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30 Secrets People Found On Their Partner’s Phone That They Wished They Never Did
Most of us have a deep connection to our phones. Whether we use it to doomscroll, search for the best burger in town, or navigate to a new destination, it’s almost always on us, and with it, things we might not feel comfortable revealing to others.
One netizen asked an online community to share the most unhinged secrets they’d ever found on their partner’s phones, and the answers were disturbing. From dodgy photos to secret dating profiles and double lives, here’s a collection of the most horrifying.
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#1
My husband apparently likes taking pictures of squirrels throughout his day lol
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#2
his inbox was full of women turning him down 😭 it was so embarassing, like I was fighting for a prize NO ONE wanted 😭😭😭
#3
Messages between him and my MOTHER plotting to raise my baby as their own. Very traumatic. But she’s dead now, he’s in prison, and my baby is 14 and thriving. So I won.
Let's be real: our phones stopped being "gadgets" ages ago. They’re basically extensions of our souls at this point, packed with everything from embarrassing selfies to those 3 AM Google searches we'd rather not discuss.
In some cases, they’re also the places we keep secrets. Some small, some that would be life-shattering if they ever got out. So yeah, it makes total sense that even people in rock-solid relationships get a little twitchy when their partner tries to swipe through their screen uninvited.
#5
nudes of a married woman. I sent them to her husband.
#6
went to turn off his alarm while he was out of the room and a message popped up from his high school sweetheart that said "I love you too". I screen shot it, made it his background and left.
Here's the thing: phones aren't just practical tools anymore. They're digital treasure chests stuffed with deeply personal fragments of our lives. Confidential work emails sit right next to chats with your bestie, which live two swipes away from that questionable meme collection you hope nobody ever finds. Or those photos of your ex.
And get this: even partners we trust with our lives aren't automatically exempt from our phone snooping anxiety. Just because you love someone doesn't mean you're dying for them to read your group chat's inside jokes or scroll through your inbox.
Research backs this up too. The average person checks their phone every 12 minutes, or approximately 80 times per day. With that much attention going into these devices, it’s no surprise they've basically become our lifelines and vaults rolled into one. So when somebody casually grabs your phone or peeks at your notifications, it can feel like they’re flipping through your diary without bothering to ask.
#7
he told me he didn’t get paid & that’s why he couldn’t help w rent. went through his phone that night bc i had a weird gut feeling. he got paid, he just spent it all on cam girls the night before.🫠
#8
Went looking for cute pictures to send myself , found screenshots of my bank account passwords and usernames…
#9
He was googling divorce while we were in the waiting room to confirm whether I had miscarried our baby (I did miscarry)
This whole dynamic sparks some pretty heated debates in relationships. Some folks argue that couples shouldn't have anything to hide, and sharing phone passcodes is the ultimate proof of commitment. Others fire back that secrecy and privacy aren't the same thing; that everyone deserves to keep corners of their inner world to themselves without automatically looking suss.
They might have a point. It’s ridiculously easy to misinterpret messages when you don't have the full context. A sarcastic text, a half-written draft, or a perfectly harmless photo can suddenly look sketchy to someone who doesn't know the backstory. What starts as innocent curiosity can snowball into full-blown conflict faster than you can say "wait, let me explain."
#10
He had tinder. Open tinder and saw how many ppl left him on read and how few matches he had and felt better 😂 we broke up and I told him I’d pay for a month of gold to help bc he clearly needed it
#11
an entire manifesto on manipulation. saying women want to be manipulated and he wants to conquer many women and how he just manipulates different women ... it was the scariest thing i've read.
#12
he posted a pic of me while actively cheating n talking to another girl and when the girl asked who i was he said I was his autistic sister 😐
Still, some couples happily swap devices like they're trading snacks. Others have ironclad rules about keeping their hands off each other's screens. What really matters is that both partners talk openly about their expectations and actually agree on what feels respectful and comfortable for their specific relationship.
Here's a wild stat: many people admit they'd rather lose their wallet than their phone. It's not even about the money anymore, it's about the memories, the chat history, the connections all stored in pixels and cloud backups. Giving someone unfiltered access to all that? It feels like leaving the front door to your identity wide open.
#13
A COLLECTION categorized by dates and names of all the women that he had received videos and pictures from over the years in his email. I deleted them all 😌
#14
Texts stating that the “company bonfire” I drove 45 minutes to bring him to was actually a hookup with a girl he was paying. She took the deposit of 300 and never showed up. W for her honestly.
#15
My husband literally only has hundreds of photos of each Pokémon he catches on Pokémon go but it’s a ridiculous amount bro
The bond we have with our phones shows just how personal technology has become. If you choose to mix your deepest secrets with the digital device in your pocket though, be warned, treachery plus technology can backfire fast.
Have you ever found something you wish you never had while snooping through a partner’s phone? What do you think of the revelations in this list? Upvote the ones that shocked you most and feel free to leave a comment if you can’t resist!
#16
screenshots of his at the time 15 year old cousin in a locker app (the pics were of her in a bikini and from her snap story, she didn’t know. i beat ts out of him)
#17
He was cheating on me with his cousin 💀
#18
a picture of his mom...and yes THAT kind of picture. he found it in her phone and sent it to himself
#19
He would DM females saying “let me take you out and feed you” meanwhile I was feeding him because he couldn’t afford to feed himself 🥴
#20
found him talking s**t about my appearance to HIS EX GIRLFRIEND.
#21
He was matching with men on tinder😀
#22
He DMed Miley Cyrus to ask her out on a date and he legit thought he had a shot
#23
I got cheated on through discord. THROUGH DISCORD
#24
I found his “list” in his notes app. I was #10. He asked what my favorite number was and I said not 10 💀
#25
He swears he can rap, I went through his notes and tell me why bro was rapping about a fish😭😭 he just had lyrics rapping about blue fish red fish two fish😭😭😭😭
TheGoodBoi 2 months ago
Three fish, four. Rapping about fish can be a bore, you could even say it's a chore. Running out of rhymes, so it's about that time to see myself out the door.
#26
Bro was in the love is blind Instagram inbox begging to be on the show. Not the producers inbox, not the director. The show. We were married.
#27
a video of him s***wing my suppose to be best friend. in my bed in my house 😂 when I tell you I crashed out
#28
he ran an ice spice fan page 😔
#29
my ex was planning to hangout with daddylongneck 😭😭😭😭 had a full conversation over the phone and everything
#30
we watched euphoria, he emphasized how bad Chloe cherry looked and then as soon as I left his house proceeded to look up her pictures and movies 🤩 like 10 mins after I walked out the door
What do you think ?
Janelle Collard 2 months ago (edited)
Some people need to be dropped off in the middle of an ocean + told to swim home. That way, none of us are directly responsible when they pass away. 😁
Serena Myers 2 months ago
I have asked this before, in similar terms, why do people need to snoop, unless they are just nosy and interfering busybodies with trust issues, and, assuming partner has given them their password/passcode which they would have had to do to allow access, why do they allow access if they know their partner is likely to snoop?
Power puff scientist 2 months ago (edited)
Doesn't this article kind of explain the why? People shouldn't need to snoop, but weird how often people when they do, find the other person is doing shady stuff. In a perfect world you wouldn't need to check your partner but all too often people have a good reason to distrust their partner.
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PenguinEmp 2 months ago
Never needed to snoop. I know her pw for emergency reasons only, ditto for her. We never go through phones and if one of us needed to use the others for whatever reason, we still ask permission. However over a decade ago I got an odd text from a guy I hadn't seen in twenty years. He said congrats on getting your new place! I replied you haven't talked to me in twenty years and this is the first thing? Also we aren't getting a place. He said your fiancee was in here with you and you guys just leased an apartment. Nope. I asked my f. She was planning to leave me when I was away for a family event she couldn't make. Glad I got warning!
Billy Gene 2 months ago
I'm just going to say, stay out of one another's phones. you'll only hurt yourself, and none of us are free from judgment, no matter how squeaky clean and pure we think we are, through another's perspective we probably look like trash too. If there isn't enough trust to stay out of devices, just stay away from one another entirely.
Janelle Collard 2 months ago (edited)
Some people need to be dropped off in the middle of an ocean + told to swim home. That way, none of us are directly responsible when they pass away. 😁
Serena Myers 2 months ago
I have asked this before, in similar terms, why do people need to snoop, unless they are just nosy and interfering busybodies with trust issues, and, assuming partner has given them their password/passcode which they would have had to do to allow access, why do they allow access if they know their partner is likely to snoop?
Power puff scientist 2 months ago (edited)
Doesn't this article kind of explain the why? People shouldn't need to snoop, but weird how often people when they do, find the other person is doing shady stuff. In a perfect world you wouldn't need to check your partner but all too often people have a good reason to distrust their partner.
Load More Replies... PenguinEmp 2 months ago
Never needed to snoop. I know her pw for emergency reasons only, ditto for her. We never go through phones and if one of us needed to use the others for whatever reason, we still ask permission. However over a decade ago I got an odd text from a guy I hadn't seen in twenty years. He said congrats on getting your new place! I replied you haven't talked to me in twenty years and this is the first thing? Also we aren't getting a place. He said your fiancee was in here with you and you guys just leased an apartment. Nope. I asked my f. She was planning to leave me when I was away for a family event she couldn't make. Glad I got warning!
Billy Gene 2 months ago
I'm just going to say, stay out of one another's phones. you'll only hurt yourself, and none of us are free from judgment, no matter how squeaky clean and pure we think we are, through another's perspective we probably look like trash too. If there isn't enough trust to stay out of devices, just stay away from one another entirely.
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