Hiding photos and albums
You can further protect sensitive photos or albums by hiding them. Hidden photos or albums are only viewable after an extra layer of authentication inside the app.
Hiding differs from Archiving in that hidden content won't appear anywhere in the app without explicit authentication, whereas archiving only removes items from the home timeline and memories sections.
Hidden photos and albums will be removed from home timelines, memories, albums tab, search results, and any other visible place in the app.
Hidden photos will be removed from all regular albums. If you want to unhide again you will have to specify the album to move it to.
You cannot hide photos or albums shared with you. You can archive shared albums instead.
How to
Hide album
- Open the album
- Click the overflow menu (three dots)
- Select Hide album
Hide photo
- Select the photo
- Tap/click Hide from the selection menu
View hidden photos and albums
On mobile:
- Go to the Albums tab
- Scroll to the bottom
- Tap Hidden
- Authenticate with biometrics or passcode
On web/desktop:
- Click the menu icon (three horizontal lines) at top left
- Select Hidden
- Authenticate with your Ente password
Unhide album
- Open the hidden album
- Click the overflow menu (three dots)
- Select Unhide album
Unhide photo
- Select the hidden photo
- Tap/click Unhide from the selection menu
- Select the album to restore the photo to
Metadata Privacy
Ente has no information about whether you have hidden a photo or album.