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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T18:21:56+00:00

    So...how?

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  2. 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

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T12:44:07+00:00

    Not true, at least not anymore, these options do not exist, yes Me is there, and Settings, but that's it!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T12:54:36+00:00

    Well, if could get that you're using a different version of the app

    Or, maybe, you gave an iphone version, in that case it could significantly differ

    Mb try to update the app if you're using Android

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T13:27:16+00:00

    Hi Garmash,

    If you read the key question, you see your answer is a reiteration of the issue and not a solution.

    The filter is unreliable and oversimplified. Not up to current privacy standards we expect, that have been downgrading.

    Anyone should be able to control visibility per photo and/or subfolder.

    Microsoft continues to show quite a bit of arrogance when trying to guess what the users want.

    This is annoying me to the point of being actively looking for alternatives to Onedrive Photos.

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