![]() You cannot lock it with a separate password. This means that anyone who can access your phone can also access that folder. The Locked Folder is locked using the same method you use to lock your phone's screen-fingerprint, PIN, pattern lock, whatever. Related: How to Recover Deleted Photos on Android The passcode-protected digital hideaway reportedly won’t show up as you scroll through your grid or in. If you factory reset your phone, upgrade to a new device, or if it just breaks then those images will be gone forever. As showcased yesterday in one of Google’s Safety & Security blog posts, the company will soon begin rolling out a Locked Folder feature for your photo albums to safely store all of your more personal images away from unintended eyes. When you move photos into your Locked Folder they're stored on your phone and nowhere else. That they don't get synced to the cloud is a crucial part of it. ![]() ![]() You can't even take screenshots of the contents of the folder or share or edit images within it. These images don't show up in your main photo library (or in any other image app on your phone), they won't appear in your Memories, and they don't get uploaded to the cloud so you aren't able to access them on another device or in a desktop browser. ![]() The Locked Folder is a special area in Google Photos in which you can store any images you want to keep private. ![]()
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