Who hasn't ever given someone their phone and hoped they wouldn't rummage through the gallery and find some secret snaps or videos? Even though you are happy to show some files, others are made to remain private to protect your personal life. To do this, you must pay attention to the confidentiality of your data. The safest solution turns out to be the creation of a private album. However, it is not always easy to know how to use it. Discover today how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M13. First, we will see the reasons for using a confidential album. Secondly, discover the techniques for opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M13.

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What is the purpose of using a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M13?

What is the role of a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M13?

You do not give your confidential information to just anyone and the same reflex of confidentiality should also apply to the things on your phone, including your images and videos. Especially since no individual is ever safe from a theft of our personal belongings or an ill-intentioned intrusion which risks putting our personal life in danger. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy M13 to an individual in whom you have great confidence without being certain that he will not go for a walk on the content of your mobile.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your files. And to achieve this objective, the best solution remains create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M13 which will give you the opportunity to place your documents, photos and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by various means (secure platform, hidden in your device, by adding an access code or also by fingerprint, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M13 can only be done by yourself or by third-party individuals whose access you have approved.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide documents, photos or videos, the best solution is therefore to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M13. And to achieve this, there are several ways to do it.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or it is possible to go through Parameters option of your Android. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have understood the usefulness for customers to want to put their files in a safe place. Therefore, on several versions of Samsung Galaxy M13, they provide the option to create an automatically integrated secure private album.

If you want to choose the solution that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your Samsung Galaxy M13, you can read our article about it.

What technique to use to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M13?

To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M13, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you went about locking the album.

Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M13 using a private mode

A number of Android mobile versions feature a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create an album from your Samsung Galaxy M13 to hide your images and videos. This way when this private mode is not activated on your device, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and set up a password.

To discover and open the album you have saved in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy M13, here is the maneuver:

  • Activate private mode.
  • To achieve this, two ways of doing it are offered to you. The first option is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second solution is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will now have the authorization to access the images and videos put in your private album.

Open private album on Samsung Galaxy M13 using password

Whether to open a private album created by your device or by an application downloaded to your phone, it will be essential to inform the code that you indicated when creating 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 M13, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your right password.

Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is often no other way to recover it. In certain situations, you will be able to reset it if you have indicated an email address or if you have linked it to a specific account. In this case, when entering your password, you will also have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.

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