That way, I could keep my Hidden album locked and Recently Deleted unlocked. I would have loved it if Apple provided separate controls for locking and unlocking Hidden and Recently Deleted albums. If you wish to go back to putting these sections behind Face ID, follow the same steps mentioned above and re-enable Use Face ID. But if you often hand over your unlocked phone to others around you, it’s better to keep the Hidden and Recently Deleted albums locked. Please note that I have this liberty because I work from home, and my iPhone is always on my work desk, which no one else touches. So, I have chosen to turn off the lock inside my Photos app. Lifting my iPhone from the desk to authenticate via Face ID to get back the deleted photos was an extra time-consuming step. But at times, I have to rework on those screenshots and thus recover them from the Recently Deleted album.
Quick access to my recently deleted photosĮvery day while working on iDB posts, I take several dozen screenshots, and to keep my Photos app clean, I delete them immediately after using them (from inside a third-party photo editing app). Turn off the switch for Use Face ID or Use Touch ID.ĭoing so will instantly and permanently unlock your Hidden and Recently Deleted albums inside the Photos app.Open the Settings app on iPhone or iPad running iOS 16 or iPadOS 16.Permanently unlock Hidden and Recently Deleted sections in the Photos app But if you don’t like that and wish to keep the Hidden and Recently Deleted albums permanently unlocked, here’s how to do that. You will see these changes immediately after installing iOS 16. So, anyone with access to your unlocked iPhone could see what was inside the Hidden and Recently Deleted sections.Īpple tweaked these things in iOS 16, and now Hidden and Recently Deleted sections are locked by default. In previous versions of iOS, there was no way to lock these Hidden and Recently Deleted albums. Similarly, when you delete a picture or video, it’s moved to the Recently Deleted folder, where it stays for 30 days before being permanently deleted. When you hide a photo or video on your iPhone, it’s removed from the Recents album and moved to a new Hidden section.
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