At some point you may need to hide some private files on your android smartphone which is personal from your families and friends. Today i am back with a trick to hide files and folders in Android Smartphone without using any application.
There are lots of apps available in the Play store to do this task, But Here in this tutorial i will show you how to hide files in your Android device without installing any Third party application. The process is very simple and Easy to understand.
Check simple steps to hide files and folders in android without using any application.
Step 1: First of all navigate your default file manager settings and Check the box "Show hidden files/folder" Now Navigate to the file or folder which you want to hide in your Smartphone.
To do this you Can also Download 3rd Party File manager App. You can download File Expert which is the best File Manager App on Android. If you Use File Expert then you can just go to its setting and Tap on Show hidden files.
Step 2: Once you see the file on your Screen, Long Press it so that you can rename the file, now just add a Dot (.) Before the file name and save it. For Example: if you file name is "Text", just rename it to ".Text"
Step 3: You will still be able to see the file because we have enabled show hidden files/folders earlier. Go to the file manager settings and turn off Show hidden files/folders.
Step 4: Now Navigate to the file that you renamed, you will not be able to find it because it’s now hidden.
How to get the file back
To get back the hidden files, Go to the file
manager and Enable Show hidden files/folders and then rename the hidden file
which shows up. Just Remove the Dot (.) that you added earlier to the file
name.
Here, your file is no longer hidden.
Go try the trick. If you have any question(s), do not hesitate to drop your comments.
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