What is Samsung’s ‘Secure Folder’ to help keep user data safe?

Mobile phones have been very popular in Nepal for a few years now. Various smartphone brands have entered the Nepali market, including Samsung.

Many users may not know about the secure folder in their Samsung phones. Samsung has created a separate folder called the Secure Folder to keep their data safe.

It gives users a separate space to keep photos, videos and documents private. It is an encrypted folder offering a biometric authentication option to make it even more secure.

This encrypted folder is called a secure folder. Today, we are providing information about how to enable and set up a Secure Folder on Samsung smartphones.

How to use Secure Folder?

First, go to the settings of your Samsung smartphone and click on the ‘Biometric and Security’ option. Then scroll down and click on Secure Folder.

After this, the device tells the process to set up the secure folder. When providing this information, the details of the Samsung and Google accounts should be provided. Password protection also needs to be set up.

After this, the secure folder will automatically open on the device. With that, a new secure folder will appear in the launcher.

If you need to add apps to it, you have to press the plus icon at the top right. You can also install pre-installed apps or download them from the Play Store and add them.

If you want to keep files, photos, videos, and documents in a secure folder, open the file and click on the icon with three dots. Then, select the ‘Move to Secure Folder’ option.

If you need to remove the secure folder, open the secure folder. Then tap on the icon with three dots and go to settings. After that, you can go there and select the uninstall option.