Who has never lent their smartphone to an individual in the hope that the latter does not come across confidential photos or videos? Although there is a certain amount of data that you are willing to share, others are made to be kept confidential to protect your personal life. To do this, you must guarantee the confidentiality of your media. The most common option turns out to be to create a private album. Having said that, it's not always easy to know how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a Google Pixel 3a. First, find out what to use a private album for. In the second place we will see the different possibilities to open a private album on your Google Pixel 3a.
Why use a private album on your Google Pixel 3a?
What is a private album on your Google Pixel 3a for?
You do not share all of your personal data with an individual you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should equally apply to the data located on your Android smartphone, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious intrusion which can put our personal life in danger. And without going to extreme cases, it sometimes happens that you lend your Google Pixel 3a to a person you trust without guaranteeing that it will not wander around the content of your Android smartphone.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your information. And to do this, the best solution is create a private album on your Google Pixel 3a which will give you the possibility to put your documents, photos and videos in a safe place. This private album can be secured by several processes (secure platform, by hiding it in your mobile phone, by configuring an access code or a biometric lock, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Google Pixel 3a can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access code you have granted.
How to create a private album?
To hide folders, photos or videos, the best solution will be to create a private album on your Google Pixel 3a. And to achieve this, there are various solutions.
You can use an app third or you just have to go through Parameters option from your Android. Indeed, many brands of Android phone have grasped the interest for users to want to protect their files. Therefore, on several versions of Google Pixel 3a, they provide the option to create a secure private album right out of the box.
If you want to find the best option for hiding pictures or videos on your Google Pixel 3a, we recommend that you read our article about it.
How to open a private album on your Google Pixel 3a?
To open a private album on your Google Pixel 3a, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you used to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Google Pixel 3a using private mode
A number of Android mobile versions feature a " Private mode". Thanks to it, you can create an album from your Google Pixel 3a to hide your images and videos. So whenever this private mode is not turned on on your mobile, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to configure the private mode and define an access code.
To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Google Pixel 3a, here is the process:
- Activated private mode.
- To achieve this two manipulations are available to you. The first procedure consists of:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second procedure is to:
- Go to Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode password.
- You will now have the authorization to access the images and videos put in your private album.
Open a private album on a Google Pixel 3a using a password
Whether you want to open a private album created by your device or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will inevitably have to type the code that you specified when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Google Pixel 3a, you just have to go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to memorize the secret code, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is usually no other means of recovering it. With a little luck, you will be able to reset it if you have entered an email address or if you have linked it to a particular account. If this is the case, when entering your secret code, you will also find the solution to press " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the directions to find it.
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