All of us users have turned our smartphone into a kind of nerve center of our lives, both digital and physical. In our device, we store all kinds of information, information that, sometimes, we do not want to be available to anyone who may have access to our device when it is locked.
The simplest and safest solution that all Android users can use is the Secure Folder, a secure folder that we can create on our device through the Google Files application and where we can store all the content that we want to keep away from prying eyes .
If you have a Samsung smartphone, from Android 7.0, you don't need to use Google Files to create a secure folder because thanks to the Samsung Knox platform, we have a fully encrypted secure folder on our device where we can store any type of content .
What is Samsung Secure Folder
Samsung's secure folder is nothing more than a completely secure space on Samsung terminals where we can store any type of data: photos, videos, files, contacts.
Access to this encrypted folder is protected by a password, a password that is not the same as the one we can use to unlock the device, since it works completely independently.
How to create Samsung Secure Folder
If we want to create a secure folder account with Samsung's Knox technology, it is necessary to have a Samsung account. If we do not have a Samsung account, we will never be able to create this folder.
The first thing we must do to be able to access the Samsung Secure Folder is to create it. To create this folder, we must perform the steps that I show you below.
- First, we access the Settings Of the device.
- Within Settings, we access the menu Biometric data and security.
- On the menu Biometric data and security, click on Secure folder.
- Next, a welcome message to the secure folder will be displayed where we must click on Accept.
- Next, we must set lock method that we want to use to protect the information that we store in that folder among three options:
- Boss. The security offered by a pattern is medium, so it is the least recommended to use.
- PIN. The PIN offers us a high average security, being a more than recommended option.
- Password. Using a password is the safest method as long as we do not use the same one that we usually use or we opt for the most used worldwide every year such as 12345678, 00000000, password...
- To create the folder, we just have to click Next.
How to move content to Samsung Secure Folder
All the content that we store in Samsung Secure Folder is organized depending on its content, be it contacts, calendar notes, files, images, notes.
To add content to this folder, we just have to access the folder in question, select the type of file that we want to store inside it and select it from our device.
At that time, the application will invite us to copy or move the content to the secure folder. If we move the content, the ideal option, it will no longer be available to anyone who does not access from the secure folder.
If we choose to copy the content, instead of moving it, the content will still be available outside of the secure folder, so if we want to avoid this, instead of copying it, we should move it directly and delete it from its original location.
How to get content out of Samsung Secure Folder
If we decide that some of the content that we have stored in the secure folder no longer has any reason to be there, we can remove it from the secure folder so that anyone who can access our terminal, you can access it.
To move the content out of the secure folder, we must proceed in the same way as when we have moved it inside. We access the type of file that we want to move out, click on the three vertical points that are in the lower right corner and select Move out of Secure Folder.
After completing this process, the file, photograph, image, contact... will return to its original location and will be available to anyone with access to our device.
How to hide Samsung Secure Folder
The only reason we can have to hide the Samsung secure folder is because we distrust our environment and we don't want them asking us what that folder is, what we keep inside it, why we want it...
Within the configuration options of the Samsung secure folder, we can hide the application icon to avoid having to face uncomfortable questions that we probably won't know the answer to.
- First, we access the Settings Of the device.
- Within Settings, we access the menu Biometric data and security.
- On the menu Biometric data and security, click on Secure folder.
- Next, click on the switch located to the right of Show icon in Apps and we disable it.
Once we have hidden the folder, if we usually have to access it, enter the configuration options again It's not comfortable or fast.
Fortunately, to facilitate this task, Samsung allows us to add an icon to the Settings Panel to show and hide the Secure folder of our terminal quickly.
To show or hide access to the secure folder through the Settings Panel, we must access it by sliding the screen from top to bottom, click on the plus sign and drag the Harmless Folder icon to the Panel.
From this moment on, we just have to click on that icon in the Settings Panel to show or hide it on the screen of our device.
I have forgotten the secure folder lock method
Before creating a secure folder on our Samsung device, as I have mentioned, it is necessary to have a Samsung account. The reason is none other than to help us to be able to access that folder if we have forgotten the blocking method that we have used.
If we don't remember the lock method we used, we try to access the folder by entering any kind of method.
- When entering an erroneous method, the application will show us the option Reset.
- Next, it will invite us to enter the password of our Samsung account.
- Finally we will be able to re-establish a new blocking method.