Many of us, or I must say, almost all of us have images and videos on our Android devices, we want hidden from other people. By default there is no option to exclude a specific folder from gallery, you can password protect your files using some application from the market but none comes with out a hefty price tag.
Yesterday night I was doing some research on my Samsung Galaxy S and got a superb idea as to how you can hide a folder from Gallery and stock file manager. The application used in this process is free to download from market.
- As stock File Manager for Android is not adequate to do the trick, download and Install Astro File Manager from market. The application is free to download and use.
- Now select the Folder you want to hide from the gallery and long press on it. Suggest to create a new folder and later import all your private data in it.
- On the File Options popup menu, tap on edit and select rename.
- While renaming just put a period(.) in front of the folder and confirm.
- From now on that folder will be treated as system folder and will be hidden from your Gallery and stock File manager.
- Now just import all your private files and folders into that folder using Astro File Manager and live a tension free life.
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