Hide It Pro (Audio Manager): back up your files and move them safely

Hide It Pro is the vault app that hides behind a working Audio Manager. If you've used it for a while, there's probably a lot inside it, and the moments that put those files at risk are the ones where something changes: a new phone, a reset, a reinstall or an app that stops opening. Here's how to open Hide It Pro, back up what's in it, move it safely and what to do when it isn't working, going by what its developer says on its Google Play listing and website, checked on 27 October 2026.

How to open Hide It Pro

On your phone, Hide It Pro shows up as Audio Manager, a volume control that really works. To get into the vault, open Audio Manager and press and hold the Audio Manager title at the top, then enter your PIN, password or pattern, or use your fingerprint. Its listing says other disguises, such as a calculator, are available too, so if you changed it, look for that instead.

Back up before anything else

Hide It Pro's Google Play listing says it offers free cloud backup of your files. Its website says your data is encrypted and stored on your device, so without a backup, your files exist on that one phone. Before you update the app, reset the phone or switch to a new one:

Open Hide It Pro and find its cloud backup option.
Turn the backup on, and let it finish while you're on Wi-Fi.
Check that it reports everything as backed up.

Its listing also mentions a separate encryption tool for "your most important files", so if you used it, check how to decrypt those files before you move anything.

Move Hide It Pro to a new phone

There are two safe ways, and the old phone should stay as it is until the new one has everything.

Restore from its backup. Install Hide It Pro from Google Play on the new phone, restore from the same backup, and open a few files to check them before you reset the old phone.
Unhide, copy and hide again. On the old phone, unhide your files so they're ordinary photos and videos again, copy them to the new phone or a computer, and hide them on the new phone. It takes longer, but it works for any vault app, with or without a backup.

Copying Hide It Pro's folders across with a file manager isn't a substitute for either: its website says your data is encrypted on your device, and a copy the app on the new phone can't read is no backup at all. Our guide to moving hidden photos to a new phone covers the details for other vaults too.

If Hide It Pro isn't working

Don't uninstall it or clear its data first. If your files aren't backed up, that's the step that loses them for good, as our guide to what an uninstall really does explains.
Update it, then restart the phone. Google Play shows whether an update is waiting.
Contact its developer at the support address on its Google Play listing.

If files have already gone missing, our guide to recovering hidden photos covers what can still bring them back. Be wary of paid "Hide It Pro recovery" tools: they can't open encrypted files without the key.

Forgot your Hide It Pro password?

Recovery depends on what you set up in the app. Look on its lock screen for a way to reset the PIN, and if there isn't one, email its developer from the address on its listing before you try anything else. Don't reinstall it hoping for a fresh start. Our guide to a forgotten vault PIN covers the general options.

Moving your files to Hidey

If you're moving your hidden files anyway, Hidey is a vault app built around encryption and a backup you control:

In Hide It Pro, unhide the files you want to move, so they're back in your gallery.
In Hidey, tap +, choose Photos and videos (or Files for anything else), and select them. Hidey encrypts each one on your phone, checks the encrypted copy, then deletes the original.
Open a few of them in Hidey to check, then remove anything you moved that's still in Hide It Pro.

Hidey has its own PIN or password, or your fingerprint, and a free calculator disguise if you like having one. Its backup to a hidden folder in your own Google Drive is free and encrypted before upload, and it restores on any Android phone; our security page explains how. If you forget your PIN, you can reset it through Google after a 24-hour wait, so whoever controls your Google account could too, unless you turn on zero-knowledge mode (Pro). To compare it with other vaults, see the best apps to hide photos on Android.