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There's more than one reason why yous'd desire to sock away certain photos, videos, and other files on your phone. It's OK, I'm not here to judge, just to tell you how to hide said documents from view on your Galaxy S5 .

It's pretty elementary, just you do need to follow a few steps.

ane.) Turn on Individual mode

There are ii ways to activate the Private Mode setting -- through an icon in the Quick Settings bar (pull downward the notification tray with ii fingers) and through the Settings menu. If you opt for the latter, open Settings, so Device. Gyre downwards until you attain the Personalization subsection, and tap "Individual way."

You can turn on Private mode two ways. Screenshot past Jessica Dolcourt/CNET

2.) Prove yourself

In one case Private mode is on, y'all'll exist presented with a security barrier and asked to prove your identity. I have the fingerprint scanner already set upwardly on my lock screen, and then I'chiliad asked to swipe my prints -- though I tin also add an alternating password for if the swiping fails.

You tin can besides choose to authenticate your identity with a pattern, password, or PIN.

iii.) Select and movement files

Say yous want to put photos and videos nether lock and fundamental. Start past opening the photo gallery, so press the Menu button and Select. Tap on the pictures you want to sequester, then tap the Bill of fare button once again and select "Movement to Individual."

You lot'll need to make the Card push your friend. Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET

You'll notice a new Gallery folder appear marked Individual, with your items tucked safely inside. An icon of a door with a fundamental lock tells you that a picture is private.

If you lot move an particular into the privacy saucepan by mistake, don't worry. It's like shooting fish in a barrel to reassign photos for general viewing using the same Settings menu.

4.) View the principal list

If you'd similar to glance at everything you've marked private, Samsung'due south idea of a way to practise that, also. With Individual mode turned on, open up the My Files folder in the app tray. Then, scroll down until yous see the icon for Individual, and tap once.

Voila! The Galaxy S5 displays your files in list mode, but you lot can sort them or reorganize them into folders through the Carte du jour button.

To view and organize all private files, open up the My Files menu when Private mode is engaged. Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET

five.) Turn it off!

Whatever you practice, remember to go back into the settings and plough Private mode off when you're done using it. When you lot exercise, y'all'll notice that all visible trace of your individual folders disappear -- including the selection to even see the Private folder in My Files.

What it isn't

There are just 2 more things to keep in heed when using Private mode. The commencement is that it doesn't protect your browsing. Incognito or private browsing is a separate setting for the default browser and Chrome.

Now you see Private mode...now you don't. Screenshot past Jessica Dolcourt/CNET

Similarly, Private fashion isn't the same as Samsung Knox, which is an enterprise app your company has to deploy in society to lock downwards files that your company deems sensitive.

Instead, Private fashion is a personal tool you can use on the device, just for files -- so y'all tin can keep those "what happens in Vegas" photos without fright.