Long time ago I’d use a third party app for that, but I don’t really trust them enough for that now. The closest solution I found was to use the work profile with Shelter, would that be the way to go?

In my case the app is Facebook Messenger & phone is Pixel 6.

I think Samsung devices also had a built in way to do this

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    Commenting for engagement, I hope you’re able to find what you’re looking for :)

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    I think Shelter works or you can install Messenger Lite as your second copy

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      That’s actually why I’m looking, Messenger Lite just got shut down the other day

      That setup worked great till now

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        Oh sad to hear, i guess Shelter is the way to go but the separate storage is kind of a pain to deal with

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      Yea this works pretty well, but it gets a little annoying trying to send a photo because the storage is separate

      Still possible but just a couple of extra steps every time

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        Really? I can share photos from work to personal. I don’t know what I did.

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          Oh really

          For me if I want to take a photo and then share it, I need to go into my gallery, find the photo, and then go through the share menu options to find the work app

          I haven’t tried the other way though

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            go into my gallery, find the photo, and then go through the share menu options to find the work app

            That’s what I do as well. I guess that’s my default workflow. :D

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              Looks like that’s what I’ll do too, shouldn’t be too bad until android 14 drops

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    Samsung does have a way to do this, secure folder. It’s different in some ways to the work profile but functionally the same