Apple’s Photos app has a built-in “Hide” function, but it doesn’t prevent people who have access to your phone from snooping around. If you want to make sure your private photos and videos really stay private.
When you snap a photo on your iPhone, it ends up in your photo library alongside your other photos. If you often whip out your phone to show off pics there might be photos or videos you don’t want others to see while you browse.
How to Hide Photos in the Notes App
Apple includes a Notes app, and one of its standout features is the ability to lock individual notes. This means you can add media to a note, and then add a password. You can require Face or Touch ID to unlock password-protected notes, as well. Also, after you lock a photo or video in a note, you can delete it from the main photo library.
First, you have to send the photo or video to Notes; follow these steps:
- Find the image or video you want to hide with Notes. (You can select multiple files.)
- Tap the Share icon in the bottom-left corner.
- Scroll through the list of apps and tap “Notes.” (If you don’t see it, tap “More,” and then select “Notes” from the list of apps that appears.)
- Select the note to which you want to save the attachments (by default, this will be a “New Note”), and then type a text description in the field below.
- Tap “Save” to export your media to Notes.
Now, follow these steps to lock the note you just created:
- Launch the Notes app and find the note you just created (it should be at the top of the list).
- Swipe left on the title of the note to reveal the Padlock icon.
- Tap the padlock icon to lock the note. If you haven’t locked a note before, you’ll be asked to create a password and enable Face or Touch ID. You’ll use this password for all locked notes, so make sure it’s something you’ll remember or store it in a password manager.
From now on, to lock or unlock the note, tap it, and then authorize access with your password, face recognition, or fingerprint.
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