Photo vault: Hide photos and videos

• Decoy PIN, wrong-PIN log, optional intruder photo, locked albums, app lock, guest mode, kids mode
• Encrypted vault backup file to restore on a new phone

The Pixmiro photo vault is the simplest way to hide photos and videos on your phone without deleting them. Files you move in are encrypted with AES-256, disappear from the gallery and stay on the handset. You open the vault with a 4 to 8 digit PIN, a fingerprint or Face ID.

How do you hide photos on Android without a separate hiding app? Pixmiro is a gallery and a private photo vault in one, so you select pictures in the grid, or hide a clip while watching reels, and they move into the vault in one step. The same works on iPhone, and nothing is uploaded: there is no account, no cloud copy, and your hidden files never leave the phone.

Searches in the UK for a photo vault app quickly turn to "password recovery", "login" and "transfer to new phone". Here is the honest answer. Because Pixmiro has no account, a forgotten PIN cannot be recovered or reset by anyone. Choose a PIN you will remember. To protect yourself against a lost or broken phone, make an encrypted vault backup file and keep it somewhere safe. It restores on a new phone, including when you move between Android and iPhone, since both use the same format.

The vault also handles awkward real-life moments. A decoy PIN opens a separate, empty vault if someone pressures you to unlock it. A log records wrong PIN attempts, and you can turn on an intruder photo from the front camera (off by default). Flip the phone face down to lock it instantly, or rely on auto-lock.

Hiding goes beyond the vault itself. Locked albums are hidden from the gallery, search and the cleaner. You can lock the whole app with the vault PIN and hide it from the recent apps screen. Guest mode shows only the photos you choose when you pass your phone round, and kids mode keeps a child inside a single album.

What is the safest way to hide photos and videos on Android or iPhone? Keep them encrypted on the device, behind biometrics, with a backup only you hold. That is how this private photo vault is built.

One vault with a PIN and biometrics is part of the core app. The decoy PIN, album locks, guest mode and the backup file are Pro features, which you can try for 14 days without payment.

Pixmiro brings together a reels and video player for your own photos and videos, a gallery, an audio player, a photo vault, a video compressor, a phone cleaner, a screen recorder and a sound recorder. No account, no adverts, nothing uploaded.

It all stays on your phone. Pixmiro works offline, and your photos, videos and files never leave the handset. The only thing it sends is an anonymous crash report, which you can switch off in Settings.