Have you ever loaned your smartphone to someone hoping that they won't rummage through the gallery and find personal images or videos? Although you are happy to share some files, others are made to remain confidential to protect your privacy. To do this, you must pay attention to the confidentiality of your files. The most accessible option is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to know how to use it. Find out now in this article how to open a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro. First, learn the reasons for using a private album. Secondly, we will see the different possibilities for opening a private folder on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro.

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Why use a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro?

What is a private folder for on its HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro?

You do not give your confidential data to a person you do not know and the same reflex of confidentiality should in the same way concern the data which are located on your mobile, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from a theft of our personal belongings or a malicious intrusion that can put our intimate life at risk. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro to someone in whom you place great trust without any assurance that they will not go for a walk on the content of your mobile.

It is therefore your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And to achieve this goal, the best option turns out to be adding a private album to your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro which will give you the possibility to put your files, images and videos in a safe place. This private album can be secured through a number of means (secure platform, hidden in your phone, setting up a password or fingerprint etc). In this way, opening a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access code you have granted.

How to create a private album?

To be able to hide folders, images but also videos, the best solution is undoubtedly to create a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro. And for this, there are various solutions.

You can use an app To download or you just have to go through the settings of your Android. Indeed, many phone manufacturers have heard the need for customers to want to protect their media. In this way, on various versions of HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.

In order to find the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.

How to open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro?

To open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, it all depends on your Android phone version et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro using a private mode

Several versions of Android smartphone have a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create a folder through your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro to hide your photos and videos. This way when this private mode is not activated on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to configure the private mode and determine a secret code.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two methods to achieve this. The first way is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Click on private mode icon 
  • Or the second solution is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode code.
  • You will now have permission to access the photos and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro using a password

Whether to open a private album created by your device or by a third-party application, you will have to type the access code that you administered when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, simply go to the album and type your pass.

Be careful to save the secret code in your memory, because to prevent any intrusion on your precious private files, there is usually no other way to recover it. Hopefully, you can reset it if you specified an email address or linked it to a particular account. In this case, when entering your access code, you will then have the option of clicking on " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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