Photos saved on your iPhone are automatically sorted into different albums and folders. These folders cannot be locked with the Photos app but they can be selected and sorted into the Hidden Photos folder. In this folder, the photos here are just hidden but they can easily be accessed by an unauthorized individual that opens your Photos app on your iPhone.
Unfortunately, there are no inbuilt features in the Photos app that allows you to lock private pictures and videos stored on your iPhone. Luckily, there are a few methods to protect your private photos and videos on your iPhone, and I’ll show you how to put a password on your photos on your iPhone in this blog post.
You may also learn how to lock a folder on your iPhone easily to increase your privacy.
How to Set Password for Your Photos on iPhone?
There is no direct way to lock photos on your iPhone with the Photos app, but with the Notes app, you can save your private pictures as notes and lock them with a password.
This is the best alternative to locking your photos without installing a different application from the App Store. To use the Notes app to lock your private photos, use these quick steps below.
1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
2. Select an album to open the group of photos stored there. In the sample screenshot below, I selected the Recents folder.
3. Tap on the Select icon at the top right corner to select the pictures and videos you want to lock.
4. Next, tap on the Share icon at the bottom tab here.
5. From the list of apps there, select the Notes app.
6. Once you select, it will redirect to create a new note in the Notes app. The selected pictures are already attached to the new note. So if you need to add texts and highlights to the note, you can do so before saving the note.
7. Next, tap on the Save icon to save the Note.
Create a private note from the Notes app to put a password on your photos on your iPhone.
1. Open the Notes app by tapping on its app icon on the home screen.
2. Tap on Create New Note icon at the top right corner of the screen.
3. Tap on the Add Photos icon (camera) at the bottom bar.
4. Next, tap on the Choose Photo or Video option.
5. Now, this will redirect to the Photos app. Here, you can select the photos you want to add to your private note.
6. After you’ve selected the photos, tap on Add. The pictures would be added to your note automatically.
7. If you need to give your note a title or include extra text and details, do so before saving your note.
Since you’ve saved your private note, you have to add a password to the note for more security.
8. If you’ve exited the Notes app, reopen the app by tapping on the Notes app icon on the home screen.
9. Tap on the newly saved note and select the utility icon.
10. Next, tap on the Lock Note option denoted with a locked padlock icon on the utility menu.
11. provide and verify a password known only to you to lock the note.
If you’ve previously set up the passcode for locking your notes, you won’t need to provide a new passcode for your private note. The old set-up passcode would automatically be used to lock your private note.
On newer models of iPhones, you can also set up Face ID as a security measure for your private note.
12. If you want to open the note, you’ll need to enter your unique passcode to gain access to your note’s content.
13. Remember that when you shared the pictures from the Photos app, a duplicate was sent to the Notes app while the original copy of the picture is still in your gallery and can be accessed by anyone who opens your gallery.
So, you have to delete the original copy from your gallery. To delete the pictures, follow these steps.
Steps to delete the pictures.
1. Launch the Photos app on your iPhone by tapping on its app icon on the home screen.
2. Open the album where your photos are saved. Here, the photos are kept in the Recents album.
3. Next, select the photos and tap on the Delete icon at the bottom toolbar on your screen. It looks like a trash can icon here.
4. Note that this will not permanently remove photos from internal storage if you delete them. To permanently delete the pictures, go to the Recently Deleted album.
Select the pictures and tap on the delete icon to remove the photos permanently from your iPhone.
In case you need to save back Photos app on your iPhone, you can easily download the pictures back to your iPhone.
The step-by-step process is below.
1. Open the Notes app by tapping on its app icon on the home screen.
2. Go to your locked note and tap on View Note.
3. Enter the password and tap on OK to open the note.
4. Select the utility icon.
5. On the utility menu displayed, select Send a Copy.
6. Select Save Images.
6. Once you select this option, the pictures saved in the note will be downloaded into the Photos app.
FAQs:
Yes, you can. Although there is no direct method to do so, you can use the workaround method that involves the use of the Notes app to lock photos with a unique password. For more details, read the complete steps stated in this guide.
The Google Photos app allows you to lock photos by adding pictures to the Locked Folder.
To set up the Locked Folder on your Android phone,
1. Launch the Google Photos app on your phone.
2. Move to the Library utility section.
3. Select the Set up Locked Folder option.
4. Create a unique password for your locked folder and tap on Save.
Yes, you can. With the Hidden Photos folder, photos kept here are hidden but are not completely safe because you can’t add a security password to the photos. For more guaranteed safety, you can use the Notes app to create a private photo album on your iPhone.
Yes, you can by simply selecting and moving your pictures and videos to the hidden photo album. This doesn’t guarantee safety, but it keeps its contents hidden. For a more discrete method, use the Notes app to create your private photo album.
With the Folder Lock app on your iPhone, you can lock files, photos, videos, and documents on your iPhone with a password.
