Who has never given their phone to an acquaintance and wished wholeheartedly that the latter did not come across secret images or videos? While you are happy to share a few files, others are meant to be kept private to protect your privacy. To do this, you must ensure the protection of your media. The most accessible option happens to be to create a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to know how to use it. Find out today how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M40. First, find out why to use a private album. In a second step we will see the different combinations to open a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy M40.
Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40?
What is the use of a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy M40?
You do not transmit all of your personal information to just any individual and the same confidentiality reflex should also apply to the content that is on your device, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since we are never safe from a phone theft or a malicious intrusion which can put our privacy at risk. And without going to extreme cases, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy M40 to someone you have great trust without guaranteeing that they will not wander around the content of your device.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to control the confidentiality of your data. And for that, the best solution turns out to be adding a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40 which will give you the option to transfer your files, images and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by various means (secure platform, hidden in your smartphone, by adding an access code or fingerprint, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose accessibility to the album you have accepted.
How to create a private album?
To hide folders, images or even videos, the best solution is without a doubt to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40. And to do this, there are a number of solutions.
You can use an app third or you have the possibility to go through the settings menu from your Android. Indeed, the majority of smartphone manufacturers have grasped the interest in customers having to put their media in a safe place. As a result, on several versions of Samsung Galaxy M40, they offer the creation of an automatically integrated secure private album.
If you want to find the best option for you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy M40, we recommend that you read our article about it.
What is the method to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40?
To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40, everything depends on your Android device version et how you went about locking the album.
Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40 using private mode
A number of Android smartphone versions offer a " Private mode". Thanks to it, you can create a folder through your Samsung Galaxy M40 to hide your images and videos. Like this when this private mode is not activated on your device, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first configure the private mode and set a password.
To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy M40, here is the maneuver:
- Activated private mode.
- To do this two methods are available to you. The first option is to:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second way is to:
- Go to Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will then have access to the images and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy M40 using a password
Whether it is to open a private album created by your device or by an app downloaded to your phone, you must type the access code that you indicated when creating it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Samsung Galaxy M40, you simply have to go to the album and type your right pass.
Be careful to memorize the secret code, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other means of recovering it. In certain situations, you have the possibility to reset it if you have entered an email address or if you have attached it to a personal account. In this situation, when entering your password, you will also find the solution to press " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the directions to find it.
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