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Do you want to hide videos or photos on Google Pixel 4a, 5a, 6a, and Pixel 7a without third-party apps? Here’s how to hide photos in a gallery on Pixel 7a, Pixel 6a, Pixel 5a, and Pixel 4a. You can show or hide pictures, videos, and files on your Pixel devices using a safe folder. A lock (PIN or Pattern lock) protects all files in a safe folder. Open the files app and select pictures, videos, audio, and documents (Exclude apps) you want to hide on your Google Pixel. Also, download third-party apps from the play store to hide or lock files or apps on your Pixel devices.

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How to Hide Videos or Photos in Google Pixel 4a, Pixel 5a, Pixel 6a, and Pixel 7a Using Safe Folder

Step 1: Open the app drawer on your Pixel and tap the Files app.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap the Safe folder.

You can see options like Downloads, Images, Videos, Audio, Documents, Internal storage, and more.

Step 3: Enter the PIN or Pattern and tap Next.

Step 4: Select the pictures, videos, or files you want to hide and tap the Menu at the upper right.

Step 5: Tap Move to safe folder.

Step 6: Enter the PIN and tap Next.

Select files transferred to the safe folder and delete them from your Pixel gallery.

How to Access Safe Folder on Google Pixel 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a (5G)

Step 1: Open the App drawer and tap File app.

Step 2: Tap the Safe folder under the collection section.

Step 3: Enter the PIN and tap Next.

Now, a list of transferred data is viewed, such as pictures, videos, files, etc.

How to Remove Photos from Safe Folder in Pixel 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a

Step 1: Go to the App drawer and Open the File app.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on the Safe folder.

Step 3: Enter the PIN and tap Next.

Step 4: Select the photos & videos and tap on Three vertical dots (Menu) in the upper right corner.

Step 5: Tap Move out to the safe folder.

You can see get back hidden photos and videos in your phone gallery.

How to Hide Safe Folder on Google Pixel 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a

Step 1: Open the App drawer and tap the File app.

Step 2: Tap Three vertical dots.

Step 3: Tap the Hide Safe folder.

Step 4: Now, hide a safe folder from the file app.

Step 5: Tap on Three vertical dots again and tap the Show Safe folder.

You can view the safe folder in your files app on Pixel devices.

How to Change Lock of Safe Folder on Pixel 4a, 5a, 6a, Pixel 7a 5G

Note: Safe folder can’t be opened again if you forget the pattern.

Step 1: Open the Files app on your Pixel.

Step 2: Tap Three horizontal lines at the upper left corner.

Step 3: Tap Settings.

Step 4: Tap the Safe folder under the browse section.

Step 5: Tap Change lock.

Step 6: Enter the current screen lock and tap Next.

Step 7: Choose PIN or Pattern.

Do you have any alternative methods to hide photos and videos on Pixel? Please share it with us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest updates.

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By default enabled auto correction in your Google Pixel 4a 5G. When turning on autocorrect in Google keyboard, it will automatically correct words while typing in your Pixel 5, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4/4 XL, Pixel 3a/3a XL, Pixel 3/3 XL, and other Pixel (Stock Android) devices. Other useful Android keyboard settings are predictive text, spell check, auto-capitalization, number row, etc.

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How to Enable or Disable AutoCorrect on Pixel 4a 5G

Step 1: Pull down the notification panel at the top and tap the Settings icon.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap System.

Step 3: Tap Languages & input.

Step 4: Tap the On-screen keyboard under the keyboards section.

Step 5: Tap Gboard.

A Google keyboard setting includes languages, preferences, Google keyboard theme, text correction, glide typing, voice typing, and more.

Step 6: Tap on Text correction.

Step 7: By default Turned on auto-correction in your Pixel devices.

Step 8: Toggle off Auto-correction.

Also, enable undo auto-correct on backspace that will help for return to the original text when backspacing after an autocorrection.

How to Quickly Turn Off Autocorrect in Google Keyboard/Gboard

Step 1: Open any App or messenger keyboard in your Pixel.

Step 2: Tap the Settings icon.

Step 3: Tap on Text correction.

Step 4: Toggle Auto-correction off & on you want.

How to Turn Off Predictive Text on Google Pixel 4a 5G

This predictive text feature is used to suggest content (GIF, Emoji, Sticker) searches as your type in supported languages in your Google Pixel devices running stock Android OS.

Settings > System > Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Gboard > Text correction > Toggle off Next-word suggestions

How to Turn On Spell Check on Android Phone – Stock OS

It will mark incorrect words while typing on your Google keyboard or Samsung keyboard.

Settings > System > Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Gboard > Text correction > Toggle Spell check on & off

And that’s all. Do you still have any questions to turn off autocorrect on Pixel 4a? Tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest updates.

Do you want to hide photos from gallery without any app in your Android 11 stock OS? Here’s how to hide photos, videos, files or documents, apk, and other internal storage data (Exclude Apps) on your Android 11 using a safe folder in the Files app. Just move photos, videos, and other files to safe folder to hide pictures from the gallery in your stock Android 11 devices like Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel 4, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel XL (Android 10), and Google Pixel running Android 10. If you don’t want to show a safe folder, you can hide safe folder also.

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How to Hide Pictures and Videos in My Gallery in Android 11

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom to open the app drawer and tap on the Files app.

Step 2: Tap on Safe folder.

Step 3: Set the PIN and tap on Next.

You can see different categories (Downloads, Images, Videos, Audio, Documents & other) and internal storage.

Step 4: Select the photos or videos you want to hide from the phone gallery and tap on Three vertical dots (Menu) at the top right corner.

Step 5: Tap on Move to Safe folder.

Step 6: Confirm PIN to move photos or other data and tap on Next.

Step 7: You can see the file moves to the safe folder and remove those photos from your phone gallery.

How to Find Hidden Photos in Safe Folder on Android 11 Stock OS

Step 1: Open the App drawer and tap on File app.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on Safe folder under the collection section.

Step 3: Enter the PIN and tap on Next.

Step 4: You can see the pictures or videos move.

How to Get Back Hidden Photos in Gallery Android 11

Step 1: Open the App drawer and tap on the File app.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on the Safe folder under the collection section.

Step 3: Enter the PIN and tap on Next.

Step 4: Select the hidden photos from the list and touch on Three vertical dots at the top right.

Step 5: Tap on Move out to safe folder.

Now, open your phone gallery and you can see the pictures you hide.

How to Hide Safe Folder on Android 11

Step 1: Open the App drawer and tap on the File app.

Step 2: Tap on Three vertical dots.

Step 3: Tap the Hide safe folder.

Step 4: You can see hide or remove a safe folder from the file app.

Step 5: To unhide a safe folder, tap on three vertical dots.

Step 6: Tap on Show safe folder.

You can see a safe folder on your device again.

Do you still have any questions about the above tutorials? Tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest updates.

Do you want to create new app folders on stock Android 11 OS? Here’s how to make app folders on your Android 11 home screen. You can create a folder of your favorite apps that use to quickly access apps of individual categories like social, entertainment, shopping, news, etc.  Stock Android 11 (All Pixel devices) can’t make folders in the app drawer. Easy to add or remove apps from the folders in your Android phone.

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How to Create a New Folder on Android 11 Stock OS

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom to access the App drawer.

Step 2: Long press the app and move it to the home screen.

Step 3: Go to the app drawer again and long-press the app and move it to another app on the home screen to create an app folder.

Step 4: You can see automatically create a folder name using the apps you make a folder.

How to Add More Apps to Folder on Android 11

Step 1: To add more apps, just touch & hold the apps and move them to a folder on your home screen.

How to Rename Folder in Android 11

Step 1: Tap on the Folder on your Android 11 home screen.

Step 2: Tap on the Folder name.

Step 3: Enter the name and touch the outside folder to apply the name.

How to Remove App from Folder on Android 11

Step 1: Tap on Folder.

Step 2: Touch & hold the app and move it to Remove at the top to delete it from the folder. This app delete from only the folder, you can find it in your app drawer. Also, uninstall option available here to uninstall the app from your device.

How to Remove Folder from Android 11

Step 1: Touch & hold the app folder and move it to Remove at the top to delete a folder in your Android 11 devices.

And that’s all. We hope the above-given tutorial use to create a folder in Android 11 stock OS. Do you still have any questions? Tell us in below comment box.

By default enable full-screen gesture navigation in your stock Android 11 OS. You can see a horizontal line at the bottom middle instead of navigation bar buttons. If you don’t want to use gesture navigation, you can select 3-button navigation (Back, Home, and Recent apps) on your stock Android phone.

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How to Turn on Gesture Navigation in Android 11

Step 1: Swipe down the notification panel and tap on the Settings gear icon.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap the System.

Step 3: Tap the Gestures.

Step 4: Tap the System navigation.

Step 5: Make sure to select Gesture navigation.

Go Home: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

To switch apps: Swipe up from the bottom, hold, and then release.

To go back: Swipe from either the left or right edge.

Step 6: Tap on the Settings icon of gesture navigation.

Step 7: Increase or decrease Back sensitivity for the left and right edge in your device.

How to Get the Three Buttons on Android 11 Stock OS

You can change the navigation buttons (3 buttons) on your stock Android 11 OS using the given settings.

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap System.

Step 3: Tap Gestures.

Step 4: Tap System navigation.

Step 5: Select 3-button navigation. You can see the back key (Left), home key, and recent key (Right) on the navigation bar.

How to Enable Swipe Fingerprint for Notifications Gestures in Android 11

To check your notifications, swipe down on the fingerprint sensor on the back of your phone.

Settings > System > Gestures > Swipe fingerprint for notifications > Toggle on Swipe fingerprint for notifications

Do you use full-screen gesture or 3-button navigation on your Android 11? Tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest updates.

Here’s how to turn off app suggestions Pixel 5, Pixel 4a, and other Pixel devices. When turning on app suggestions, you can see the list of 5 recently used apps (Most used apps) on the top of the app drawer. By default enabled suggestion in all apps list in your Google Pixel devices running stock Android 11 like Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 4/4 XL, Pixel 3/3 XL, Pixel 3a/3a XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL. Also, by default activated overview suggestions in your Pixel devices.

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How to Enable or Disable Suggested Apps on Google Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G

Open the app drawer in your Pixel devices (Running stock Android 11) and you can see the most used apps at the top of the app drawer (Show above given screenshot). To turn off Pixel app suggestions in your Android 11 stock OS, apply the below-given step-by-step process to enable it.

How to Remove App Suggestions Android 11 – Pixel devices

Step 1: Long press on the blank area of the home screen in your Pixel.

Step 2: Tap on Home settings.

Step 3: Tap on Suggestions.

Step 4: By default turned on Suggestions in all apps list.

Step 5: Toggle off Suggestions in all apps list.

Step 6: You can see remove the app from the top list.

How to Enable Suggestions on Home Screen on All Pixel (Stock Android 11)

Android 11 added new suggestions on the home screen feature that show the top 5 most used apps right on the home screen.

Step 1: Long press on the blank space of the home screen in your Pixel.

Step 2: Tap the Home settings.

Step 3: Tap the Suggestions.

Step 4: Toggle on Suggestions on home screen.

Step 5: Tap on Getting app suggestions.

Step 6: You can see the above-given apps list on your Pixel home screen.

Step 7: Toggle off Suggestions on the home screen to turn off suggestions on the home screen on your Pixel devices.

How to Enable or Disable Overview Suggestions on Pixel 4a 5G/Pixel 5

It will show suggested actions in the overview in your Pixel devices.

Step 1: Long press on the blank space of the home screen in your Pixel.

Step 2: Tap the Home settings.

Step 3: Toggle Overview suggestions on and off you want.

And that’s all. Do you like this app suggestions feature in your Google Pixel devices? Tell us in below comment box.