Why should you move your photos to Locked Folder?īefore we move on to explain how to use Locked Folder on Google Photos, it’s important that you know why you should use it. For safety reasons, pictures inside the Locked Folder are stored on the device you locked it from and won’t be backed up to the cloud.
In addition to this new feature on Google Photos, Pixel phone owners will exclusively be able to capture photos and videos inside the Camera app and send them directly to the Locked folder, so that they don’t get backed up before you manually try to send them to the Locked Folder. These photos can be anything from pictures of your loved ones, screenshots of payment receipts, a surprise gift, or anything you don’t want others to see when they have access to your phone, desktop, or a connected device like Nest Hub or Chromecast. This way, your sensitive photos won’t show up when scrolling through Google Photos. What is a Locked Folder on Google Photos app?Īs promised last month, Google is now offering you a way to save your sensitive photos to a protected space that you can lock using your device passcode or fingerprint.
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