Have you ever had to lend your android smartphone to a friend, a relative or even a colleague and wish wholeheartedly that it does not come across secret photos or videos? Although there are a few files that you are happy to exchange, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your private life. Therefore for this, you need to pay attention to the confidentiality of your files. The most common option is to create a private album. Despite everything, it is not always easy to know how to use it. We will now find out in this article how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A90. To get started, we'll find out why to use a private album. Then learn the various procedures to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90.

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Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90?

What is a private album for on your Samsung Galaxy A90?

You don't give all of your personal information to just anyone, and the same privacy reflex should apply to things on your Android smartphone, especially your photos and videos. Especially since we are never safe from the theft of our personal belongings or an ill-intentioned intrusion which are capable of putting our intimate life at risk. And without even seeing the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A90 to a trusted individual without the assurance that he is not going to take a look at the contents of your mobile.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And to do this, the best possibility is create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90 which will give you the possibility to keep your documents, photos and videos out of prying eyes. This private album can be secured by several processes (secure platform, hidden in your phone, by configuring an access code or a biometric lock, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose accessibility of the album you have approved.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide documents, photos but also videos, the best option will be to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90. And there are a number of ways to do this.

You can use an app third or you just have to go through Parameters option from your android phone. Indeed, the majority of phone manufacturers have heard the usefulness for customers to want to secure their media. Therefore, on several versions of Samsung Galaxy A90, they offer the creation of a secure private album immediately integrated.

So, if you want to choose the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy A90, see our article on this subject.

What is the method to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90?

To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90 using private mode

Several versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility to create an album through your Samsung Galaxy A90 to hide your photos and videos. Therefore when this private mode is not running on your smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to configure the private mode and add a password.

To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy A90, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • But there are two ways of doing this. The first option is to:
    • Go to 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.
  • 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 Samsung Galaxy A90 using a password

Whether it is to open a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party application, you will necessarily be asked to inform the access code that you saved when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Samsung Galaxy A90, you simply have to go to the album and enter your right pass.

Be careful to remember the secret code, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there are in most cases no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you may be able to reset it if you entered an email address or linked it to a particular account. In this specific case, when entering your password, you will also have the choice of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.

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