Who has never lent their phone to an acquaintance hoping that the latter does not come across confidential images or videos? While you are prepared to share some files, others are meant to be kept private to protect your private life. Therefore, for this, you must ensure the protection of your documents. The most common solution remains the creation of a private album. Having said that, it is not always easy to know how to use it. Find out now in this article how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy S6. To begin with, we will see why you should use a confidential album. Secondly, learn the different combinations to open a private folder on a Samsung Galaxy S6.

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Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S6?

What is a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy S6 for?

You do not transmit your confidential information to just any individual and the same confidentiality reflex should in a similar way apply to the data located on your Android, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since none of us is in any way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious intrusion which is likely to endanger our private life. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy S6 to someone you trust a lot without being sure that they will not explore the contents of your smartphone.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this, the best solution turns out to be create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S6 which will give you the possibility to put your files, images and videos in a safe place. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, hidden in your smartphone, by configuring an access code or also by a biometric lock, etc.). Like this, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S6 can only be done by yourself or by close people to whom you have accepted access.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide documents, images or also videos, the best option is therefore to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S6. And to achieve this, there are a number of solutions.

You can use an app to install on your phone or you can go through Parameters option from your Android. Indeed, many phone manufacturers have heard the need for customers to want to secure their files. Therefore, on some versions of Samsung Galaxy S6, they offer the creation of a secure private album immediately integrated.

If you want to choose the best option for you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy S6, we recommend that you read our article about it.

How to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S6?

To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S6, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et the method you used to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Samsung Galaxy S6 using private mode

A number of Android phone versions have a " Private mode". Thanks to it, you can create a folder from your Samsung Galaxy S6 to hide your images and videos. So whenever this private mode is not turned on on your smartphone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first set up private mode and choose an access code.

To discover and open the album you saved in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy S6, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two ways to achieve this. The first way to do this 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
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will then have access to the images and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy S6 using a password

Whether it is to open a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party app, it will be essential to inform the access code that you saved when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Samsung Galaxy S6, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.

Be careful to save the code in your memory, because to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is generally no other way to recover it. In some situations, you may be able to reset it if you provided an email address or if you attached it to a personal account. In this case, when entering your access code, you will also find the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.

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