Bring back “Lock Secure Folder when leaving app” in One UI 8

[Hussiey]

Hello Samsung Team,

I am a user of Samsung Secure Folder on One UI 8 (Android 16). I noticed that the option to automatically lock the Secure Folder every time I exit an app is no longer available in the latest update.

This feature was very important for me and many other users to maintain privacy and security. Without it, we have to manually lock the folder or rely on the time-based auto-lock, which is less convenient.

I kindly request that Samsung bring back the “Lock Secure Folder on App Exit” option in future updates, as it enhances security and user experience significantly.
Thank you for your attention.

[arianwen27]

You could use Lock "when screen turns off". That'd be a better alternative than using a time

[db123]

This isn't about using a timer, there used to be an option to lock when you left an app that was opened from secure folder. Now you have to do that manually or manually turn off the screen. If I go into secure folder and back to non secure folder, someone just needs to press the secure folder icon again and gets in with no authentication. Given that thieves these days wait for yoj to have your screen unlocked to snatch your phone, having certain apps behind a regularly locking folder had a lot of advantages. This change removes that extra layer of security. I would not have updated my phone if I knew that was going to be the change.

[arianwen27]

While I know what you mean, the solution for the theif thing is enabling "theft detection lock".

The assumption is you unlocked your phone, you unlocked the secure folder. Till the screen locks, it's sorta safe to assume you are still holding the device. If a thief were to steal it, theft detection lock should lock everything