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Q&A: How to view my photos in the hidden album in Mi Cloud?

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Question:

I’ve added many photos to the hidden album from the Gallery app. Can I view these photos in Mi Cloud?

Answer:

Mi Cloud has recently added the feature where you can view the photos in the hidden album.

  1. Sign in to Mi Cloud account on your computer’s browser.
  2. Click Gallery > Albums
  3. The album with the name “Private” is the hidden album.
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  1. Sir my phone is lost and I have hidden my photos in my account
    But when I am opening my cloud I m not able to see my hidden photos and rest of photos are there… Can I get my hidden pics

    • If you’ve hidden them from the Gallery app, they’ll be in the album named “Private” in Mi Cloud. If you have hidden them from the File Explorer, they will be stored local on the phone. You can find them in Mi Cloud.

  2. I have hidden photos in my local storage vyt when i went to mi cloud, i dont have a private album in there. So where are my hidden photos in mi cloud?

    • Only the photos hidden from the Gallery app will be in the Mi Cloud hidden album. Did you hide them from the Gallery app?

      If you have hidden them from the File Explorer app, you’ll need to follow the steps below to see your photos.

      1. Open the Explorer app.
      2. Slide down on the screen.
      3. Enter the privacy protection password.

  3. I had signed out my mi account then my hidden pics are not showing then I again sign in then also the pics are not there…where are the pics?

  4. Where the hidden album stored in MI note 3 mobile and how can I get it please help and also I forgotten my Mi account password. Can I know other way to find photos in hidden album

  5. Hi , After updating redmi note 3 MIUI7 to MIUI8, now the hidden photos are not visible, Even cloud tab is also not reflecting in gallery. How to get those photos.

    Also in settings>> System apps>> Gallery>> show hidden albums also switched ON, then also i am not able view those hidden photos

    • In MIUI 8, there’s only Album tab which shows both your photos in the cloud and local. I know this is a bit confusing, and I don’t like that either.

      To access your hidden album, go to the Gallery app > Album tab > swipe down on the screen to enter the password to open your hidden album.

      Alternatively, you can access your hidden album from the Mi Cloud.

      • Thankyou Ethan,Its a great help to me.
        Even i am sure for others also it would be answerable,

        Thanks again for assisting.
        Have a great day ahead

  6. Sir my all data’s hidden in file explorer are being deleted… I have also tried to access it using swiping down and creating hidden folder option… Plz help… Thanks in advance

    • I’m not too sure how was it being deleted and also not too sure if it can be recovered. Kindly seek help in the official MIUI forum. So sorry.

  7. So, my last option to gain access the hidden album again is to do a factory data reset/wipe data. Since, U lost the phone number I use in my xiaomi mi account and forgit the password. Am I right Sir?
    Thanks.

    • If you’ve forgotten your Mi account password, you can reset/recover it on the Mi Cloud website. After doing so, you can sign in to the Mi Cloud website to get back the photos in the hidden folder. I’m not too sure how what you meant by gaining access the hidden album with a factory data reset/wipe data.

  8. Sir, I did not find any pictiure that I had kept in clou tab’s hidden file when I access through mi cloud private album. What does i mean? Does it mean all my files have deletedeleted from my phone memory?

    • i have bought Red me note 3 32 gb but it has a huge problem in Net conection,it doesn’t connect 3G/4G Network propertly it always take prefered network,its irritating me in severals time,it has not constant net connection in mobile data,always take prefered net work,kindly work on it,

  9. I don’t have a mi cloud account…
    How can I access a hidden folders without accessing the mi cloud account..??

    • Just in case you have them mixed up. Hidden album and Hidden folder are 2 separate things. When you hide photos from the Gallery app, you’re actually sending the photos to the Hidden album which is synced with Mi Cloud. When you hide files or images from the File Explorer, you’re actually sending them to the Hidden folder. The Hidden folder is stored locally. You don’t need a Mi account to access it.

  10. Can I delete photos in hidden album of mi cloud tab of mi ui 7. 2 from my pc by signing in with my xiomi mi account whereas my xiomi phone is in offline.?

    • Yes, you can do that. The photos in the hidden album are actually stored in Mi Cloud.

      • When I go to mi cloud and in the gallery I did not anything in the private album. Does it mean everything in the cloud tab hidden album are erase? Thanks for you reply.

        • You have accidentally erased them recently, you can go the web-based Mi Cloud > Gallery > Trash folder to recover them. For a normal Mi Cloud user, you’re given only 30 days to recover your photos that you’ve deleted from the Trash.

        • Thanks for your kind enthusiasm.
          And one thing I just want to know is that, if I delete such files from the phone cloud album, wont it be in the mi cloud web private album ? And if deleted from mi web cloud private album wont it be in the phone’s cloud album? Thanks you again.

        • Private album in Mi Cloud = Hidden album on Xiaomi phone. Yes, they’re synced.
          Other albums in Mi Cloud = other folders/albums in the Cloud tab on your phone.

      • When I go to xiaomi mi cloud, I did not found any file in the private album. Does it men all my hidden files in the phone have been erase?

        • Sir,
          Tell me please, if I sign in to my phone using a different xiaomi mi account, will I be able to access the files I kept in the hidden ablum of Cloud Tab with my previous xiaomi mi account. Thank you once again.