iOS 16: How to lock the Hidden album in Photos

We all probably have a photo or video on our iPhone that no one but you should see. The biggest fear occurs when you lend your iPhone to someone to view photos, not knowing where the person in question will suddenly appear. Anyway, fortunately, this can be solved for a long time by moving all the content that should not be displayed in the library to the Hidden album. But this does not prevent users who gain access to the iPhone from going to this album. With the arrival of iOS 15, we saw the addition of the option to completely hide the Hidden album, but it was still not an ideal solution, as it was possible to simply have it displayed again.

iOS 16: How to lock the Hidden album in Photos

The good news is that in iOS 16, Apple finally responded to the "wails" of Apple users who were afraid that someone would see their photos from the Hidden album in the future. In particular, the Californian giant came up with the best solution it could - the Hidden album, including the Recently Deleted album, can be locked using Touch ID or Face ID, depending on which iPhone you have. Let's see together how to activate this feature:

• First, you need to switch to the native app on your iPhone Settings.
• Once you've done that, go down a notch below, where find and click the section Photos.
• Then go down a bit here below, where pay attention to the category named Sunrise.
• Within this category, it is enough activate function Use Face ID (will be honored later).

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Using the above procedure, it is therefore possible to lock the Hidden album in the Photos application on the iPhone. At the same time, activating the above function also locks the Recently Deleted album. So whenever you want to go to the Hidden or Recently Deleted albums in Photos, you will have to authenticate yourself via Touch ID or Face ID, without the possibility of entering a code. At the same time, information about how many photos are stored in these two albums will not be displayed either. And it goes without saying that you must verify yourself even if you decide to deactivate this security. The Hidden and Recently Deleted album is finally 100% protected.