diff --git a/.claude/context/server.md b/.claude/context/server.md
index df64637..a63fa9e 100644
--- a/.claude/context/server.md
+++ b/.claude/context/server.md
@@ -935,7 +935,15 @@ Reminders/Notes - the destination is picked *inside* the sheet:
      hidden, with a note. Switching `only` <-> `all`, or back to `hide`, never
      asks.
    - **Account switching**: choosing any account other than the app's
-     active one asks for the same unlock when "lock account switching" is on. One successful unlock covers the rest of that sheet.
+     active one asks for the same unlock when "lock account switching" is on.
+     **Every gated action prompts every time**, exactly like the app - no
+     unlock is remembered for the sheet (an earlier version cached one, so
+     later account picks / hidden toggles skipped Face ID). The only
+     merging is within one action: picking another account whose own filter
+     already shows hidden folders is a single prompt covering both
+     (`SharedAccounts.unlockNeeds` / `SelectionUnlock`, unit-tested).
+     Declining the account unlock cancels the pick; declining only the
+     hidden unlock shows the account with hidden folders hidden.
    - Opening the sheet itself is not gated - only these two actions are
      (as in the app, where login lock guards launch and these are separate
      locks).
diff --git a/ios/RunnerTests/RunnerTests.swift b/ios/RunnerTests/RunnerTests.swift
index f324061..79e2c65 100644
--- a/ios/RunnerTests/RunnerTests.swift
+++ b/ios/RunnerTests/RunnerTests.swift
@@ -217,6 +217,55 @@ class RunnerTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertTrue(rules(master: true, switching: true, hidden: true) == (true, true))
   }
 
+  // Which actions in the share sheet ask to unlock - and how many prompts.
+
+  private func lockedAccounts(switching: Bool, hidden: Bool) -> SharedAccounts {
+    SharedAccounts(
+      accounts: [account("alice"), account("bob")], activeId: "alice",
+      loginLockEnabled: false, lockAccountSwitching: switching, lockHiddenFiles: hidden)
+  }
+
+  func testChoosingTheActiveAccountWithoutHiddenFoldersNeverPrompts() {
+    let shared = lockedAccounts(switching: true, hidden: true)
+    let needs = shared.unlockNeeds(choosing: account("alice"), showing: .hide)
+    XCTAssertEqual(needs, SelectionUnlock(switchesAccount: false, showsHidden: false))
+    XCTAssertFalse(needs.needsPrompt)
+  }
+
+  func testChoosingAnotherAccountPromptsEveryTime() {
+    let shared = lockedAccounts(switching: true, hidden: false)
+    // No unlock is remembered: the same choice asks again on every call.
+    for _ in 0..<3 {
+      XCTAssertTrue(shared.unlockNeeds(choosing: account("bob"), showing: .hide).needsPrompt)
+    }
+    XCTAssertFalse(
+      lockedAccounts(switching: false, hidden: false).unlockNeeds(choosing: account("bob"), showing: .hide).needsPrompt)
+  }
+
+  func testSwitchPlusHiddenFoldersIsOnePromptThatCoversBoth() {
+    let needs = lockedAccounts(switching: true, hidden: true)
+      .unlockNeeds(choosing: account("bob"), showing: .include)
+    XCTAssertEqual(needs, SelectionUnlock(switchesAccount: true, showsHidden: true))
+    XCTAssertTrue(needs.needsPrompt)
+  }
+
+  func testHiddenFoldersAloneOnTheActiveAccountPromptsForHidden() {
+    let needs = lockedAccounts(switching: true, hidden: true)
+      .unlockNeeds(choosing: account("alice"), showing: .only)
+    XCTAssertEqual(needs, SelectionUnlock(switchesAccount: false, showsHidden: true))
+  }
+
+  func testOnlyTurningHiddenFoldersOnAsksToUnlock() {
+    let locked = lockedAccounts(switching: false, hidden: true)
+    XCTAssertTrue(locked.needsUnlockToChangeHidden(from: .hide, to: .only))
+    XCTAssertTrue(locked.needsUnlockToChangeHidden(from: .hide, to: .include))
+    XCTAssertFalse(locked.needsUnlockToChangeHidden(from: .include, to: .hide), "hiding again never asks")
+    XCTAssertFalse(locked.needsUnlockToChangeHidden(from: .only, to: .include), "only <-> all never asks")
+    XCTAssertFalse(
+      lockedAccounts(switching: false, hidden: false).needsUnlockToChangeHidden(from: .hide, to: .include),
+      "no lock set, no prompt")
+  }
+
   // MARK: - TransferBatchStore
 
   func testBatchSummaryFiresOnlyOnTheLastFile() {
diff --git a/ios/ShareExtension/SharePickerView.swift b/ios/ShareExtension/SharePickerView.swift
index 9b963da..ff9cd1a 100644
--- a/ios/ShareExtension/SharePickerView.swift
+++ b/ios/ShareExtension/SharePickerView.swift
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ final class ShareModel: ObservableObject {
 
   let shared: SharedAccounts?
 
-  /// One successful unlock covers every gate for the rest of this sheet.
-  private var unlocked = false
-
   /// Set by the view controller: what each button actually does.
   var onUpload: () -> Void = {}
   var onSaveForLater: () -> Void = {}
@@ -103,24 +100,30 @@ final class ShareModel: ObservableObject {
   func select(_ account: SharedAccount) async {
     guard let shared else { return }
     notice = nil
-    if account.id != shared.active?.id, shared.needsUnlockToSwitchAccount {
-      guard await unlock("Unlock to upload to \(account.displayName)") else {
-        notice = "Unlock to upload to a different account."
-        stage = .chooseAccount
-        return
-      }
-    }
-    NSLog("[ShareExtension] selected %@ (hidden=%@ storage=%@)", account.id, account.hiddenFilter, account.storageScope)
-    selected = account
-    externalRoots = []
-    storageFilter = StorageFilter(raw: account.storageScope)
-    hiddenFilter = HiddenFilter(raw: account.hiddenFilter)
-    if hiddenFilter != .hide, shared.needsUnlockForHidden {
-      if await !unlock("Unlock to show hidden folders") {
-        hiddenFilter = .hide
+    var wantedHidden = HiddenFilter(raw: account.hiddenFilter)
+
+    // Every selection asks again, like the app does for every switch - no
+    // unlock is remembered. If one action needs both unlocks, one prompt
+    // covers both.
+    let needs = shared.unlockNeeds(choosing: account, showing: wantedHidden)
+    if needs.needsPrompt {
+      let reason = needs.switchesAccount
+        ? "Unlock to upload to \(account.displayName)" : "Unlock to show hidden folders"
+      if await !DeviceAuth.authenticate(reason: reason) {
+        guard !needs.switchesAccount else {
+          notice = "Unlock to upload to a different account."
+          stage = .chooseAccount
+          return
+        }
+        wantedHidden = .hide
         notice = "Hidden folders are locked, so they're not shown."
       }
     }
+    NSLog("[ShareExtension] selected %@ (hidden=%@ storage=%@)", account.id, wantedHidden.rawValue, account.storageScope)
+    selected = account
+    externalRoots = []
+    storageFilter = StorageFilter(raw: account.storageScope)
+    hiddenFilter = wantedHidden
     stage = .picking
     await open("/")
   }
@@ -132,8 +135,8 @@ final class ShareModel: ObservableObject {
   /// between the two revealing modes.
   func setHiddenFilter(_ filter: HiddenFilter) async {
     guard filter != hiddenFilter else { return }
-    if hiddenFilter == .hide, shared?.needsUnlockForHidden == true {
-      guard await unlock("Unlock to show hidden folders") else {
+    if shared?.needsUnlockToChangeHidden(from: hiddenFilter, to: filter) == true {
+      guard await DeviceAuth.authenticate(reason: "Unlock to show hidden folders") else {
         notice = "Hidden folders are locked, so they're not shown."
         return
       }
@@ -150,13 +153,6 @@ final class ShareModel: ObservableObject {
     await open("/")
   }
 
-  private func unlock(_ reason: String) async -> Bool {
-    if unlocked { return true }
-    let ok = await DeviceAuth.authenticate(reason: reason)
-    if ok { unlocked = true }
-    return ok
-  }
-
   // MARK: - Browsing
 
   /// A toggle can leave you inside a folder it now hides, so changing one
diff --git a/ios/Shared/SharedAccount.swift b/ios/Shared/SharedAccount.swift
index aa9ff97..031620d 100644
--- a/ios/Shared/SharedAccount.swift
+++ b/ios/Shared/SharedAccount.swift
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ struct SharedAccounts: Codable, Equatable {
   /// Showing hidden folders needs the same unlock the app asks for when you
   /// turn hidden files on.
   var needsUnlockForHidden: Bool { lockHiddenFiles }
+
+  /// What choosing [account] (with [hidden] folders to show) asks the user
+  /// to unlock. One action, one prompt - when both the account switch and
+  /// the hidden folders need it, a single authentication covers both.
+  func unlockNeeds(choosing account: SharedAccount, showing hidden: HiddenFilter) -> SelectionUnlock {
+    SelectionUnlock(
+      switchesAccount: account.id != active?.id && needsUnlockToSwitchAccount,
+      showsHidden: hidden != .hide && needsUnlockForHidden)
+  }
+
+  /// Turning hidden folders on (from `hide`) is what the app locks; going
+  /// back to `hide`, or between the two revealing modes, never asks.
+  func needsUnlockToChangeHidden(from old: HiddenFilter, to new: HiddenFilter) -> Bool {
+    old == .hide && new != .hide && needsUnlockForHidden
+  }
 }
 
 /// Keeps the [SharedAccounts] in a Keychain access group both the app and the
@@ -136,3 +151,11 @@ enum SharedAccountStore {
     SecItemDelete(legacy as CFDictionary)
   }
 }
+
+/// What one selection needs unlocked - see `SharedAccounts.unlockNeeds`.
+struct SelectionUnlock: Equatable {
+  let switchesAccount: Bool
+  let showsHidden: Bool
+
+  var needsPrompt: Bool { switchesAccount || showsHidden }
+}