Who has never lent their phone to an acquaintance hoping that the latter does not search the gallery and find photos or personal videos? Although there are a number of files that you are happy to exchange, others are meant to be kept private to protect your private life. Therefore for this you need to ensure the confidentiality of your files. The safest solution happens to be the creation of a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will see today how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A50s. First, learn the reasons for using a confidential album. In the second place we will see the various methods to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A50s.

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Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s?

What is the role of a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s?

You do not share your personal data with just anyone and the same spirit of confidentiality should also apply to the data that is on your smartphone, and especially your photos and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from the theft of our personal belongings or from a malicious attack which are capable of putting our private life in danger. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A50s to a trusted individual without a guarantee that they will not browse the contents of your device.

It is therefore your duty to ensure the confidentiality of your files. And to do this, the best solution is undoubtedly adding a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s which will give you the possibility to transfer your files, snapshots and videos to a place safe from the curious. This private album can be secured by different means (secure platform, hidden in your phone, by adding a password or also by a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have granted.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide documents, snapshots but also videos, the best solution will therefore be to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s. And for that, there are several ways to do it.

You can use an app third or you just have to go through Parameters option from your android device. Indeed, the majority of phone brands have grasped the need for users to want to put their files in a safe place. Therefore, on some versions of Samsung Galaxy A50s, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.

If you want to choose the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy A50s, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.

What technique should you use to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s?

To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you used to lock the album.

Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s using private mode

Several versions of Android phones have a " Private mode". It allows you creating an album through your Samsung Galaxy A50s to hide your photos and videos. In this way, whenever this private mode is not activated on your device, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set up private mode and set up an access code.

To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy A50s, here is the procedure:

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

Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A50s using a password

Whether it is to open a private album created by your device or by an application downloaded on your phone, you will inevitably have to inform the code that you saved when you created it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Samsung Galaxy A50s, you simply have to go to the album and enter your secret code.

Be careful to memorize the access code, because to thwart any intrusion on your precious private files, there is in most cases no other way to recover it. In some cases, you have the option of resetting it if you have provided an e-mail address or if you have attached it to a personal account. If this is the case, when entering your password, you will also have the choice of pressing " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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