How to Hide Photos on iPhone

Smartphones are highly personal devices and thus, it’s no surprise that we store our sensitive data and a lot of our personal photos on it. Also, the cameras on devices like the iPhone pack a lot of punch, so it’s pretty obvious for us to picture a lot of our personal moments and share them. However, we don’t want just anyone to see our personal photos on our iPhone, do we? Fortunately, there are a bunch of methods to hide photos on your iPhone. In this article, we will take a look at the best ways to hide photos on iPhone easily.

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Hide Photos Using the Photos App on iPhone and iPad

The easiest way to hide photos on iPhone and iPad is to create a hidden album. Yeah, you read that right! Apple Photos app lets you create an album called hidden to keep your personal images under the wraps.

Open the Photos app on your iOS/iPadOS device and then select all the images that you wish to keep away from the prying eyes. After that, tap theshare buttonand selectHidein the share sheet. Next, tapHide (X) Photosto confirm. You can find your hidden photo albums under the Utilities section (Photos app -> Albums tab -> Utilities).

I know you must be saying what’s the point in hiding something that can be found so easily. Well, if you want to keep the hidden album out of sight, head over toSettings app -> Photosand then turn off the toggle right next toHidden Album. From now onwards, the Hidden Album won’t show up under the Utilities section in the Photos app.

Unhide Photos from the Hidden Photo Album

Somewhere down the line, if you feel the need to unhide some photos from the ‘Hidden’ album on your iPhone, here’s how you can do that.

That’s it, the selected photos will no longer be hidden from your iPhone gallery.

Google Photos “Locked Folder”

Google Photos’ Locked Folder feature has finally started rolling out to iPhones. If you use Google Photos to back up your iPhone photos, you can easilyset up and use Locked Folder on iPhoneby following our interlinked guide.

The Locked Folder in Google Photos can be backed up to the cloud if you want as well. While this might sound counter-intuitive, backing up your private photos to the cloud, Google does say that it will encrypt those photos separately. Whether you back them up or not, Google Photos’ Locked Folder is definitely an easy way to ensure that your personal and private photos aren’t accidentally left in your gallery.

Rajesh Mishra

An old school bibliophile who turned a tech nerd out of obsession. When he is not digging into hacks and tracking down stories that are breaking the internet, you may find him reciting poems.

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