Google Files app gets 4-digit PIN encrypted ‘Safe Folder’ to safeguard data

Google Files app gets a ‘Safe Folder’ to help you keep personal content safe.

It is a 4-digit PIN encrypted folder to safeguard important documents, images, videos and audio files from being opened or accessed by others.

Google said that the folder is securely locked as soon as you switch away from the Files app, so none of its contents can be accessed when the app is in the background.

“As a security assurance, it will ask for your PIN again on re-entry. Even people that don’t share devices can benefit from keeping the most important files safe,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Google launched the Files app in 2017 to help people who live in countries such as India, Nigeria and Brazil and often run out of space on a daily basis.