Have you ever had to lend your mobile to an individual and wish wholeheartedly that the latter does not search the gallery and find secret pictures or videos? Even in the event that you are prepared to show some data, others are made to be kept private in order to protect your private life. To do this, you must ensure the confidentiality of your files. The easiest option is to create a private album. Despite everything, it is not always easy to know how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on HTC Desire 19+. To get started, we'll find out what to use a private album for. In a second step we will see the different possibilities for opening a private folder on your HTC Desire 19+.

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Why use a private album on HTC Desire 19+?

What is the use of a private folder on HTC Desire 19+?

You do not transmit your personal information to an individual you do not know and the same confidentiality reflex should in a similar way apply to the data on your phone, and especially your images and videos. Especially since none of us are in any way immune to phone theft or malicious intrusion which can put our private life in danger. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it sometimes happens that you lend HTC Desire 19+ to someone you trust with no assurance that they will not wander around the contents of your phone.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to control the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this, the best solution is undoubtedly adding a private album to your HTC Desire 19+ which will allow you to put your documents, pictures and videos in a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by several means (secure platform, hidden in your Android smartphone, by adding a password or a biometric lock, etc.). Like this, opening a private album on your HTC Desire 19+ can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have accepted.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide documents, snapshots or even videos, the best possibility is therefore to create a private album on HTC Desire 19+. And there are a number of ways to do this.

You can use an app to install on your phone or you just have to go through the settings menu from your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of Android phone brands have heard the interest in customers wanting to protect their data. As a result, on various versions of HTC Desire 19+, they offer the creation of an automatically integrated secure private album.

If you want to find the best solution for you to hide pictures or videos on your HTC Desire 19+, you can read our article about it.

How to open a private album on your HTC Desire 19+?

To open a private album on HTC Desire 19+, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Opening a private album on HTC Desire 19+ using a private mode

Some versions of Android phones have a " Private mode". With it, you can create a folder through HTC Desire 19+ to hide your pictures and videos. So whenever this private mode is not activated on your mobile, the album is hidden. So that this mode works, you will have to first set the private mode and determine a password.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your HTC Desire 19+, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two ways to do this. The first option is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode code.
  • You will then have the authorization to access the images and videos that are in your private album.

Opening a private album on HTC Desire 19+ using a passcode

Whether it is to open a private album created by your smartphone or by an application downloaded to your phone, you must inform the access code that you indicated when creating it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your HTC Desire 19+, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your pass.

Be careful to remember the secret code, because to thwart any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is in most cases no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you have the option of resetting it if you have provided an email address or have attached it to a specific account. In this specific case, when entering your secret code, you will then have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.

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