Hey Guys,
Hiding folders from gallery with .nomedia
Whats the workaround for hiding folder with a .nomedia file from the MIUI Stock Gallery?
I used to omit my scanned documents folders by using this workaround in my previous phones. But those folders get picked up by MIUI stock gallery now.
Any clue ?
AFAIK there must be an option for that in settings,just untick it
I had the same problem, couldn't hide a lot of folders from Gallery, even .nomedia files I put in the folders are ignored and often even automatically deleted!.
So eventually I had to switch to another and better gallery app from the Play Store.
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I want to hide Gallery and videoplayer from application menu.It shows all my private images and videos.If it is possible please give suggestion.Thanks in advance.
get app protect, setup a password for your apps
I tried that also.thank you for your reply.
Why not just put a full stop in front of the folder you have your things in for example .porn you will have to do this with the in built my files program then they won't show in the gallery but you can view them using the same program my files, or if you want them in the gallery for a short time remove the full stop and they will appear.
Or u can put .nomedia file to the folder and the content from this folder will not show in gallery
or simply stop making some amateur porn
If you want to "hide" some medias (photos, vidéos), just create an empty file called: ".nomedia" in the folder you don't want in your Gallery/Video/... app.
Thanks
Thank you for all for the wonder full replies.
alain57 good idea
Hello all, just recently got myself a new droid 3. And after putting my sd card in, and figuring out that it is now /sdcard-ext I am trying to clean up my gallery. It appears the 2.3.4 gallery app no longer cares if you use .nomedia or not? It just shoves everything in together... I know about quickpic, justpictures, and all the other gallery replacements. And those are fine and dandy, I do hate the new format for gallery, would love it be folder based again, but until it is, can anyone confirm if the .nomedia is no longer supported or not? Thanks
onezero1010101 said:
Hello all, just recently got myself a new droid 3. And after putting my sd card in, and figuring out that it is now /sdcard-ext I am trying to clean up my gallery. It appears the 2.3.4 gallery app no longer cares if you use .nomedia or not? It just shoves everything in together... I know about quickpic, justpictures, and all the other gallery replacements. And those are fine and dandy, I do hate the new format for gallery, would love it be folder based again, but until it is, can anyone confirm if the .nomedia is no longer supported or not? Thanks
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its still supported. im using '.nomedia' on the root of my sdcard-ext. so none of the images/videos/music will not be shown in the 'standard' gallery.
The .nomedia file has to be the first file in a folder in order to ignore media there. If files are already indexed, just rename such folders forth and back (opening the Gallery in the middle) and there you go.
You can use the Nomedia application for creating easily the .nomedia
Hello,
Does anyone know where the folders come from?
I got lot's of folder with 'picturers' or let say icons in my gallery and I find them quite annoying.
See screenshot.
Does anyone know how to get rid of them ?
Already deleted them before but the keep on coming back.
Thanks
screen -> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5778397/download.jpg
decat said:
Hello,
Does anyone know where the folders come from?
I got lot's of folder with 'picturers' or let say icons in my gallery and I find them quite annoying.
See screenshot.
Does anyone know how to get rid of them ?
Already deleted them before but the keep on coming back.
Thanks
screen -> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5778397/download.jpg
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Have you got go launcher or any other third party launcher? Go sms? Any other custom sms clients? I installed go sms once and now I have those strange ghost smileys on my phone. And can't you simply delete them in the gallery (or any other image viewer)?
Sent from my Galaxy Note running ICS
This is what happens when third party apps store data on your sdcard, and don't include a nomedia file in the folder they are storing them in, youwill have to either delete the files or if they keep coming back find the folder they are in and create a file with the name .nomedia with no file extension
Just be aware that if you have other media in the folder (eg. mp 3, videos etc.), they will no longer show up in other media playing apps if you add the .nomedia file.
I have a lot of music folders that have album art in them. All of the album art shows up in Gallery, which is annoying. I can't add a .nomedia file, or my mp3's won't show in music players.
I use Just Pictures most of the time as it allows you to hide folders. I only use Gallery when I am selecting a picture from an app that doesn't play nice with Just Pictures.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
thanks, at the moment they didn't come back.
Let's hope it will stay this way.
This idea came to when i found nfs shift music tracks inside its data folder but not showing up in music app.
So you just have to move any media file inside
Android/data/ any folder with name like com.dailymotion......
thats it now check you gallery the file wont be their any more.
Note-Make sure the media scanner runs after moving the file so that it doesnt show up in gallery or music.so use Stock My Files app.
Note 2-dont delete the app in whose folder you have moved your files or else they will get deleted as well
UTK18 said:
This idea came to when i found nfs shift music tracks inside its data folder but not showing up in music app.
So you just have to move any media file inside
Android/data/ any folder with name like com.dailymotion......
thats it now check you gallery the file wont be their any more.
Note-Make sure the media scanner runs after moving the file so that it doesnt show up in gallery or music.so use Stock My Files app.
Note 2-dont delete the app in whose folder you have moved your files or else they will get deleted as well
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yup it works......its confirmed.........dont forget to run media scan after you copy the file.......
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.nomedia is the correct way to do it.
.nomedia folder can be easily opened by anyone if you have enabled show hidden files.but with this method only u know where are the files.no one can randomly reach deep down there
UTK18 said:
.nomedia folder can be easily opened by anyone if you have enabled show hidden files.but with this method only u know where are the files.no one can randomly reach deep down there
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He is not saying about the .nomedia folder
He is saying that you can do that in any folder by pasting a file named .nomedia
UTK18 said:
.nomedia folder can be easily opened by anyone if you have enabled show hidden files.but with this method only u know where are the files.no one can randomly reach deep down there
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didnt know abt that
Hi all, I can't seem to find the thumbnails file to delete in the DCIM folder. I have looked in the folder and its not there. I have removed some pictures but they are still showing. Where does Android store these pictures thumbnails? It's very annoying. I tried refreshing and still no luck. I'm currently using ROM called CyanASOP 1.8 this is driving me crazy.
Clear the data for the gallery app.
I have
I have but it still doesn't clear the thumbnails. I have even deleted the a folder and nothing. The folder shows up in the thumbnails but then there are no pictures.
Thumbnails are stored in a hidden folder inside DCIM. The folder name is ".thumbnail" and the dot in front of the name makes it hidden. You need a file explorer that can show hidden files. Note that you do not need root. Look inside the settings of your file explorer and see if there is a setting to display hidden files.
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