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How to find hidden files on Android phones

· Tech

Sometimes we toy around with our mobile devices and mistakenly do the wrong things on them. Perhaps, it’s that cute niece of ours that loves playing games on our phones. One annoying mistake can be accidentally hiding files on your mobile phone. Sometimes it happens due to other reasons, like use trying to hide them from people who snoop through our phones or file extension errors. it’s almost maddening when you are looking for a file on your phone especially when you are certain it is on your phone.

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This is one of the most comprehensive articles on how to view hidden files in Android mobile that you can find on the internet and I hope you find it easy to understand useful in helping you recover missing files on your Android mobile phone. Seeing as Android phones are the most used mobile phones in the market, I will show you how to view hidden files in Android mobile in very simple steps.

For instance, you use apps that hide files and you can’t see to find your file anymore, you can access such files in two different ways. They are:

1. Using the default file manager option: This quite easy to do, and you do not need to download an app to get this. Simply open the File Manager on your phone.

• Next, tap Menu > Settings.

• Scroll to the Advanced section

• Click the Show hidden files option to ON

You should be able to view your files after doing this. Also, you can simply type the file extension – For instance, .exe, .jpg and so on - into your file manager search bar and it should turn up.

However, if this doesn’t solve your problem. Then you can try the alternative.

2. Download a file manager app: You can find a lot of these in your app store. All you have do is install one and carry out the following steps:

• Launch the file manager app.

• Click on the Menu key

• Click on Settings, then Display settings.

• Scroll down and you will the option "Show hidden files", click on it.

Check if all the hidden folders and files on your Android phone are now visible. If you still cannot see your files, that means that your files or folders could have modified, deleted, or probably corrupted or encrypted by viruses, malware. If such is the case, I can show you how to view hidden files in Android mobile and try to recover your files by using an Android Data Recovery Software on your PC. As also, follow these steps carefully. Before you begin, I must let you know that this software can only access a rooted Android device, therefore, make sure that your Android phone or tablet has been rooted before data recovery. With being said, let’s proceed.

3. Download software on PC: You need to download an Android Data Recovery Software of your choice on your PC. Afterward, Install the software.

• Connect your Android device to your PC and launch the Android data recovery software.

• Click the "Start" button, this will let the software recognize and connect to your device.

• The software will run a quick scan of your device to find all the existing and lost data, after connecting your Android device. You should find the hidden or inaccessible files you want by searching for the correct file types.

• Preview all the recoverable files one after the other, and then you can easily select files you want. Use the "Only display deleted items" option to list the deleted files only. Finally, you can click "Recover" button to retrieve the hidden files once.

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4. Connect to your PC: Connect your Android device with a PC via USB.

• On your Android device, slide down the notification bar (Slide your finger from the top of your screen to the bottom)

• Click on the “Transfer file” option in the pop-up.

• Proceed to open PC’s file manager, there you will see your device name.

• Click on your device name to reveal your storage (both inbuilt and external)

• Select your preferred storage option

• You can see the hidden files and folders in the corresponding storage.

That’s all on finding hidden files on your Android mobile phone. Cheerio