How to HIDE Pictures with Sensitive or Personal Info

There are many reasons you might have pictures you want hidden from your photo stream! 

For example:

• If you take pictures of important documents for your home inventory (passports, social security cards, insurance information, car titles, wills, etc...) 
• If you take pictures of medical documents for insurance or personal records
• If you take care of an aging parent and have pictures to document any part of the process (insurance, medical, financial or housing information) 
• If you are on a health journey and want to take progress pictures
• If you are heading out on vacation and have pictures on your phone of reservations, hotel or excursions that have your personal information

Adding these types of pictures to your "Hidden" album will ensure they aren't visible in your photo stream but still easy for YOU to access when you need them! 

How to Hide, Find & UnHide a Photo: 

IPHONE/APPLE PHOTOS USERS 

How to Hide a Photo: 

• Open Apple Photos from your phone
• Click the "Library" menu from the bottom of your screen 
• Find & open a photo you would like to hide (or just pick one to practice)
• Click the 3 dots in the top right corner of your screen
• Select "Hide" from the menu

How to Find Your Hidden Photo: 

• Click the "Collections menu at the bottom of your screen
• Scroll down to find your "Utilities" menu
• Select "Hidden"
• For security purposes, you will have to use your Face ID and/or password to open
• You will find your hidden pictures here

How to UN-Hide a Photo 

• Go to your "Hidden" album
• Open the photo
• Click the 3 dots in the top right corner of your screen
• Select "Unhide" from the menu
• This picture will now show up in your photo stream again

ANDROID/GOOGLE PHOTOS USERS

How to Hide a Photo: 

• Open Google Photos from your phone 
• Click the "Photos" menu from the bottom of your screen
• Find & open the picture you would like to hide (or just pick one to practice)
• Click the 3 dots in the top right corner of your screen
• Select "Archive" 

How to Find Your Hidden Photo: 

• Click the "Library" icon (stack of books next to the "Photos" menu) at the bottom of your screen
• Scroll down to find and open the "Archive" menu
• Click to open and you will find all of your hidden photos 

How to UN-Hide a Photo 

• Go to your "Archive" album and open the photo
• Click the 3 dots in the top right corner of your screen
• Select "Unarchive" from the menu
• The picture will now show up in your photo stream again

While this doesn't mean your hidden photos are completely under lock and key, they won't be as easily accessible if someone was swiping through your pictures or a stranger found your phone and got nosy!