# How to hide screenshots on iPhone

> Screenshots hide like any photo: open one, tap ••• › Hide, then Hide Photo. Hidden screenshots also disappear from Media Types › Screenshots.

Source: https://hidephotosoniphone.com/content/screenshots/ · Updated 2026-11-01 · By VaultForYou

![Hiding screenshots on iPhone with the More menu](https://hidephotosoniphone.com/img/content--screenshots.png)

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- **Steps:** 3
- **Methods:** 5

**Quick answer:** Screenshots hide like any photo: open one, tap **••• › Hide**, then **Hide Photo**. Hidden screenshots also disappear from **Media Types › Screenshots**. To hide many, open that Screenshots album, tap **Select**, choose them and hide them in one go.

Steps

## Hide screenshots

1. **Open the photo.** Open **Photos** and tap the photo or video you want to hide.
2. **Tap ••• then Hide.** Tap the **More** button (•••) at the top right, then tap **Hide**. You can also touch and hold a photo in the grid.
3. **Confirm.** Tap **Hide Photo** (or Hide Video). It moves to the Hidden album, which opens with Face ID or your passcode.

Methods

## Which methods work for screenshots

- **Hide button**Tap ••• › Hide
- **Hide the Hidden album**Show Hidden Album: off
- **Locked note**Notes › ••• › Lock
- **Lock the Photos app**Require Face ID
- **Vault app (VaultForYou)**Pattern lock

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Questions

## Hiding screenshots: questions

### How do I hide screenshots on iPhone?

Open the screenshot in Photos, tap More (•••), then Hide. To hide many, open the Screenshots album under Media Types, tap Select, choose them, then More › Hide.

### Where do hidden screenshots go?

To the Hidden album under Utilities, together with every other hidden photo and video. They leave the Screenshots album and your library.

### Can I stop screenshots saving to Photos?

iPhone saves screenshots to Photos by default. After taking one, tap the thumbnail and choose Done › Delete Screenshot if you don't want to keep it.

## Hide other things

- [Hide videos](https://hidephotosoniphone.com/content/videos/)
- [Hide a whole album](https://hidephotosoniphone.com/content/albums/)
- [Hide Live Photos](https://hidephotosoniphone.com/content/live-photos/)