▶ How to hide photos in Google Photos
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Google Photos has become the perfect tool for storing and organizing photos. They are all visible, but if you want to keep some away from prying eyes, we'll tell you how to hide photos in Google Photos.
The tool Google Photos has become one of the main applications for editing, storing and organizing images on any mobile phone This app comes by default on Android phones and can be downloaded for iOS as well.Another of the interesting functions that you have is being able to upload the images to the cloud so that they are not lost if the mobile phone breaks down.
On our mobile devices we accumulate a lot of personal information either in the form of emails or images. If you have photos of a private and intimate nature and want to increase privacy so that they cannot be seen if you lend your mobile phone or if you are close to people who can see them, Google Photos has an interesting function that allows you to hide the photos you want.
To hide photos in Google Photos we just have to open the application on our Android devices where it is already installed by default and click on the photo or photos that we want to hide. After clicking on them they will be selected. Now we must click on the three dots located at the top right of the screen and in the menu that appears we will select “move to file”.Now all the images that we had previously chosen have been archived in the application and cannot be seen in the gallery.
If we want to check which photos are archived we just have to click on the three dots and choose “archive”. There will be the hidden photos. To return any photo to the gallery we just have to select the photos from “file” and click on the three dots again. Now we will choose “unarchive” and the images will be placed back in the gallery to be fully visible.
In addition to using the way to hide photos on Android devices you can follow the same steps both from the Google Photos app on iOS or by accessing it from a web browserwith your user data to Google Photos.
How to use Google Photos with password
If you want to go further in terms of security and privacy regarding the images you have on your phone, in such a way that only you are the person who can enter and manage the galleryWe tell you how to use Google Photos with a password.
Setting a password for Google Photos can only be done using a third-party app at the moment. This application is called AppLock, it is free and light since it only weighs 13 Mb and you can find it by searching the Play Store from your Android mobile.
Once you download and install it setting it up to password protect your Google Photos gallery won't take long Just you have to open it. It will then ask you to draw the pattern with which you usually unlock the screen of your phone. Once you have done it you have to enter an email address to recover if you forget the password you have registered. Now you will see the list of applications that you have on your phone, look for the photo gallery in them. When you find it, click on the padlock and grant permission. Then your Google Photos application will be fully protected with the password.
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