Have you ever had to lend your Android smartphone to a friend, relative or even a colleague in the hope that the latter does not come across snapshots or personal videos? While there are a number of files you may be willing to share, others are meant to be kept private to protect your intimate life. So for that, you must guarantee the confidentiality of your documents. The easiest option turns out to be to create a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to know how to use it. Learn today how to open a private album on a Huawei Y6. First, we will find out why to use a confidential album. Secondly, we will see the different possibilities to open a private album on your Huawei Y6.

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Why use a private album on a Huawei Y6?

What is the use of a private album on a Huawei Y6?

You do not communicate all of your confidential information to just anyone and the same spirit of confidentiality should also apply to the content that is on your mobile, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or an ill-intentioned intrusion which are capable of endangering our private life. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Huawei Y6 to an individual in whom you have great trust without being sure that he will not go and take a look at the contents of your smartphone.

It is therefore your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And for that, the best solution will be create a private album on your Huawei Y6 which will allow you to place your files, snapshots and videos in a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by different means (secure platform, by hiding it in your device, by adding a password or a biometric lock, etc.). Like this, opening a private album on your Huawei Y6 can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access code you have granted.

How to create a private album?

So, if you want to hide documents, snapshots or even videos, the best solution will be to create a private album on your Huawei Y6. And to do this, we find a number of solutions.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you have the possibility to go through the settings from your Android smartphone. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have heard the usefulness for users to have to protect their media. This is why, on several versions of Huawei Y6, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.

So, if you want to find the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Huawei Y6, you can read our article on this subject.

What is the method to open a private album on your Huawei Y6?

To open a private album on your Huawei Y6, everything will depend on the version of your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a private album on your Huawei Y6 using private mode

Several versions of Android phones have a " Private mode". With it, you can create an album through your Huawei Y6 to hide your photos and videos. So whenever this private mode is not activated on your mobile, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and determine an access code.

To view and open the album that you have inserted in private mode on your Huawei Y6, here is the maneuver:

  • Activate private mode.
  • There are two methods available to you for this. The first option is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Tap on the private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode password.
  • You will now have access to the photos and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on a Huawei Y6 using a secret code

Whether it is 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 administered 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 Y6, all you have to do is go to the album, and type your right pass.

Be careful to save the code in your memory, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is generally no other means of recovering it. In certain situations, you will be able to reset it if you have entered an email address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In these cases, when entering your access code, you will also have the option of clicking on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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