How to Find Hidden Files on iPhone X/8/7/6/5

There may be times when you want to hide your iPhone data. For instance, you might want to keep photos and videos away from prying eyes, hide game apps so that kids don't play them, conceal messages from others, or prevent friends from seeing your iPhone location. Apple lets you easily hide and unhide your photos, contacts, messages, apps, and location. But what about the items you've already deleted from your device?

Don't worry. You can find and recover them using the methods below, whether they're hidden on your device or were deleted.

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Part 1: How to Find and Recover Hidden Files on iPhone

Believe it or not, everything you remove from your iPhone still exists somewhere on the device. Without specialist iPhone data recovery tools, such as MobiSaver, you wouldn't be able to find or restore them. These tools scan your device to locate deleted items and then restore deleted files for you. Currently, MobiSaver supports over 20 types of iOS data, including contacts, messages, photos, videos, Safari bookmarks, notes, voice memos, WhatsApp chat history, and more.

Find and recover hidden files on your iPhone

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your computer

Launch the MobiSaver tool. Click “Recover from iOS Device” on the left and then click “Start”.

Step 2. Scan for Lost iPhone Data

MobiSaver will scan your iPhone/iPad/iPod automatically to find all the existing data, as well as some lost data. Just wait until the scanning process is finished.

Step 3: Click the "Recover" button.

From here, you can select the lost data that you want to recover, such as photos, videos, contacts, messages, notes, voicemail, and other files, and save these items to another location.

TIP: If you have previously backed up your device using either of these, you can also restore data from iCloud or iTunes. However, neither method allows you to preview files before restoration. Thus, make sure the backup contains the deleted files. Otherwise, the current data will be replaced with the contents of the backup.

Part 2: How to Unhide Photos and Albums from iPhone

It's easy to find and view hidden photos and albums on your iPhone. Just follow these steps.

Find and display hidden photos and videos on an iPhone:

Step 1: Open the Photos app on your iPhone, then tap the Albums tab.

Scroll down, then tap “Hidden,” which is located under “Utilities.”

Step 3: Select the photos and videos you want to unhide.

Step 4: Tap the “Share” button (a square with an upward-pointing arrow), and then tap “Unhide.”

To find and view hidden albums:

Step 1: To find the Hidden Album, tap on the “Albums” tab and scroll down to “Utilities” to find the “Hidden Album.”

Step 2: To unhide an album, go to Settings > tap Photos > scroll down and turn off Hidden Album.

III. How to Find Hidden Contacts on iPhone

There are two ways to find and display your contacts: through the “Contacts” app or through “Settings.” Whichever route you choose, follow these steps.

How to Show Hidden Contacts on an iPhone Through the Contacts App

1. Open your Contacts app.

Step 2: Tap Contacts at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Click on "Groups" in the top left corner.

Step 4: Tap “Show All Contacts.”

By setting up contacts to show on your iPhone:

1. Go to Settings > Contacts > Groups.

Step 2: On the Groups page, select Show all contacts.

Part 4: How to Show Hidden Messages on iPhone

Hiding messages is a great way to keep your private information from prying eyes. If you need to view these hidden messages, follow the steps below.

Step 1: Open your iPhone and go to “Settings.” Scroll down and tap on “Notifications.”

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on Messages.

Step 3: Turn on notifications so you can get alerts and see previews on your iPhone's screen.

Step 4: You can also choose to show text messages on the Lock screen, in the Notification Center, as banners, or all of these.

Part 5: How to Show Hidden Apps on iPhone

According to Apple, you can't unhide an app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but you can re-download any purchased apps without being charged again.

Step 1: Open the App Store on your iPhone.

Step 2: Tap your profile picture at the top of the screen.

Step 3: Tap your name or Apple ID. If asked, enter your Apple ID password.

Step 4: Scroll down, and tap “Purchased.”

Step 5: Find the app you want to download, and tap the cloud icon next to it to download it again to your iPhone.

Bottom line

That's it for how to show hidden files on iPhone. Depending on what kind of data you've hidden, you can use different methods to unhide them. If you accidentally delete important files from your iPhone, you can use MobiSaver to recover them. We hope our guide was helpful, and have a great day!