How to hide album "Hidden" on iOS 14

Album “Hidden” (Hidden album) In the Photos app on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS are places to store photos and videos that you’ve manually hidden so they don’t appear elsewhere. But since iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur, Apple has added privacy to your “Hidden” album.

In this article, I’ll show you step-by-step instructions on how to hide “Hidden” albums in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Hide your photos and privacy

Before iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS 11 Big Sur, hiding a photo or video temporarily removed it from the Photos tab. As a result, you can only see them in the special “Hidden” album near the bottom of the Albums tab. But if anyone borrows your device, they can easily go to the Album tab and find your “Hidden” album.

On iOS 14, Apple added an option that allows you to always hide the album “Hidden”. That means it will temporarily disappear from the Album tab and the new Photos sidebar on the iPad. The only place where the "Hidden" Album will show up is the redesigned image-selection interface available in the third-party apps that use it.

*When you hide the “Hidden” album, it only appears in the image selection interface system-wide and in other applications.*

Follow the steps below to learn how to hide the “Hidden” album in the Photos app on iPhone and iPad.

How to hide “Hidden” albums in the Photos application

Follow these steps to hide the “Hidden” album in Photos for iPhone and iPad:

first. Open the app Setting on iPhone running iOS 14 or iPad running iPadOS 14 and up.

2. Scroll down and select Image (Photos).

3. Turn off options Album is hidden (Hidden Album) go.

Now you can lend your iPhone or iPad to your friends without panicking when they start opening your Photos app. Don’t worry, your friends won’t be able to find your “Hidden” album. To make this album reappear, just turn the option back on Album is hidden (Hidden Album) is to be.

By default, the “Hidden” album shows up in the Photos app, at the bottom of the Albums tab.