How to set up and use Secure Folder on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10

Last updated: September 26th, 2019 at 19:29 UTC+01:00

Samsung'south Secure Folder is a slap-up security feature based on the Knox platform, bachelor on various Galaxy phones including the latest Galaxy Note 10 series. Secure Binder offers a private, encrypted space on your smartphone, allowing yous to safely store individual files and apps.

Secure Binder is nearly a sandboxed environs. It non only allows y'all to secure files and apps behind a biometric authentication or lock screen but in improver to that, app information stored inside the Secure Folder will be isolated from the rest of the system and can only exist accessed through the Secure Folder. For example, the screenshots below were captured on the Galaxy Note 10, and those that were made inside the Secure Folder are attainable but from the Gallery app inside the Secure Folder.

How to prepare up and use Secure Folder on the Milky way Annotation 10

Footstep i: Open the apps drawer and launch Secure Folder. If the shortcut is missing from the apps drawer, elevate the status bar down and tap the Secure Folder quick toggle from the notification shade. Tapping this toggle tin can hide or show the Secure Folder shortcut inside the apps drawer.

Step 2: If this is the first time you've launched Secure Folder on the Milky way Notation ten, the phone volition present a series of splash screens detailing the feature. You volition and so be required to sign in with your Samsung account and set the desired lock type for Secure Folder. You can also change the lock type afterward by opening Settings, accessing Biometrics and security, then tapping Secure Folder and the desired Lock type.

Step 3: One time yous've gear up Secure Folder, launch the app from the apps drawer and unlock it. Then you can tap Add apps or Add files in the primary Secure Binder screen and select the items you desire to be secured.

Step four (optional): You can customize Secure Folder and make its presence less conspicuous. Within Secure Binder, tap the context menu push in the top-right corner then select Customize. Here you can choose a different app icon for Secure Folder, and you lot can even rename the shortcut to brand information technology blend inside the apps drawer.

Tip: When you lot're done using Secure Binder, you can always hibernate it from the apps drawer by tapping the Secure Folder quick toggle.

Do you discover yourself using Secure Binder ofttimes or is this your first time using information technology? Allow us know in the comment department and don't forget to check our other Galaxy Note 10 tips.