Secure Folder on One UI 8 is easier to use and safer than ever

You can now instantly hide your secret apps with Samsung’s new Quick Settings trick.

May 28, 2025 - 23:10

Secure Folder on One UI 8 is easier to use and safer than ever

With One UI 8, Samsung will ask you to re-enroll fingerprints for Secure Folder biometric access.
Apps moved to your Secure Folder can now be easily hidden from the rest of your phone.
Samsung’s implementing a new Quick Settings button for immediately hiding all Secure Folder assets.

Samsung has clearly learned its lesson when it comes to making its users wait (and wait, and wait) for access to the latest Android beta, and this year it’s getting started with Android 16 and One UI 8 nice and early. Today we’re getting our first official look at the One UI 8 beta, and we’re already diving in to search for everything interesting that Samsung’s changing. So far that’s involved some Now Bar upgrades and new earbud controls, and now we’re turning our attention to tweaks arriving for Samsung’s Secure Folder.

While your lock screen already helps keep the data on your phone safe from casual access, Secure Folder offers an extra layer of security, particularly handy if you know that other people are going to be using your device. You can move your most private data to its encrypted protection, and even hide its presence entirely.