Who has never lent their mobile to a friend, relative or even a colleague, hoping that the latter does not search the gallery and find secret pictures or videos? Although you are happy to exchange certain files, others are made to be kept confidential in order to protect your personal life. Therefore, to do this, you must ensure the confidentiality of your files. The most common option turns out to be to create a private album. However, knowing how to use it is not always easy. We will see today how to open a private album on a OnePlus 7T. First, we'll find out what to use a private album for. Secondly, discover the techniques to open a private folder on your OnePlus 7T.

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Why use a private album on your OnePlus 7T?

What is a private folder for on your OnePlus 7T?

You don't hand over all of your confidential data to just anyone, and the same spirit of privacy should also apply to the content on your device, and especially your photos and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious attack which can put our personal life in danger. And without even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your OnePlus 7T to someone you trust a lot without being sure that they are not going to take a look at the contents of your device.

Therefore, it is up to you to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And for that, the best option will be adding a private album to your OnePlus 7T which will offer you the possibility of placing your documents, photos and videos in a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a number of means (secure platform, hidden in your Android smartphone, by adding a password or fingerprint etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your OnePlus 7T can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access code you have given.

How to create a private album?

To hide files, snapshots or even videos, the best possibility is undoubtedly the creation of a private album on your OnePlus 7T. And to achieve this, there are various ways of doing it.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you have the possibility to go through the settings from your Android. Indeed, many Android phone manufacturers have understood the need for customers to want to protect their media. Therefore, on various versions of OnePlus 7T, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.

If you want to find the best solution for you to hide pictures or videos on your OnePlus 7T, we recommend that you read our article about it.

What technique should you use to open a private album on your OnePlus 7T?

To open a private album on your OnePlus 7T, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you used to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your OnePlus 7T using private mode

Several versions of Android smartphones have a " Private mode". It allows you to create a folder from your OnePlus 7T to hide your photos and videos. Consequently, whenever this private mode is not activated on your Android, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set up private mode and determine a password.

To discover and open the album that you have inserted in private mode on your OnePlus 7T, here is the maneuver:

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

Open a private album on a OnePlus 7T 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 provide information the code that you administered when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your OnePlus 7T, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.

Be careful to memorize the secret code, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is in most cases no other means of recovering it. In certain situations, you have the possibility to reset it if you have indicated an email address or if you have attached it to a specific account. In these cases, when entering your code, you will then be able to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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