Guides to keeping photos private on iPhone

Practical, honest guides on hiding photos, keeping them safe and getting them back. They describe what Vaultumi really does, including where its protection stops, and they say plainly when another tool is the better fit.

• How to hide photos on iPhone, and what “hidden” really means

  The Hidden album, a locked app and an encrypted vault, compared.

• Hidden album vs a photo vault app: what is actually different

  Where photos live, what locks them and who can recover them.

• How to keep private photos safe on your iPhone

  Passcode, stray copies, screenshots and backups: the habits that matter.

• What to do if you lose your iPhone with private photos on it

  Find My first, then what a vault adds and how to restore it.

• How Face ID protects a photo vault on iPhone

  What Face ID does and does not do for a private photo vault.

• How to back up a private photo vault on iPhone

  Encrypted backup files, iPhone backups and a recovery code that works.

• Hiding photos on iPhone without an app, and what a vault app adds

  What iOS already does for free, where it stops, and what a vault changes.

• How to protect your photos before you hand your iPhone to someone

  Guided Access, the Hidden album and a locked vault, in the right order.

• How to keep private videos private on iPhone

  Where videos leave traces, and how to move and watch them safely.

• Photo vault apps: what to check before you trust one with your photos

  Eight checks on encryption claims, accounts, backup, export and terms.

• Is a photo vault safe if you forget the passcode or lose Face ID?

  What you can recover, what you cannot, and why nobody can reset it.

• How to move photos in and out of a vault safely

  Import, delete the originals at the right moment, and export copies back.