Works for Diary With Password whether or not it has its own passcode. No download needed.
Touch and hold Diary With Password's icon, tap Require Face ID, then confirm. On iOS 18 and later that puts Diary With Password behind Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode; choose Hide and Require Face ID instead to move it into App Library's Hidden folder as well.
Lock Diary With Password with Face ID
- Find Diary With Password on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Diary With Password now asks for authentication every time it opens.
To test it, close Diary With Password from the App Switcher and open it again. You should see the Face ID prompt before any content appears.
Hide Diary With Password in App Library
- Touch and hold Diary With Password's icon and tap Require Face ID.
- Choose Hide and Require Face ID instead of Require Face ID.
- Confirm. The icon leaves your Home Screen and moves to the Hidden folder at the bottom of App Library.
- To open it later, swipe to App Library, tap Hidden and authenticate.
Hiding also locks the app. To undo either, touch and hold the icon again and choose Don't Require Face ID.
Why lock Diary With Password?
Diary With Password is a journal & diary app, the kind of app that tends to hold personal information you would not want on screen if someone borrows your unlocked phone. Journals collect your private thoughts, moods and often your location and photos. A lock screen inside the app is not the same as encryption of the synced entries.
Productivity apps tend to collect the work you do in them — documents, notes and files — so User Content is common. The question is whether it syncs to the developer's servers and how it is protected there.
A lock answers one question — who can open the app on this iPhone. It does not change what Diary With Password sends to its developer; for that, see Diary With Password's full privacy report.
What the lock does and does not do
It does
- Ask for Face ID, Touch ID or passcode every time Diary With Password opens
- Hide message previews in notifications
- Keep Diary With Password's content out of Spotlight and Siri suggestions
- With Hide, remove the icon from the Home Screen
It does not
- Stop someone who knows your passcode
- Encrypt or change how Diary With Password stores data
- Sync to your iPad or other devices
- Remove Diary With Password from purchase history or Screen Time reports
Don't see Require Face ID?
- Update to iOS 18 or later in Settings › General › Software Update.
- Make sure a passcode is set in Settings › Face ID & Passcode; the lock needs one.
- Some Apple apps (Settings, Calculator, Camera, Maps, Find My, Clock) cannot be locked or hidden.
- If your iPhone is managed by work or school, the option may be restricted.
Other settings worth checking for Diary With Password
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Diary With Password › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Diary With Password's full privacy label
The developer states that no data is collected from this app.
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After you lock Diary With Password
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
FAQ
Does Diary With Password have its own passcode?
What happens to Diary With Password's notifications when it is locked?
Can someone who knows my passcode open a locked app?
Is a locked Diary With Password encrypted?
Why can't I see the Require Face ID option?
Does hiding Diary With Password remove it from my purchase history?
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