I was just wondering if there was a way 2 hide specific folders from being visible in the gallery. I have like 4 folders of pics i want 2 see and like 35 album cover folders -_- i use the app Album Art grabber and i guess thats what makes so many folders for each album but man this is kinda driving me nuts. ANy thoughts? Thx in advance.
Create a file called .nomedia (no other file names or extensions) and put it into the folder that you do not want to show up in Gallery
Edit: I have attached a zip file that has the .nomedia file inside.
Snuggl3s said:
I was just wondering if there was a way 2 hide specific folders from being visible in the gallery. I have like 4 folders of pics i want 2 see and like 35 album cover folders -_- i use the app Album Art grabber and i guess thats what makes so many folders for each album but man this is kinda driving me nuts. ANy thoughts? Thx in advance.
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I think you can edit the folder names in a file manager and put a . in front of the folder names and this will make them "invissible"
.foldername
maybe someone else can confirm.
awesome i will try these things! thx! =)
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I think you can edit the folder names in a file manager and put a . in front of the folder names and this will make them "invissible"
.foldername
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That's correct, just add a "." (without the quotes) to a file name and the folder is considered hidden.
sometimes you don't want the folder hidden completely, for example e-mail attachments to my touchdown app since the app still needs to reference them. The .nomedia did the trick now my gallery does not populate with e-mail attachments or my juice plotter graph images. Thanks!
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Create a file called .nomedia (no other file names or extensions) and put it into the folder that you do not want to show up in Gallery
Edit: I have attached a zip file that has the .nomedia file inside.
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Awesome this worked! Thx a million! Now my gallery isn't all crazy clutterd. =) idk if this is else where but sticky maybe?
fRom Snugs G2 ^.^
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Is there a way to hide a folder? ex: pic folder you know when someone have ya phone the first thing they wanna do is check ya pics.
You can hide it from TF3D and HTC Photo Album by editing the registry; it will still be visible from the Pictures & Videos application.
Go to:
HKLM\software\htc\htcalbum\ignored\
add the path of your folder(s)
what about any programs to hide the pictures or lock them. even hiding certain sms/mms stuff?
Tyson11234 said:
Is there a way to hide a folder? ex: pic folder you know when someone have ya phone the first thing they wanna do is check ya pics.
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Sounds like you got something to hide! lol...well, prob the easiest way would be to just rename the pics and change the file extension to something else. That way, they couldn't see them, and all you have to do is change back the file extension. Just an idea.
Do a search for morescript, install it then search for hidescript. With this you can hide a folder and all sub folders that obviously contain all of your dirty pics from the htc photo album.
It works great for hiding all my super secret under cover spy info.
Cheeze[iT] said:
what about any programs to hide the pictures or lock them. even hiding certain sms/mms stuff?
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I've found the best free way to hide files is to compress them.
Pocket rar is better but I managed to find Htc Zip which was on my old blackstone, which I'm more accustomed to.
Just set up a password before adding the files and it gives you the option to delete the original file
Tyson11234 said:
Is there a way to hide a folder? ex: pic folder you know when someone have ya phone the first thing they wanna do is check ya pics.
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Hide my stuff v3.6, simple to use, hides files so definitely not visible unless using the programme.
They wont ever know its there, enter your password and you can view them all
ehm.. why don't you just hide them from pc?? via usb..
it works.
But you cannot open that folder untill you make it visible again ( always on computer ).
Maybe with Total Cmmander you can see the invisible ones..
Several ics revs back I could open the gallery app and it would only show folders with picture files in them. I also had the option to hide folders. Now when I open gallery, it goes and if a folder has any apk's in them it will display the icon picture as well. Well I have a folder with my apk's backed up so it is showing a bunch of icons in addition to my own picture folder. I cannot hide them either. Does this happen to anybody else? I do have the option to delete them. If I delete them, will it just remove them from the album and not delete the actual file?
Do u have an app backup apk downloaded?
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You can put a "." In front of the folder name , no "'s to hide that folder, I know thats not the answer you wanted, but hope it helps.
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hi guys...
i have problem on my gallery in galaxy note 2
when i go to my gallery all photo in albums like viber image & whats app &music cover photo other show in my gallery
but i want see only camera gallery or my pic i put in internal storage... not viber .. whats app... cover music and...
how can i do it?! any body help me?! plz
thanks a lot
sorry for my bad english:cyclops:
You need to put a file named .nomedia in the folders you don't want Gallery to index!
Download it from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?xqjjytzzznz
Copy it to your phone and please note that it's a hidden file (because the name starts with a period) so use a file manager in "show hidden files" mode!
Then just copy that file into all the folders you want excluded from the gallery.
Then reboot.
Make empty text file and give it a name .nomedia , copy that file i folder wich you want to hide from gallery app
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Thanks, it was really annoying having all music images showing in my gallery.
Hi,
You should call the image of the album (or the artist) "folder.jpg" and put it in the directory where the songs are (hope I express myself right...). That way none will show up in the gallery but any media reader will use it when you play the track.
Hi!
installed somes apps, copied some music, etc.
now those images (e.g. albumart / coverart) appear in the album, so it's very bloated with a lot of undesired images.
how can i exclude certain folders from being visible in the album? tried it already with a ".nomedia"-file in those folders, but this doesn't seem to work.
any ideas?
thanks & have a nice day.
There is a .NOMEDIA file in the demovideo folder. Copy that file to the folders you don't want to get indexed, then clear the cache of the album app. Reboot your phone and your set.
LucoBuck said:
There is a .NOMEDIA file in the demovideo folder. Copy that file to the folders you don't want to get indexed, then clear the cache of the album app. Reboot your phone and your set.
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thanks for the hint, but unfortunately it didn't work!
*bump*
sorry, as i didn't find a solution yet...
Use Quickpic app to hide any folders you don't want the album to see. It works fine.
biffsmash said:
Use Quickpic app to hide any folders you don't want the album to see. It works fine.
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thanks for your reply. i read about quickpic. but doesn't quickpic just hide the images only from the quickpic-gallery?!
hebbe said:
Hi!
installed somes apps, copied some music, etc.
now those images (e.g. albumart / coverart) appear in the album, so it's very bloated with a lot of undesired images.
how can i exclude certain folders from being visible in the album? tried it already with a ".nomedia"-file in those folders, but this doesn't seem to work.
any ideas?
thanks & have a nice day.
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QUICKPIC is the solution - try n confirm.
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Is it posible that there´s a Problem with the .nomedia file in your xperia z?
Example:
I´ve a .nomedia File in the WhatsApp Media Directory. Right after the creation of that .nomedia file, everything is fine, the Pictures are hidden in the Album app. I´m recieving a Picture in whatsapp, Album app also Shows it, also after reboot!
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Is it posible that there´s a Problem with the .nomedia file in your xperia z?
Example:
I´ve a .nomedia File in the WhatsApp Media Directory. Right after the creation of that .nomedia file, everything is fine, the Pictures are hidden in the Album app. I´m recieving a Picture in whatsapp, Album app also Shows it, also after reboot!
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seems that there is something wrong with your .nomedia file, too
.nomedia file is created with QuickPic...
SirRobin78 said:
Is it posible that there´s a Problem with the .nomedia file in your xperia z?
Example:
I´ve a .nomedia File in the WhatsApp Media Directory. Right after the creation of that .nomedia file, everything is fine, the Pictures are hidden in the Album app. I´m recieving a Picture in whatsapp, Album app also Shows it, also after reboot!
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USE QUICKPIC please. It is (so far) the only quick solution.
You do not need a .nomedia file under your music directory. You do however need to rename the album/cover art jpg files to AlbumArt.jpg (not cover.jpg or other filename), and Sony's Album app will automatically exclude those images.
You will still need to clear the media cache.
exmatproton said:
USE QUICKPIC please. It is (so far) the only quick solution.
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I´ve done it with quickpic allready but right now after this step newer whatsapp pictures are back again in album app...
Bravia engine not working with quickpic
I've noticed Bravia Engine doesn't kick in when viewing images with QuickPic. Is there a way it enable it?
As I understand it, the .nomedia file doesn't work with JB 4.2+
Check StudioKuma .nomedia manager on PlayStore
hebbe said:
Hi!
installed somes apps, copied some music, etc.
now those images (e.g. albumart / coverart) appear in the album, so it's very bloated with a lot of undesired images.
how can i exclude certain folders from being visible in the album? tried it already with a ".nomedia"-file in those folders, but this doesn't seem to work.
any ideas?
thanks & have a nice day.
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Well, I just downloaded an icon pack and added a single period in front of the name of the unpacked folder. This makes the folder hidden. It no longer shows on my album or my widget for that matter.
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use gallery pro
The .nomedia solution works perfectly fine for me. However it will not exclude stuff that is already in the album so you need to clear the data of the Media Storage (Settings --> Apps --> All --> Media Storage) app. It will mean that it will need to rescan your phone however, but it will correctly exclude any directory with the .nomedia file in it.
This works on XZ and it also worked on my old SGS3 running CM10.1 (JB 4.2.2)
Syzygial said:
I've noticed Bravia Engine doesn't kick in when viewing images with QuickPic. Is there a way it enable it?
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No, be is part of the stock album app.
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Quickpic hides them from both galleries. If they're still in your album after you've hidden them, then you either need to reboot or if you've stopped media scanner you have to scan media to ensure they're no longer shown in album app.
Quick pic works perfectly on Z I use it to hide all my wallpapers from the gallery ;-p
It's a good way of seeing what your pictures REALLY look like without Bravia shenanigans also lol
Whenever I open the gallery, all of the artwork from my mp3s is mixed in with the my pictures. This makes it next to impossible to find something quickly. Is there an easy way to organize them out or hide them without clicking each individual picture? This seems very dumb. My iphone, nor any other phone I've ever used does this. Thoughts?
In your music folder, put an empty text file with the filename 'nomedia' (without the quotation marks and file extention). Then in settings > apps > gallery , select clear data.
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bibek86 said:
In your music folder, put an empty text file with the filename 'nomedia' (without the quotation marks and file extention). Then in settings > apps > gallery , select clear data.
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Sorry for being dense, but the hierarchical structure you listed doesn't work.
Did you mean setting>general(tab)>apps?....if so "gallery" isn't listed there. If I go into gallery and try to move the photos, it just randomly moves them around.....no labels or anything. I don't understand. Do I need to go into my windows explorer on my pc to adjust the folders?....that seems dumb that you can't easily do it from the phone.
MyXDADevName said:
Sorry for being dense, but the hierarchical structure you listed doesn't work.
Did you mean setting>general(tab)>apps?....if so "gallery" isn't listed there. If I go into gallery and try to move the photos, it just randomly moves them around.....no labels or anything. I don't understand. Do I need to go into my windows explorer on my pc to adjust the folders?....that seems dumb that you can't easily do it from the phone.
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It normally has to be done on the computer I believe but it might not let the android media scanner find your music or use the pictures for album artwork. I honestly I just use QuickPic and it has the options to hide(.no media) and exclude folders and I just select exclude folders from my main music folder so it doesn't include them.
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MyXDADevName said:
Sorry for being dense, but the hierarchical structure you listed doesn't work.
Did you mean setting>general(tab)>apps?....if so "gallery" isn't listed there. If I go into gallery and try to move the photos, it just randomly moves them around.....no labels or anything. I don't understand. Do I need to go into my windows explorer on my pc to adjust the folders?....that seems dumb that you can't easily do it from the phone.
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Hi!
Yes i meant setting>general(tab)>apps. Under apps if you scroll horizontally u will find gallery under 'ALL' tab.
In order to move files, folders or any other operation to a file or folder, you need to use a file manager app. There are different file managers available for android. Personally i use ES file manager. A pretty good app called just File Manager is already there in G Pro. You can use it to manage your folders.
As jesi.james above pointed out putting the .nomedia (sorry i missed the '.' before nomedia in my previous post) file in your music folder will hide the album arts from the gallery but it will hide the music files from the music player as well. I am sorry i wasnt aware of that. i do not store my music on my phone. I listen to it from play music.
To solve your problem, i found that there is an option in the gallery menu to hide/show albums. You can choose the albumd you do not want to see in your gallery. If you have a large music collection, you will have to select the albums one by one. Frustrating.
Next option is to use Quickpic. This is a very good alternative to the default gallery and it gives you options to select folders you want show or hide in quickpic as mentioned by the guy above.
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