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Secure folder doesn't autolock upon exit (Fold 7 / UI 8)

(Topic created on: 28-07-2025 01:29 PM)
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dipst
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Hi all. New Fold 7 owner. When I exit Secure Folder back to home, I can reenter it without having to reauthenticate. Anybody who picked up my phone could just get straight into secure folder. I can find no setting to require reauthenticatation after leaving secure folder. On my Fold 5, it locked automatically after exiting. This issue completely compromises the security of a secure folder. It isn't practical to manually lock it every time before exiting since I frequently switch between apps inside and out of secure folder. Am I missing something or is this another Samsung issue?

EDIT I've just checked on my fold 5 and I can see that in the "auto lock secure folder"part of settings, on fold 5 you can set it to lock each time you leave an app whereas on fold 7 that option is no longer available... meaning that when you leave secure folder or an app, you or anybody on your fold 7 can get straight back into secure folder unless you have remember to manually lock it. This really is moronic and makes no sense at all. It won't be possible to remember to manually lock secure folder on the phone where you are constantly multitasking and it's only makes life harder and make the phone less secure. Please tell me it has been moved somewhere else but it really looks like the usual utterly moronic Samsung shenanigans. Assume this pointless stupid and unwelcome change is a feature of the updated software. Sorry for sounding so negative but this sort of thing is endlessly disappointing 
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Leosam
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Thus is absolutely bonkers on Samsung's part. Why would they *remove* a security feature and downgrade their app in an update (One UI 8.0)?
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nsath
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I have sent a feedback through the Samsung members app. Hope they release a fix ASAP 

juanmtz
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Efectivamente, la opción de bloquear automáticamente la carpeta segura al salir de la aplicación, desapareció con la actualización de One UI 8, ojalá samsung lo vuelva a poner en las opciones

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Sima_Opaki
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Samsung A55 haven't option "Each time I leave an app" 😞

 

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S22Uowner
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Earlier my phone had OneUi7, then i received an update for ONEUI 8, after updating to it, I also have the same problem. Samsung needs to fix this. They have removed option to automatically lock secure folder 

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Lungisa
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Why don't you just put the solution here for everyone to see why do you need to be DMd. Clearly its something which affects alot of people

 Dont ***** us off please 

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Sausage1
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Samsung advised me that this is a feature of one ui8, and it is not a fault. You cam n lock manually, after 5, 10 minutes etc, when phone restarts or when screen turns off. This according to Samsung is there on purpose by design.
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Lungisa
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Did they say why they removed the option to look immediately when you exit? Coz if anything, secure folder now is more compromised from a security perspective.  It does not make sense as to why they removed such an important feature. EVERYONE IS COMPLAINING 

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