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How to use Android's Guest Mode to protect your privacy when sharing your phone

By

Tom Pritchard

3h ago· 5 min readen

Summary

This article discusses Android's hidden Guest Mode feature that allows users to create a temporary guest profile on their phones, preventing others from snooping through private messages, photos, and other sensitive information when handing the device over. It notes that Samsung Galaxy phones lack this basic feature. The article provides guidance on how to enable and use Guest Mode on Android devices.

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There's a lot of sensitive information stored in your phone, but there may still be situations where you need to hand your device over to someone for whatever reason.
Luckily, most Android phones have a hidden feature that lets you avoid such situations.
But not Samsung Galaxy phones, they don't have this basic feature, for reasons that have never been made clear.
Guest Mode offers you the chance to set up a temporary guest profile that lets someone else do what they need to do.
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Here's how to enable Guest Mode

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