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
    2024-01-04T15:05:32+00:00

    This is exactly what I was asking. Thank you!

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-06T21:21:46+00:00

    OK, I agree with all of the posters that choosing which folders to index is the right solution. Until then, select the filter icon, under the for you section if you have not turned this off, and then select the pictures folder option. This shows me only items in my pictures folder. Yes all of the other folders are still indexed and a huge pain but at least I can actually find photos now.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-06T05:35:52+00:00

    Hey there,

    Welcome to our Microsoft community.

    I'm so sorry to hear that you're experiencing problems with private photos often appearing inexplicably, I completely understand how you feel and on some occasions this can be really embarrassing. We can try unchecking the folders within OneDrive that you don't want to show in OneDrive, this will be sorted by source.

    1. Select Me  Person icon in OneDrive app for iOS
    2. Open Settings
    3. Select Camera upload
    4. Choose Organise by source
    5. Check or uncheck any folders you included or excluded.
    6. Select Categorize in sub-folders to upload within the Pictures folder instead (e.g. Screenshots).

    For your information: Seeing pictures that are not my photos in OneDrive - Microsoft Support

    You can follow the steps above, uncheck the images source you don't want to show and observe it for a while to see if it works. If you have any questions, you can reply to this thread anytime and I will continue to help you.

    If there is anything unclear, please don't hesitate to let me know.

    Have a nice day and stay safe!

    Best regards,

    Olivia | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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