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title: Private photo scenarios: what to do when
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description: Real situations where private photos on iPhone need more than the camera roll: a date who scrolled too far, the family iPad, a repair shop, a new phone. What to do in each.
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# Scenarios

Real moments when private photos need more than the camera roll. Each one says what to do right now, and how to make sure it doesn't happen again.

## What to do when
- [They scrolled too far in my camera roll](/scenarios/date-scrolled-camera-roll/) You showed someone one photo and they kept swiping. How to stop it happening again: keep private photos out of Photos, and show photos in a way that can't wander.
- [Memories keeps showing me my ex](/scenarios/photos-memories-shows-ex/) Photos builds Memories and Featured Photos from your whole library. How to stop a person or a photo coming back, and where to keep the photos you're not ready to delete.
- [My photos showed up on the family iPad](/scenarios/family-ipad-private-photos/) If the family iPad is signed in to your Apple Account, iCloud Photos puts your whole library on it, Hidden album included. Why it happens and how to stop it.
- [Handing my phone to my kids](/scenarios/handing-phone-to-kids/) Kids tap everything, and Photos is one swipe away. Guided Access keeps them in one app, and a vault keeps private photos out of reach. Here's the setup.
- [Taking my phone in for repair](/scenarios/phone-repair-private-photos/) Repair shops may ask for your passcode to test the phone. What to do with private photos before a repair: back up, erase if you can, and keep a second lock on what matters.
- [My passport is in my camera roll](/scenarios/id-documents-camera-roll/) Photos of IDs, cards and documents sit in your camera roll, in iCloud and in search. Move them into a vault and clean up the copies. Here's how.
- [Medical photos I don't want in my camera roll](/scenarios/medical-photos-private/) Photos of a rash, a scar or a before-and-after are useful to keep and awful to have pop up in a Memory. Keep them private, in order, and easy to show a doctor.
- [Private photos with my partner](/scenarios/private-photos-with-partner/) Intimate photos deserve better than the camera roll, the Hidden album and iCloud. Keep them encrypted on the phone, out of Photos, and still nice to look back at.
- [Private photos, together, on the TV](/scenarios/private-photos-together-on-tv/) Some photos are for two people and a big screen, not the cloud. Mavaul's Wi-Fi Share opens your vault in the TV's browser, with a slideshow, over your Wi-Fi only.
- [Moving my vault to a new iPhone](/scenarios/new-iphone-move-private-photos/) A vault that keeps photos on the phone needs a way to move them. Back up Mavaul encrypted to your own storage, then restore on the new iPhone with your recovery key.

## More
Step-by-step answers are in the [guides](/guides/). How Mavaul compares with other vaults is in [compare](/compare/).

## Try Mavaul
[Download Mavaul on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/pt/app/mavaul-photo-video-vault/id6759567727?l=en-GB)