That awkward moment that your friend operates your smartphone only to rush straight to your gallery to see what you have got there, it can be a bit annoying at times but the are friends, what about trying to keep some picture private, in such a way that it get hidden, wont that be great? or you have some “personal stuff” on your Android device and most of the
time it ends up in foreign hands, it’s better to hide those personal
data instead of being embarrassed.
Android does not recognize files if they are stored in a folder named
“.nomedia” (without quotes). So all you have to do to hide your files is
put all your stuff in a folder and then create a new folder in that
existing folder and name it “.nomedia” (again, without quotes). Now apps
like gallery, video players, or any other photo or video viewing apps
will not be able to read those files stored with a .nomedia folder.
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How To Hide Your Files In A Folder
In
order to view those hidden files, you’ll have to open that folder using
a file explorer. So, in short, by using .nomedia folder you’ll hide
your files from other apps but can access them via a file explorer.
How To Create A Separate Folder
In
the first technique, we created a hidden folder in an already existing
folder but in this technique, we will create a new and separate hidden
folder specifically for the purpose of hiding files.
As mentioned
in the first technique, Android, by default, does not recognize folders
that begin with a dot (.). So instead of creating a hidden folder in an
existing folder we will create a new hidden folder altogether. To do
so,
- open your preferred file explorer and
- go to the storage section (internal/external) where you want to create this folder. Once there,
- create a new folder and name it anything, just make sure to add a dot (.) in the beginning.
You have successfully created a hidden folder. Now store anything you want in it.
The
benefit of this technique is that the hidden folder cannot be seen even
in the file manager. To access this folder just enable “show hidden
folders” option in your file explorer’s settings.
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