Hide Folders on Android devices; learn how to hide files/folders on your Android smartphones and tablets

Easy way to secure your Files and Folders
in Android, here is how to hide files and
folders on Android devices
Android smartphone has become the
greatest boon in today’s life and most of
the people would love to own an Android
device, this is true for youngsters as well
as oldies. Android is an operating system
which provides many features to the user
and hence it has gained such a vast
publicity in a small time span.
Now, users also happen to save some
important documents or personal videos
and images or information in the Android
for their convenience. It could happen that
the smartphone may be accessible to
friends or some family members and could
be a case wherein they might land up
getting access to this extremely
confidential information which user does
not want to share with anyone. If you are
one of those who want to hide your files or
folders from such unwanted access please
read the below instructions and safely hide
your files and folders from anyone who
gets access to your phone:
Check if your Android device has
the file explorer; mostly it would be
available; however if your device
does not have one then download
the very versatile ES File Explorer
File Manager from https://
play.google.com/store/apps/
details?
id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en
Open the file explorer also known
as file browser and search for your
file which has your confidential
data that you do not wish to share
with anyone
You need to select the file or the
folder and click on the “rename”
option
Now put “a dot” in the prefix that
means put this sign prior to the
name of the file or folder (for e.g.
If you want to save some folder
which has images then you need to
put dot in front of the name of the
folder as given here – .images )
Basically Android is Linux based
and when we use a (.) it thinks that
this is a system file and by default
it will hide this file or the respective
folder……easy isn’t it?
If you want to open this hidden file
it is simple, just go to your file
explorer and select this option
“Show hidden file or folder”
Suppose someday you feel that
now that folder need not be in a
hidden state all you need to do is
rename the file by removing the (.)
for e.g. if your file was “.image”
now make it “image”….as simple as
that.
Just by following these simple steps user
can easily hide their files or folders from
unwanted intrusions. So the data is now
totally secured in the Android system and
it cannot be seen either in gallery or in
explorer. Not only that if user wants to get
their file back from hidden mode even that
is possible and user can hide and unhide
their important data umpteen times.
Besides this user can also use the
Applock to protect their applications from
intruders. As the name suggests it
provides privacy to the users. Important
videos or pictures, chats and even sms,
contacts and other apps like Facebook,
Gmail……many more can be password
protected from other users who might use
their Android device, for e.g. friends or kids
borrowing the Android device to play
games.
User needs to open the Applock, go to the
Left side menu and in the settings they
can lock the required applications from
intruders. To unlock these applications
either user can enter “ #password ” in their
dial pad, and tap call button to open
AppLock. Or the Applock can be unlocked
by putting “domobile.com/applock” and
opening the website in the browser. User
can also protect other users from
unlocking their Applock by using the
advanced settings option given in the main
menu of Applock. The Applock is available
in 3 methods: 1) Paid 2) Free and with ads
3) Free version.
Users can avail Applock through this
site: This Applock can be downloaded from
here
To ensure that all the files and contents of
the Android device is always protected
users need to follow the above given
steps. So wishing all users and era of
privacy!!