Since on many occasions smartphones y tablets have assumed several of the functions that formerly had (almost exclusively) personal computers, the most logical thing is that today we carry private photos or documents on our mobile devices that we want to keep safe from the curious. There is a simple way to make these are hidden, for which, we only have to use a explorador of folders.
We have collected the following tutorial from on the Internet and it will serve us, as in Windows, to keep the files hidden and out of sight of anyone who at some point may use our tablet or borrow a smartphone from us; from children to friends, going through circumstances of shared computers with household members, if we do not have independent accounts.
We need a good file explorer
Normally we would have recommended EN File explorer, but this application has entered a downline throughout the last updates, gone from being one of the best browsers by folders, an essential on all Android, to become a horrible Clean Master-style service. Our colleagues recommend the app Root Explorer, although you can also take a look at FX or any other from the Play Store that has good scores.
Although Google wants to propose an interface away from folders (which is increasingly complicated), Android is based on Linux and its basic structure is very similar to that of any desktop system.
Hide any file
The only thing we have to do to hide a file is launch the explorer and navigate to your route. Long press to edit its name and put a point at the beginning of this. In this way, we rename a file that is called, for example, 'accounts2016.pdf'so that it becomes'.accounts2016.pdf'and it will thus remain invisible.
In photographs, as we told you long ago, this will help the images whose name is edited with a point in front do not appear in typical gallery apps.
Reverse the process and show hidden
If we need to see the file again, we simply need to look for a section of adjustments o preferences in the application that we use as an explorer and in it we will find the option Show hidden files, which we must go on to activate. When we're done, we can uncheck it again.
How to rename a photo from your Android tablet or smartphone
If we no longer need the file to be hidden, we must do the same as we have said in the previous section. Find your route in the application that we are using as an explorer, edit again and erase the point from the beginning.