
The Notes app lets you password-protect notes with distinct passwords. It’s unclear whether you’ll be able to set a separate password for those folders. Needless to say that anyone with knowledge of your passcode can get into those folders. To unlock the images, you’ll need to use Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. It does the same thing with the Recently Deleted folder, another place where you might have sensitive data. That’s right, iOS 16 now locks the Hidden folder by default. The Hidden and Recently Deleted albums are locked by default and can be unlocked using your iPhone authentication method: Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. It’s in there that you’ll find the following description:


Image source: Apple How to use iOS 16 to password-protect photos on iPhoneĪpple listed the new photos security feature in the roundup of iOS 16 features that will be available to users this fall.
