How to Lock Photos and Files in iPhone
Learn How to Lock
Files and Photos in Your iPhone and iPad
In this era privacy
is more important than anything. There are lots of files and photos which need
to hide from other friends and person. It might be our important documents;
account information you don’t want to share with anyone or maybe even those selfies.
But the thing is, unlike Android, there’s no easy way to just plain hide
photos, videos or documents on your iPhone. Of course, you can protect your
entire iPhone using a passcode or via Touch ID. For some, this level of
protection might be enough.So,in this article i will show you how to hide or lock your photos and your files in iPhone as Well as in your iPad.
But what if you need an additional layer? Just to make sure that even if you hand over your unlocked iPhone to someone, they won’t be able to access your most important data?
Of course, there’s
no shortage of apps for hiding files. You must have heard of apps that pretend
to be calculators. The problem is that most of these apps aren’t that great
when it comes to design or features.
Gratefully, Pocket
Files is great at both. The app is free (with ads and an upper limit of 150
files) and you can pay $2.99 to unlock pro features and to disable ads.
How to Add or Hide Files
to Pocket Files
By using a name
like Pocket Files, and a generic icon, the app makes sure it stays hidden
without trying too hard. At first, it might not even look like an app locker.
We’ll get to how to
turn on protection later, but first let me tell you how to add photos and
videos to the app.
When you launch the
app, you’ll see 3 folders – Photos, Videos and Documents.
You can create new
folders if you like.
To add any files,
just go to a folder and tap the “+” button in the bottom.
You’ll now see a
menu to select photos or videos. Select the option, give the app permission to
access your photos and then you’ll be able to select the photos you want to
add.
Once they’re
imported, they’ll stay in the app’s memory. You’ll now need to go to the Photos
app and delete the original file. Yes it’s a pain but then that’s just the way
iOS works.
How to Add Passcode
and Touch ID Protection to Pocket Files
Pocket Files
doesn’t prompt you to add a passcode lock. To do this, you’ll have to go to
“Settings” and tap “Launch Passcode”.
From here, you can
add a passcode protection.
Below, you can also
toggle the “Unlock Using Touch ID” option.
The app also lets
you lock folders and there’s something called a Decoy Mode. If you enable this,
the app will show a different folder when someone enters the decoy password.
The next time you
open the app, you’ll be presented with a Lock screen. To use Touch ID to
authenticate, tap the “Fingerprint” icon.
Download App : Pocket
Files Free On iTunes
Password and Keep
Safe for Documents and Files
If you want to
securely store things like ID cards, credit card details along with passwords,
1Password (iTunes
Link – Free) is your best bet. The free app will let you do all that
and if you need more features, the Pro version costs $9.99.
Pocket Files is
great but the free version doesn’t really let you add any document files (like
PDF).
Keep Safe (iTunes
Link – Free) is an app that will. Keep Safe has an extension which
will let you share any document directly to the app.
The app will also
let you add ID cards. One feature I really like is that once you add photos,
the app will itself prompt you to (and actually will) delete the photos you’ve
just imported. Pocket Files doesn’t have that feature. Keep Safe though doesn’t
have Touch ID support in the free version and the pro version costs
$1.99/month.
Download App : This App Free On iTunes
Covering Up :)
So if you’re
looking for a completely free app, I think you’ll need to use both Pocket Files
App and Keep Safe App depending on your needs. These two apps is every easy to
use and user friendly app which help you to protect your file in your iPhone.
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