that integrates the essential. Indeed, you can very very easily transfer your videos that you do not want to expose to an encrypted safe. The advantage of this app is that it will be impossible for any user to know that data is hidden. You will even be able to hide the Gallery Vault app icon so that no one will suspect anything.

In case you want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Vivo V23, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Live V23.