Easy step on How To Hide and Unhide Photos on Your Xiaomi Smartphone

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Easy step on How To hide and unhide photos on your Xiaomi Smartphone

Here is an easy way to hide and unhide photos or any file on the Xiaomi smartphone and also how to view and bring it back to the gallery as it used to be. you need to use a password if you want access to the hidden storage area.

Have photos or files that need to keep it secret? Although we are not public figures we also have personal boundaries about it - whatever it may be seen and not, for example when we have a secret project in the works and there are files (not just photos) that should still be secret before it published after all, then hide it is a very reasonable way to do.

This feature is also available and can be applied to other types of Xiaomi smartphones as well, not limited to Redmi Note 3 and it can be used by smartphones from MIUI 7, MIUI 8, or earlier. At the beginning of the use of this feature will ask us to enter the 4-digit number that we use as a master password that is often used to grant permission to such sensitive things as personal user data, when we want to register fingerprints, etc.

And here are the steps or an easy way to hide (hidden) and unhide files in Xiaomi Smartphone

How to hide images or files on Xiaomi Phone

# 1 Select the image(s) or files that you want to hide

Select images or files that you want to hide by marking them in a similar way if you want to send or move one or more images. Until the selection menu appears.

# 2 Select 'Hide' at the options that appear

Select >More then >Hide until you are prompted to enter a master password (4-digit) that you set to lock the phone. Easy step on How To hide and unhide photos on your Xiaomi Smartphone

# 3 Enter the 4-digit master password

Enter the four-digit password that is used to provide access to sensitive information like when you are going to add a new fingerprint, change the password, etc. This password is usually made at the time we turn on the smartphone for the first time.

# 4 Create a pattern (pattern-lock)

After entering the four-digit password you will be prompted to create patterns (Pattern-lock) is used to lock the access to those hidden files saved (for the first use are usually asked two times to confirm the use of the new pattern).

Step 3 & 4 only needs to be done during the first attempt, for the next hiding process file will automatically disappear and be stored in a hidden folder.

# 5 Done!

After all the processes are completed then the files will not be seen again in the gallery, as well as when you searched it from the file explorer, they will not be found.

How to View and Unhide File or photos that have been hidden

In addition, to bring back into the gallery as before, it also can be used to check and view files or photos that have been hidden. Here are the steps:

# 1 Go to page Albums

Position the screen on the album which is located in the >Gallery then slide to >Albums

# 2 Drag or Pull down your finger from top to bottom

Pull down or drag your finger or thumb on the screen from the top folder until the pattern lock appears. Do not start dragging too high because if it's too high then you will only open the notification window, rather than the hidden file folder.

Easy step on How To hide and unhide photos on your Xiaomi Smartphone

# 3 Enter the key Pattern or pattern-lock

Enter the pattern that has been made before, exactly at the time we make hidden files or photos and you will enter the Hidden folder album

If you only want to check photos or files that have been hiding, the tutorial stops in here, but if you want to bring the files back to their original place (unhide) then you should proceed to step #4.

# 4 Select or mark the file

Pick or mark the files or photos that you wanted to appear again in a gallery.

# 5 Select Unhide & Destination Folder

Select >Unhide in the menu that appears and then select the folder where you want to move the image or files. If you want to save in the new folder you can also create a folder directly from that menu by choosing >Create an album after selecting Unhide.

Easy step on How To hide and unhide photos on your Xiaomi Smartphone

#Done!

Done !!! All files that you hide now have been returned to their original place and can be checked back in the gallery, not in the hidden album.

Hopefully, this tutorial is useful for you guys who are looking for this information about how to hide files or photos on Xiaomi smartphones and also to access and restore (unhide) them to their original place.

If there are any problems as described above you can directly contact us in the comments field below, hopefully, we help you as much as possible, Thanks!

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Rindi Putra
Rindi Putra
Graphic Designer & Technology Junkie Graduated with 'International Trade Management' Major | 2 Years of Professional career on International Shipping Company & 3 Years career on Local Fashion Brand Company | 10 Years (and still counting) as Digital content creator. Feel free to connect with me on Social Media Twitter/Instagram: @rindiputra

25 comments

  1. Sahil Vaghasiya
    Sahil Vaghasiya
    Saturday, June 04, 2022
    I lost my all photos of private folder :(, How i can recover?
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Saturday, June 04, 2022
      Sorry to hear that. Can you still open the private folder?
  2. Arbind Kumar
    Arbind Kumar
    Thursday, May 19, 2022
    Helpfull method..... I find the hide file after long time. Thanks
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Thursday, May 19, 2022
      Glad to hear that! Enjoy!
  3. Forttia
    Forttia
    Friday, May 13, 2022
    Hello friends I've got a problem even though I scroll down from top to bottom on my album the private album is not appear can you help for me to fix it
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Thursday, May 19, 2022
      You can try this trick, hide again some random photos and then try again the unhide process. Hope it help.
  4. IMC BUSSINESS
    IMC BUSSINESS
    Saturday, October 27, 2018
    I unhide my photoes but I don't get all photos in my gallery.some photos are missing.
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Saturday, October 27, 2018
      Hi Sachin!
      which gallery that you mean? When you restore it, we will be asked where to put it back. hope you pay attention on that part.
  5. Unknown
    Unknown
    Saturday, September 15, 2018
    sir i have forgotten my mi account and hidden folder password...give a way to access my pictures

    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Friday, September 21, 2018
      it's a bit hard when you forget both of them in the same time. I hope you can find 'forgot my password' options on the screen, you can use that way. hope it help!
  6. Unknown
    Unknown
    Sunday, March 11, 2018
    Asking me for a pattern
    But i have not set any pattern lock
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Monday, March 12, 2018
      Hello Zuhaib! Normally, when you hide file /photo for the first time you will be asked to create a new pattern as password to Access the hidden files. If you think you never set one, try to use the pattern that you set on your phone for security. hope it help brother :)
  7. Unknown
    Unknown
    Thursday, March 01, 2018
    I managed to unhide a hidden folder but I can't unhide some specific photos in a certain folder. would help in this case pls?
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Friday, March 02, 2018
      can you explain more about that "can't unhide" is the photos still on the hidden folder?
  8. Imran qazi
    Imran qazi
    Friday, February 23, 2018
    Can't see the images after unhide them. Only a black rectangle appears on screen. How to unhide and recover them?
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Saturday, February 24, 2018
      Hi Imranulhaq! I admit that we need to pay attention on every information that appear on the screen when we run the process. on the step #5 above you will asked to choose where the unhide picture will be stored, have you check on that folder? hope it help :)
  9. Gurudatt
    Gurudatt
    Thursday, February 08, 2018
    Once i accidentally hidden some important photos... breaking my head, reading all literature on xiomi... finally you gave an answer. Thanks for helping me get back my photos.
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Thursday, February 08, 2018
      Another happy reader! you are welcome sir, i am happy that my experience could help others. thank you for your testimony :)
  10. djmohanarao
    djmohanarao
    Tuesday, October 24, 2017
    very helpfull thank u
    1. Rindi Putra
      Rindi Putra
      Tuesday, October 24, 2017
      Hello there,
      You are welcome! happy to share :)