GUIDES
Privacy guides for your phone
Steps you can follow today with the tools already on your iPhone, the limits of each method — and where a separate encrypted vault actually helps.
How to hide photos on iPhone (and what “hidden” really protects)
Step-by-step: hide photos with the built-in Hidden album, lock it with Face ID, remove it from view, and use locked Notes — plus the limits of each method.
Read the guideHow to lock apps on iPhone: Face ID lock, hidden apps and older-iOS workarounds
Lock any app behind Face ID on iOS 18, hide apps in the Hidden folder, use Screen Time or Guided Access on older iPhones, and know what an app lock does not protect.
Read the guideHow to store photos of your ID safely on your phone
A practical routine for ID card, passport and driver's licence photos: when not to keep one, how to watermark a copy, where copies hide, and how to lock the ones you keep.
Read the guideHow to permanently delete photos on iPhone (and every copy you forgot)
Deleting a photo on iPhone only moves it to Recently Deleted for 30 days. How to erase it for good, and where copies hide: iCloud, shared albums, chats, backups.
Read the guideHow to lock notes on iPhone with a password or Face ID
Set a Notes password, choose between your iPhone passcode and a separate one, lock a note with Face ID — and what a locked note still shows.
Read the guideHow to store passwords safely on your phone
Where passwords belong on a phone — a password manager, not Notes or screenshots — how to set one up on iPhone or Android, and the habits that matter more than the tool.
Read the guideHow to lend your iPhone without exposing your photos
Lock your iPhone to one app with Guided Access, protect the Hidden album with Face ID, set app limits and share single photos instead of the whole phone.
Read the guideHow to store a seed phrase safely (and what not to do)
Where to keep a crypto wallet's recovery phrase: offline copies on paper or metal in two places, never screenshots, cloud notes or chats — and the trade-offs of a digital copy.
Read the guideWhat to do before sending your iPhone for repair
A checklist before a repair: back up, check Find My, remove the SIM, decide whether to erase, clear Wallet cards and sensitive files, and avoid sharing your passcode.
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