How to Create Private Folder in MX Player to Lock & Hide Videos on Android

Do you have any sensitive or confidential videos that you want to hide or lock in completely from prying eyes? Luckily, there’s a feature in MX Player that allows you to lock or hide videos on your Android phone. In this guide, you will learn how to create a private folder in MX Player to hide or lock videos with ease.

However, there are a lot of excellent video players for Android users to choose from but MX Player has been around a long time and it was one of the few video players that offered various features for years alongside VLC player.

Furthermore, MX Player introduced a new P2P file-sharing feature called “MX Share” which allows Android users to share videos using the MX Player built-in feature without the need for a server. Now, this is another wonderful feature for MX players after supporting picture-in-picture mode.

Recently, there’s a new feature called “Private Folder” in MX Player that enables you to lock or hide your important videos from others.

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MX Player

MX player is regarded as the most useful video player for both Android and iOS users. In a study conducted in May 2019, MX Player topped in the customer loyalty segment, with 21 percent of respondents claiming that they use solely this platform for video streaming. It has around 350 million users in India and 500 million across the world.

Meanwhile, MX Player was created for use on Android devices such as smartphones and tablets. However, it is also available for use on any streaming device that supports Android software.

MX Player can be installed on a vast number of devices including the most popular streaming device, the Amazon Firestick. If you have a jailbroken Firestick, MX Player will work with almost all streaming apps available.

One of the main reasons streamers love MX Player is for its ability to use Subtitles and advanced hardware acceleration. Oftentimes, using MX Player will result in little to no buffering for all your Movie and TV Show selections!

How to Create a Private Folder in MX Player to Lock Videos?

Whenever you lock a video in MX Player then that specific video can’t be accessed via My File (File Manager), Gallery, or other video players. Here’s how to create a Private Folder in MX Player:

Note: Due to the security policy of the MX Player, I couldn’t provide you with the screenshots.

Step 1. Open MX Player.

Step 2. Tap the on profile menu and select Private Folder.

Private Folder

Step 3. Tap the + icon at the bottom right-hand corner.

Step 4. Now, select the video that you want to lock or hide and tap Add Now from the bottom of the screen.

Add Now

Step 5. Create a PIN and tap Continue.

Step 6. Enable your Email address, tap Continue and that’s finished.

Create a PIN and enter Gmail Address

Now, your video is locked in a Private Folder in the MX player, and no one can find or play it.

To view your locked video, tap the profile icon > Private Folder > Enter the PIN.

To unlock the video: Tap the profile menu > Private Folder > Enter the PIN > Tap the three dots next to the video and select Unlock > Unlock.

Unlock

Wrapping Up 

That’s it. This is how you can create a private folder in MX Player on Android to lock or hide videos. When the video is locked in Private Folder then no one can play or access it via other media players, File Manager, or Gallery. So, if you have private videos then use MX Player’s Private Folder feature to hide and lock videos.

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