Who has never given their phone to an acquaintance hoping that the latter does not come across confidential photos or videos? While you are prepared to exchange a number of files, others are meant to be kept private to protect your personal life. Therefore, for this reason, you must ensure the protection of your data. The most accessible option happens to be the creation of a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will now find out in this article how to open a private album on an LG W10. First, find out why to use a confidential album. Then learn the different combinations to open a private album on your LG W10.

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Why use a private album on your LG W10?

What is the use of a private album on your LG W10?

You don't give your personal information to just anyone and the same spirit of confidentiality should apply to the content on your mobile as well, and especially your images and videos. Especially since we are never safe from a phone theft or a malicious attack which can put our personal life at risk. And without going to extreme cases, it may happen that you lend your LG W10 to a trusted individual without being sure that they will not go and take a look at the content of your device.

It is therefore up to you to ensure the confidentiality of your files. And for that, the best possibility is undoubtedly to create a private album on your LG W10 which will offer you the possibility of transferring your files, photos and videos to a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by different means (secure platform, by hiding it in your smartphone, by configuring an access code or also by fingerprint etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your LG W10 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have approved.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide folders, photos or videos, the best possibility is therefore to create a private album on your LG W10. 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 can go through Parameters option from your Android. Indeed, the majority of smartphone manufacturers have heard the usefulness for customers to want to put their files in a safe place. As a result, on various versions of LG W10, they offer the creation of a secure private album immediately integrated.

Therefore, in order to find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your LG W10, see our article about it.

How to open a private album on your LG W10?

To open a private album on your LG W10, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a private album on your LG W10 using private mode

A number of Android mobile versions feature a " Private mode". It allows you to create an album through your LG W10 to hide your images and videos. Therefore, when this private mode is not running on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set up private mode and determine an access code.

To view and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your LG W10, here is the maneuver:

  • Activate private mode.
  • There are two ways 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 procedure is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your secret code for private mode.
  • You will then have access to the images and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on an LG W10 using a password

Whether it is to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, it will be essential to type the access code that you administered at the time of its creation. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your LG W10, 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 data, there is generally no other means of recovering it. Sometimes you can reset it if you provided an email address or linked it to a particular account. If this is the case, when entering your code, you will also find the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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