You have certainly already happened to lend your android smartphone to a person wishing with all your heart that the latter does not come across confidential images or videos? While you may be happy to share some files, others are made to remain confidential to protect your privacy. To do this, you must ensure the confidentiality of your media. The most common option is creating a private album. Despite everything, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a Vivo Y72. First of all, we will see for what purpose to use a private album. In a second step we will see the different combinations to open a private album on your Vivo Y72.

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Why use a private album on a Vivo Y72?

What is a private album for on a Vivo Y72?

You don't share all of your personal information with someone you don't know, and the same spirit of privacy should also apply to the content on your phone, especially your pictures and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious attack that is able to put our privacy at risk. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Vivo Y72 to a trusted individual without being sure that he will not take a look at the contents of your device.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to control the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this goal, the best possibility turns out to be creating a private album on your Vivo Y72 which will offer you the possibility to transfer your documents, images and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by several means (secure platform, hiding it in your smartphone, adding a password or a biometric lock etc). As a result, opening a private album on your Vivo Y72 can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have given access.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide files, images but also videos, the best option is therefore to create a private album on your Vivo Y72. And to do this, there are various ways to do it.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you just have to go through the settings menu of your Android smartphone. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have seized the interest for customers to want to put their files in a safe place. That's why, on several versions of Vivo Y72, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.

So, if you want to find the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your Vivo Y72, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.

What technique to use to open a private album on your Vivo Y72?

To open a private album on your Vivo Y72, everything will depend on the version of your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a private album on your Vivo Y72 using private mode

A number of Android smartphone versions have a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create an album from your Vivo Y72 to hide your images and videos. Consequently, when this private mode is not activated on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to set private mode and set a password.

To view and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your Vivo Y72, here is the process:

  • Activate private mode.
  • But there are two possibilities for this. The first option is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second option is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode code.
  • You will now have the authorization to access the images and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on a Vivo Y72 using a secret code

Whether you want to open a private album created by your device or by a third-party application, you will have to fill in the code that you gave at the time of its creation. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Vivo Y72, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your right password.

Be careful to save the access code in your memory, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there are often no other means of recovering it. With a bit of luck, you will be able to reset it if you have provided an email address or linked it to a particular account. In these cases, when entering your password, you will also be able to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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