Who hasn't lent their phone to someone, hoping that they won't go through the gallery and find personal photos or videos? Even if you are ready to exchange a certain amount of data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your private life. Therefore for this you need to ensure the protection of your media. The safest solution is to create a private album. However, it is not necessarily clear how to use it. We will now see in this article how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A7. To get started, we'll find out what to use a private album for. Then discover the different combinations to open a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy A7.

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What is the purpose of using a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A7?

What is the role of a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy A7?

You do not pass all of your personal information on to just any individual, and the same spirit of confidentiality should similarly apply to the things on your phone, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from the theft of our personal belongings or from a malicious intrusion which can put our private life in danger. And without even seeing the worst, sometimes it happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A7 to someone you trust a lot without guaranteeing that they will not explore the contents of your Android smartphone.

Therefore, it is up to you to control the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this goal, the best option is undoubtedly adding a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A7 which will give you the possibility to transfer your documents, photos and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by various means (secure platform, by hiding it in your mobile phone, by configuring a password or also by a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A7 can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have given accessibility to the album.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide documents, photos or also videos, the best option is without a doubt the creation of a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A7. And to do this, there are a number of ways to do it.

You can use an app To download or you just have to go through the settings menu from your Android. Indeed, many Android phone manufacturers have understood the need for customers to have their media safe. In this way, on several versions of Samsung Galaxy A7, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.

To choose the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy A7, you can read our article on this subject.

How to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A7?

To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A7, everything will depend on your Android device version et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Samsung Galaxy A7 using private mode

Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility to create a folder through your Samsung Galaxy A7 to hide your photos and videos. So whenever this private mode is not activated on your phone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to set the private mode and set a password.

To discover and open the album you saved in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy A7, here is the process:

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

Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A7 using a secret code

Whether it is to open a private album created by your phone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will necessarily be asked to fill in the access code that you gave 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 A7, you simply have to go to the album and enter your right pass.

Be careful to save the secret code in your memory, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is in most cases no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you can reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In this situation, when entering your secret code, you will then have the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.

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