Have you inevitably happened to give your smartphone to an acquaintance, wishing with all my heart that the latter does not come across confidential photos or videos? Although you are happy to exchange some files, others are made to remain private in order to protect your intimate life. This is why you need to be vigilant about the protection of your data. The most common option turns out to be creating a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to understand how to use it. We will now see in this article how to open a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro. First of all, we will discover the reasons for using a private album. Then we will see the techniques for opening a private folder on a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro.

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Why use a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?

What is a private folder for on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?

You don't share all of your personal information with just anyone, and the same spirit of confidentiality should equally apply to the content on your mobile, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious intrusion that can put our intimate life in danger. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro to a colleague, friend or relative in whom you have great confidence without guarantee that he will not take a look at the content of your smartphone. Android.

It is therefore up to you to ensure the confidentiality of your information. And for this the best option will be create a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro which will allow you to place your files, photos and videos in a place safe from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by various means (secure platform, hiding it in your Android smartphone, configuring an access code or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access code you have approved.

How to create a private album?

So, if you want to hide files, photos or even videos, the best option is undoubtedly to create a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro. And to achieve this, there are a number of ways to do it.

You can use an app to install on your phone or you just have to go through the settings menu of your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of smartphone manufacturers have understood the need for users to want to put their media in a safe place. In this way, on various versions of HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, they offer the creation of an automatically integrated secure private album.

If you want to choose the solution that best satisfies you for hiding images or videos on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, you can read our article on this subject.

What is the method to open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro?

To open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, everything will depend on the version of your Android mobile et the method you used to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro using private mode

Several versions of Android phone have a " Private mode“. It allows you to create a folder through your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro to hide your photos and videos. So when this private mode is not running on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and add a secret code.

To discover and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, here is the process:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two ways to do this. The first method is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Tap on the private mode icon 
  • Or the second procedure is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your secret code for private mode.
  • You will now have access to the photos and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro with the help of a password

Whether opening a private album created by your Android smartphone or by an application downloaded to your phone, you will inevitably be asked to type the access code that you gave at the time of its creation. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.

Be careful to save the secret code in your memory, because to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is often no other way to recover it. In some cases, you can reset it if you entered an email address or attached it to a specific account. In this situation, when entering your password, you will also have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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