How to exclude folders with pics appearing in the photo gallery

Anonymous
2023-03-05T11:07:08+00:00

How do I exclude folders from appearing in the Photo Gallery of onedrive Android?

The photo gallery of onedrive Android is showing all photos in my onedrive. I believe the Photo Gallery should limit to only the photos in the Pictures folder, same as the online version, but this is not what is happening.

This means it is showing a lot unwanted pics by default in the photo gallery, such as wallpapers, documents pics or even private medical photos that should never appear in the default photo gallery.

Yes, there is a filter in the Photo Gallery to only show "Pictures folders", and this works. However the filter is not sticky, this means every time I open the app it reverts back to show everything, so if I have people around when I open the Photo Gallery, I never know what private photos are going to show up.

I have tried using the ".nomedia" file to exclude folders, but no luck.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Android

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

59 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-13T09:18:14+00:00

    On android if we want to avoid to show a folder in the Gallery APP, we can add a file ".nomedia".
    We need something similiar for Photos on web and phone

    Was this answer helpful?

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T22:51:34+00:00

    I didn't even realize that existed! While we're at it, Outlook is the most unusable email program ever.

    Was this answer helpful?

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T11:02:43+00:00

    > go to your onedrive app

    > Choose photos tab

    > Select 'pictures folder' filter

    It should only show you the pictures that you have in your 'pictures' folder across all devices

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-23T20:37:42+00:00

    I agree with everything you wrote in this thread.

    After many years paying subscriptions for the whole family, I am fed up to

    the point of spending time to look for options using other solutions.

    I favor photos to anything else. I am a paying customer and being dissatisfied for this for too long time.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-06T19:14:29+00:00

    None of them care. They're probably working on the next annoying thing that will replace OneDrive that they'll force us to use in 3 years.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments