While iOS users can hide photos on iPhone and iPad, the Hidden photo album is still visible in the Photos app. This ruins the key purpose of hiding private media as anyone familiar with an iOS device can easily access your hidden stuff. Thankfully, iOS 14 (public beta 5) overcomes this limitation with a new setting to hide Hidden Album on iPhone and iPad.

In case you can’t find the hidden album on iPhone after updating to iOS 14 then you don’t need to worry. The feature works in such a way that the hidden photos don’t appear in Photos > Albums by default. Though all your hidden photos and videos are still securely stored on your device storage. You just need to toggle a certain setting in iOS to find the hidden album.

Hide the hidden photo album on iOS 14 beta

Here’s how you can hide the hidden pictures again in case you earlier changed the setting to view them.

1. Make sure your device is running iOS 14 (beta 5 or later).
2. Go to the Settings app.
3. Scroll down and tap Photos.
4. Turn off the toggle button for “Hidden Album“.

That’s it. The Hidden album now won’t appear under Albums tab > Utilities in the Photos app. Though you can still add photos to the hidden album even when it’s set not to appear in the Photos library.

NOTE: The Hidden album will always be visible in the image picker irrespective of whether it is visible in Photos or not. For example, Twitter for iOS lets you add media from the Hidden album even when it’s set to hidden.

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How to get back the Hidden album in Photos

To unhide the hidden photo album on iOS 14, open Settings > Photos. Then turn on the toggle next to “Hidden Album”.

The hidden directory will then be visible in the Photos app. To find it, tap Albums and scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Here you can see the Hidden album under Utilities, alongside Imports and Recently Deleted.

Can I lock the hidden album on iPhone?

TL;DR – NO

The ability to hide hidden albums on iOS was one of the most-requested features. That said, users who want a password protected album in the Photos app will be left disappointed.

That’s because iOS users still cannot lock the hidden album with a password. This means anyone wary with iOS can still easily access your hidden photos by toggling this new setting. You can call this a half baked implementation of such a simple feature. Similar to the Notes app, Apple should have instead added Face ID or Touch ID protection to access the hidden directory.

Though it’s worth noting that this particular feature is a part of iOS 14 beta which can be revised or even removed in future updates.

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