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Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos on Windows Pc

Developed By: Genie9 LTD

License: Free

Rating: 4,5/5 - 7.537 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.0.2
Size 11.8 MB
Release Date January 14, 18
Category Productivity Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (13)]

What's New:
App enhancements and bug fixes [see more]

Description from Developer:
Photo Shield is the easiest and safest way to hide and protect all your photos and videos.
Never worry about giving your phone to friends and family when Photo Shield is installed... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos and install on Windows PC. Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos is free Productivity app, developed by Genie9 LTD. Latest version of Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos is 2.0.2, was released on 2018-01-14 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50,000. Overall rating of Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos is 4,5. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 7,537 users, 4 users had rated it 5*, 162 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.0.2.

Download Photo Shield - Hide Photos and Videos 2.0.2 on Windows PC – 11.8 MB

Photo Shield is the easiest and safest way to hide and protect all your photos and videos.
Never worry about giving your phone to friends and family when Photo Shield is installed on your phone.

Take control of your private media and never worry about prying eyes.

Key Features


● Hide photos and videos in a secure gallery without any limits – only you have access.
● Fast and easy to use.
● One-tap to lock photos and videos.
● Never lose a file by backing up photos and videos to our secure cloud.
● Enable Pattern Lock for enhanced security - change and reset this at any time.
● View, play and share all your private media in the Photo Shield Media Gallery
● Track temporary unlocked media files and reminds you to re-lock them.
● Photo Shield encrypts file names and content with multiple layers of security.
● Your locked content will never show in other third-party apps, unlike other providers.
● The app is not shown in the recent apps list for extra privacy.
● Moving to a new device? Recover files by reinstalling the app and entering your passcode.


How To Unlock Photos & Videos?
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1. Open Photo Shield and enter your Pattern Lock
2. In the Hidden Gallery tab, select the photos and videos you wish to unlock
3. Tap the unlock button.
4. Done!! Your selected media will be restored in their original location before they were hidden.

✮ Optional Add-on ✮

Secure all your files to the cloud

To make your life easier, you can opt into importing files to our hack-proof cloud. Photo Shield uses advanced military-grade encryption to lock all your private images and videos.

There’s no limit to the number of files you can safeguard. The benefit? You can protect your privacy and extend the storage of your device - for free.


FAQs
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Q: How does Photo Shield work?
A: Photo & Video Locker provides you with a locked gallery that lives on your phone.

Q: Where are my videos & photos after I unlock them?
A: Your videos & photos will appear in the same location as they were before locking them.

Q: Are my hidden videos & photos stored online?
A: The app will store them on the device in a secure location, but you also have the option to back them up on the cloud.

Q: Which format videos & photos I can lock?
A: .MP4 .WMV .AVI .MKV .MPEG .3GP .VOB .MOV .MPEG4 .DivX

Q: How many videos & photos can I lock?
A: As many as you want.


Photo Shield is the ideal app to hide your all your photos and videos into one secure vault.
App enhancements and bug fixes
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part of a document picker.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to read from external storage.