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Hidden album vs photo vault app on iPhone
The Hidden album takes photos off your main grid and opens with your passcode. A vault app like Vault9 encrypts them behind its own lock. Pick by who you hide from.
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How to hide photos on iPhone
Hide a photo in three taps with the Hidden album. See how to find it again, remove the album from view, and what hiding does not do.
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How to lock photos on iPhone
The built-in way to lock photos on iPhone is the Hidden album. See how it opens, who it keeps out, and how to give photos a lock that is not your phone lock.
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Photo vault for iPhone with no account
What no account means in Vault9, why it still saves an encrypted copy to your own iCloud storage, and what to check in Photos before you move private photos in.
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App to hide photos on iPhone: 3 types and how they differ
Three ways to hide photos on iPhone: the Hidden album, an app with a lock screen, or an app that encrypts. Which one holds up depends on who you hide from.
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How to choose a photo vault app for iPhone
No photo vault app is best for everyone. Four questions sort the choice, and we say where Vault9 fits and where it does not.
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How to hide videos on iPhone
Hide a video in Photos with touch and hold, find it in the Hidden album, and delete the original for good. A vault app adds a lock that is separate from your phone.
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How to store intimate photos on iPhone with a separate lock
The Hidden album opens with your passcode. Move private photos into a vault with its own lock, then clear the copies that stay in Recently Deleted and backups.
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Password-protect a single photo on iPhone
The Photos app has no password for one photo. Use the Hidden album or an encrypted vault app, then delete the original so only the locked copy is left.
