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[Q] Stop Picasa albums showing in Gallery?

I've disabled the Google Photo sync option in accounts settings but i still see my google+ albums in the gallery app, is there a way to stop them showing? I thought unchecking that would do it.

You go into your settings for applications. Then you find the gallery app, and clear the data. Don't worry you won't lose your pictures. When that's done open your gallery app and it should redo everything
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This didn't work for me.
The irony is that I was a couple of days ago I was insulting Apple's Photostream for not being able to delete any images without resetting the whole Photostream.
So I've already turned of syncing Google photos on both of my accounts, and I cleared the data for the Gallery app ... and all my images from Picassa are still there. I turned off Google+ sync just to check (I don't do any instant upload or anything like that anyway) and the images of both my accounts are still present after clearing the data in the Gallery app.
Help. Please.

Have a read through this bud
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362232
Don't know if you want to go to that extent but it seems like clearing the data from google+ will get rid of it.

Your problem is that the picasa pictures are still in the sd card cache folder of the gallery. Delete everything in the cache folder, it's under "/sdcard/android/data/com.android.sec.gallery3d" in honeycomb, it may be somewhere else in ICS.
After that clear data of the gallery again and the picasa folder is gone.

A combination of dumb donkey and gokpog.
1. Went to "/sdcard/android/data/com.android.gallery3d" (no .sec in ICS) and deleted everything in the cache.
2. Deleted data in Gallery app.
3. Deleted data in Google+ app.
And then I accidentally hit "Refresh". D'oh!
You actually only need to do numbers 2 and 3 above to get rid off the images. Though I found out (with help) how to do get rid of the unwanted albums, for the average buyer who doesn't come to these forums, it's way too hard. It shouldn't be this way. It's almost as bad as Apple's Photostream!

Cleargrey said:
A combination of dumb donkey and gokpog.
1. Went to "/sdcard/android/data/com.android.gallery3d" (no .sec in ICS) and deleted everything in the cache.
2. Deleted data in Gallery app.
3. Deleted data in Google+ app.
And then I accidentally hit "Refresh". D'oh!
You actually only need to do numbers 2 and 3 above to get rid off the images. Though I found out (with help) how to do get rid of the unwanted albums, for the average buyer who doesn't come to these forums, it's way too hard. It shouldn't be this way. It's almost as bad as Apple's Photostream!
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i noticed even with photosync still off
opening google plus and having instant upload on, returns the albums to the gallery
gahh

Why not just remove your Google account and add it again? Immediately afterwards, click on Google Sync and uncheck Picasa or photos or whatever.. That's what i always do after adding a Google account.

Gah!
I've tried clearing both the Google+ app cache and Gallery cache, plus deleting the contents of the Google+ app folder in the relevant path on the SD card, and still the albums reappear in Gallery as soon as I run the G+ app again. AAAARGHHH.
Does that mean that deleting the offending albums from the Android Gallery will also delete the Google+ albums? Because that would be irritating, to say the least.

Clear your gallery, then use Droidwall to blacklist the gallery and any offending processes?
Unfortunately, you may also have to blacklist G+

I always hated that I just couldn't delete these albums..

It drove me nuts so I just deleted Picassa from my main gmail account and set it up on a secondary gmail account so now it's gone.

to me it's the same, how I can hide the google + gallery in the gallery? I tried a thousand things and I can`t. help me!

I don't wish to hijack the thread, but seems like the best place to ask this question. Is there a way to reset the thumbnails in the Gallery and + app? I changed them online (some were inappropriate to have as thumbnails), but no matter what I seem to clear, the old thumbnails stick. I have cleared the data from both apps, and have even gone as far as even removing the Google account and readding it, and the old thumbnails still return.

blackdub370 said:
to me it's the same, how I can hide the google + gallery in the gallery? I tried a thousand things and I can`t. help me!
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Check this link out for solution that has worked for me on multiple devices -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23449660&postcount=4716
Plz thank me if I helped you, and you're welcome

Here is what you do...
1. Go to settings - apps - Google +
2. Click on clear data
3. Go to Google plus and activate it
4. Select no when it asks you if you want to upload pictures from camera
5. Got to Google + to make sure it is turned off
There you go now...
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[REQ] Google gallery without online sync

Can anyone please share the APK?
All latest baked, oops cooked releases include the annoying version with online (Picasa) sync....

The only way I know of getting it is from Pauls Modaco ROM but you'll need to buy premium to get access to the kitchen to build a ROM with it in.
I'm not prepared to break his rules and post it either, sorry.
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would the APK from an "old" 4.0.1/2 release do?

Did you try turning off the Google Pictures synchronization in settings? I dont know if it removes picasa sync, i am just guessing.

mistm said:
Did you try turning off the Google Pictures synchronization in settings? I dont know if it removes picasa sync, i am just guessing.
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yea i did, but then removed some google components and stupid thing sync-ed again by default...now i have to remove it completely or reinstall the APK and be fast enough to disable sync again...
pain in the a$$ though

I would love to know this as well....I hate that it always shows pictures other than what's from the camera
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1.Clear data for both the Galery app and Google+app.
2.Disable picture sync in accounts and sync.
3.Once in Google+ hit disable instant upload.
Done

Simer03 said:
I would love to know this as well....I hate that it always shows pictures other than what's from the camera
sent from my Nexus Prime
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I got rid of the "Scrapbook Photos" and "Profile Photos" albums by getting on my computer and logging into G+ and then I just deleted the picasa folder and the picasa feature/service/app altogether. I never used picasa anyway so that got rid of the empty "Scrapbook Photos" album in my gallery. Then I deleted my profile picture in G+ to get rid of the "Profile Photos" album. It took me a loooong time to finally get rid of those annoying albums in my gallery. I tried all kinds of stuff before I realized I could do it that way. After all was said and done, I just deleted my entire G+ account bc I never used it anyway...I barely use FB as it is. I'm very picky about having only what I want in my gallery...as well as on my phone

3colby3 said:
I got rid of the "Scrapbook Photos" and "Profile Photos" albums by getting on my computer and logging into G+ and then I just deleted the picasa folder and the picasa feature/service/app altogether. I never used picasa anyway so that got rid of the empty "Scrapbook Photos" album in my gallery. Then I deleted my profile picture in G+ to get rid of the "Profile Photos" album. It took me a loooong time to finally get rid of those annoying albums in my gallery. I tried all kinds of stuff before I realized I could do it that way. After all was said and done, I just deleted my entire G+ account bc I never used it anyway...I barely use FB as it is. I'm very picky about having only what I want in my gallery...as well as on my phone
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Am I the only person that uses Picasa for my wallpapers? I hate clutter on the phone itself, so I just pick a wallpaper from one of my Picasa folders and I don't have to worry about all 1k+ taking up space on the device.
Do you know the muffin man?

Mi|enko said:
Am I the only person that uses Picasa for my wallpapers? I hate clutter on the phone itself, so I just pick a wallpaper from one of my Picasa folders and I don't have to worry about all 1k+ taking up space on the device.
Do you know the muffin man?
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lol...???...not familiar with muffin man....why do u ask?

[Q] How do I get rid of this crap in gallery?

When I open the Gallery I'm seeing image galleries with pics that have the small Picasa logo in the bottom right corner... some of them are even old pics from a Blogger blog I used to have. No matter what I have tried, I can't get rid of them.
1. I cleared cache and data for Gallery and Media Storage and rebooted... did not fix it.
2. Google+ Instant Upload is not enabled.
3. When in Gallery if I click the menu then "Settings" it confirms that Google Photo sync is OFF.
4. Settings | Accounts and Sync | Google... "Sync Google Photos" and "Sync Instant Upload" are not checked.
5. I went online to the Picasa site, deleted everything, then repeated step 1... did not fix it.
Any help would be very much appreciated. This is really irritating.
EDIT: I managed to now have it reduced to showing only two extra galleries now... (after #5 plus choosing "Refresh" from the menu in Gallery) ...but it's still showing "Profile Photos" (with a Picasa Logo) and photos from posts I've made on Google+.... UGH.

Google+.
Delete data.
I hate that too...and it's such a damn annoyance to see those images to me =/

Jubakuba said:
Google+.
Delete data.
I hate that too...and it's such a damn annoyance to see those images to me =/
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I went to Settings | Apps | Google+ and deleted Data, went back to Gallery and did a refresh... nothing is different.
EDIT: Nope... this didn't fix it. I thought it did for a minute, because I cleared cache/data from G+ then Gallery... but still no dice.

Maybe I'm wrong...I was sure that's how I got rid of 'em.
But I KNOW the refresh is what put them there initially for me.
Maybe google+ delete data...gallery delete data?
And don't refresh.

Jubakuba said:
Maybe I'm wrong...I was sure that's how I got rid of 'em.
But I KNOW the refresh is what put them there initially for me.
Maybe google+ delete data...gallery delete data?
And don't refresh.
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This is what I did just now:
1. Settings | Apps | All
2. Gallery --> Force Stop, Clear Cache, Clear Data
3. Google Plus --> Force Stop, Clear Cache, Clear Data
4. Home button to home screen
5. Open Gallery
Apparent success...
I opened the Gallery again and it's clean except for 1 wallpaper I have in a folder on the phone, which is what I want (just wiped the phone because I rooted it).
Hopefully it'll stay that way.
EDIT: Still that way even after opening Google+ and letting it sync up and all.

Ya, I've gotten it twice now.
Once when I uploaded a google+ photo manually.
Once when I pressed refresh in Gallery.
P.S.
Utah is gorgeous for backpacking through the canyons.

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Utah is gorgeous for backpacking through the canyons.
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True story.

Didnt work for me and i hate those.. Ffs
I mean, they go away with the procedure but if i refresh gallery they come back..
Galaxy Nexus Stock + Franco m3

Lol don't sync picasa =P uncheck it and Google + photos as well....
Tho even if u uncheck them the album boxes will still be there just that the picasa images won't show
- Google

Best option I've found is to disable Gallery and get Quickpic or equivalent.
Then you'll have a program that'll respect .nomedia and can exclude top level directories so you don't have to drill down and put a .nomedia in everything else.
OR - try this maybe... find the directory where the images with the picasa logo are stored on your phone, and drop a .nomedia file in it (since I'm guessing it's probably a temp dir or such, and not where your original files are). Then clear cache/data and such... and when it rescans it SHOULD skip that folder.

Had that same problem and like iGoogleNexus said:
Go to Settings -> Accounts & Synchronisation -> <your google account>
and uncheck Photos.

iGoogleNexus said:
Lol don't sync picasa =P uncheck it and Google + photos as well....
Tho even if u uncheck them the album boxes will still be there just that the picasa images won't show
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I dont sync picasa or Google + so it wont show any picture and i dont have any picture there.. Just want to get rid of the crap i show in the screenshot
Galaxy Nexus Stock + Franco m3

GNexor said:
Had that same problem and like iGoogleNexus said:
Go to Settings -> Accounts & Synchronisation -> <your google account>
and uncheck Photos.
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Did you even read my original post?

Sorry, doesn't saw that point.
But that's the way I solved that problem on my phone.

Login to your Picasa Web Gallery and delete everything, since it doesn't seem like you use it.
Galaxy Nexus GSM

I had the same problem. Finally solved it by installing Picasa Tool from the play store and using it to delete all the folders from my Picasa account.
Easy peasy.
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dr.m0x said:
I had the same problem. Finally solved it by installing Picasa Tool from the play store and using it to delete all the folders from my Picasa account.
Easy peasy.
Sent from my GNex
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Oh lord this its the ultimate fix.. Thx bro
Galaxy Nexus Stock + Franco m3

problem solved icasa sync photos in gallery..
Guys who have this problem of synced photos in gallery.. clear the Google plus data and cache, problem solved.. it worked for me..also force atop after that..

How the heck do you just view pictures on the actual phone (as opposed to cloud)

I tried to look for a permanant setting for the Gallery to just show pics on the phone itself but it keeps reverting to "ALL" view where it shows my picassa / dropbox. Thank you!

boodies said:
I tried to look for a permanant setting for the Gallery to just show pics on the phone itself but it keeps reverting to "ALL" view where it shows my picassa / dropbox. Thank you!
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From within the gallery
Menu>View by>Content in device
this is on the T889 Note II. ALJ1
EDIT: oh but look at that. it doesn't stick. how stupid.

crazy talk said:
From within the gallery
Menu>View by>Content in device
this is on the T889 Note II. ALJ1
EDIT: oh but look at that. it doesn't stick. how stupid.
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I know that, but it doesn't stick lol... wtf right?

I found the answer myself lol. You need to go in to Cloud in settings and then disable Dropbox sync to gallery.
Now i just have to figure out how to NOT SHOW picassa images

boodies said:
I found the answer myself lol. You need to go in to Cloud in settings and then disable Dropbox sync to gallery.
Now i just have to figure out how to NOT SHOW picassa images
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Settings>Google>'Your E-mail here'>Picasa
I don't know if it actually works since i don't use Picasa. but it's worth a shot.

My Sync Internet doesn't seem to sync
desont seem to work ;(

I managed to do it with an app called QuickPic and some adjustments in the settings!
After downloading Quickpic, you go to Settings>S Cloud. There, as the first screenshot shows you disable pics and video sync. (I belive you did that already.)
Then, you go to Settings >Google then you select your mail address and you'll have the options as you can see on the second screenshot. Untick picassa and google photos.
Now it is possible you still see some of your cloud pics on your device. I'm pretty sure you can't delete some of them with the stock galery app. So use Quickpic to delete them.
Hope it helped
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Thanks to Greige from android central
Make sure the synching for the Picasa albums is still off, then go into Settings > Application manager. Select the All tab, find Gallery and hit the Clear data button. Next time you open the Gallery, it will take a moment to rebuild it but the Picasa albums should finally be gone.
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Thanks for this thread all. This was really annoying me, now fixed

Any way to stop Facebook photos showing in the gallery?

How can I delete this ?

Hey guys I was looking around the internet and couldn't find answer
Anyways picture below is of my gallery
What is that little icon the arrow is pointing at ?
And
How can I delete them from my gallery ?
Yes I've tried selecting and deleting them.. its annoying because these pictures are doubles and I already have them in another album
Any help would be great thanks
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S3

That's the symbol for your Picasa Web album. It's most likely synced under accounts>google. All of those pics are saved in your Google Picasa account.

metalfan78 said:
That's the symbol for your Picasa Web album. It's most likely synced under accounts>google. All of those pics are saved in your Google Picasa account.
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Funny thing is I don't even have a picsa account..lol...
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If you have a Google account then you automatically have a Picasa account. They are linked together. Are you using Google +?

metalfan78 said:
If you have a Google account then you automatically have a Picasa account. They are linked together. Are you using Google +?
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Actually I do have a google+ ...is that what's causing the issues ...
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Yea, most likely you have instant upload turned on. I have the same setup. If you don't want to see them in your gallery you can open the gallery, hit menu, and then choose 'view by'

metalfan78 said:
Yea, most likely you have instant upload turned on. I have the same setup. If you don't want to see them in your gallery you can open the gallery, hit menu, and then choose 'view by'
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Yeah i have it set to view albums yet still shows the picsa pictures ... would rather just delete them and cancel google plus lol
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I believe you clear data for Gallery and make sure that Picasa sync is unchecked in your Google Account settings and that gets rid of it. I've done it myself, it doesn't delete pictures only that Picasa album
Edit: You can disable Gallery first too if you want, it might be better. I don't think I did

sevenpioverthree said:
I believe you clear data for Gallery and make sure that Picasa sync is unchecked in your Google Account settings and that gets rid of it. I've done it myself, it doesn't delete pictures only that Picasa album
Edit: You can disable Gallery first too if you want, it might be better. I don't think I did
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Yup that's what it was..lol
Just in case anyone else has this issues here's a youtube link
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=djB3XcjtMTo
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S3

otterboxfan4l said:
Hey guys I was looking around the internet and couldn't find answer
Anyways picture below is of my gallery
What is that little icon the arrow is pointing at ?
And
How can I delete them from my gallery ?
Yes I've tried selecting and deleting them.. its annoying because these pictures are doubles and I already have them in another album
Any help would be great thanks
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S3
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Go into gallery and settings, view albums in device only...that will HIDE it, and then I go into google account in phone and uncheck the scan of picaso