It has inevitably happened to you to give your mobile to an acquaintance and wish wholeheartedly that the latter does not come across secret images or videos? Even if you are prepared to exchange a certain amount of data, others are made to remain confidential to protect your privacy. So for this reason, you must ensure the confidentiality of your files. The easiest solution is to create a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to understand how to use it. Learn now in this article how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M30s. To get started, learn why to use a confidential album. Second, learn the techniques to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M30s.

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Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s?

What is the use of a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s?

You do not share all of your confidential data with just any individual and the same spirit of confidentiality should also apply to the data located on your Android, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since we are never safe from a phone theft or a malicious attack which can put our privacy at risk. And without going to extreme cases, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy M30s to someone you trust with no assurance that they will not explore the contents of your phone.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And for that, the best possibility is undoubtedly create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s which will give you the possibility to transfer your documents, images and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by a number of processes (secure platform, hidden in your phone, adding a password or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s can only be done by yourself or by people close to whom you have accepted the accessibility of the album.

How to create a private album?

To be able to hide folders, images but also videos, the best solution will be to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s. And to do this, there are various solutions.

You can use an app To download or you have the possibility to go through the settings from your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of Android phone manufacturers have understood the need for users to want to protect their files. As a result, on several versions of Samsung Galaxy M30s, they provide the option to create an automatically integrated secure private album.

So, if you want to find the best option for you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy M30s, see our article on this subject.

How to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s?

To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android smartphone et how you went about locking the album.

Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M30s using private mode

Some versions of Android smartphones offer a " Private mode". Thanks to it, you can create an album from your Samsung Galaxy M30s to hide your images and videos. Consequently, whenever this private mode is not activated on your mobile phone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you will first need to set the private mode and define an access code.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy M30s, here is the procedure:

  • Activate private mode.
  • There are two ways to do this. The first method consists of:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Click on private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode code.
  • You will now have access to the images and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M30s with a password

Whether you are opening a private album created by your phone or by a third-party application, you must type the code that you specified 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 M30s, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your secret code.

Be careful to remember the code, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is most of the time no other way to recover it. In some cases, you will be able to reset it if you have indicated an email address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In this specific case, when entering your secret code, 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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