You need to create a file named ".nomedia" and place it IN that folder. Then anything you put in that folder will not appear in the gallery

 

Very useful, thank you.

 

No problem. I have actually answered that same question a few times this week in different sections on here. Seems like everyone has the same question on different phones right now.

Glad I could help

 

Put it inside whatever folder you are putting the pictures in that you don't want in your gallery

 

Use a file explorer (I use root explorer personally)

Navigate to the folder that has the pictures you want hidden

Open that folder

Create a new file. In root explorer you push menu, then select new file

Name the file ".nomedia"

You may need to reboot after that. If that still doesn't work, make a new folder named whatever you want, create the .nomedia file in it, move your pictures to the new folder, then delete the old one

 

Make a new folder, doesn't have to be inside pictures, but it can be. It doesn't matter what the folder is named.

Then open that folder and create a file inside that folder. The FILE needs to be named ".nomedia" not the folder. Any folder that you put a FILE in named .nomedia nothing will show up in your gallery

 

I'm not sure on other file explorers, and but I recommend you use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.explorer

It is the same as the one I use, but for non rooted phones. With this explorer just open the folder you want hidden then push the menu button. One of the options is create file

 

So you have a folder with the pictures you want hidden. Open that folder. INSIDE that folder there should be:
1. A file named ".nomedia"
2. Pictures you want hidden

If that is correct try:
From you home screen -> menu -> settings -> apps -> gallery -> clear data

Then reboot, and see if the pictures are still there

 

Glad you found a way to get it working. I haven't ever seen a phone before where it didn't work

 

Great tip, it worked on my Optimus V.

 

I'm having the same problem. Gallery is showing "new" pics added to folders that contain a ".nomedia" file and also pics added to a folder off my SD Card root folder called ".hidden".

Pre-existing files remain hidden from Gallery, but new files are being added to the Gallery, for both folder that begin with a "." and folders that contain a ".nomedia" file.

 

I researched how to hide photos a few months ago and learned of the (.) trick using Astro file manager. It worked perfectly, I created a very generic named folder inside an admin folder and added several photos I didn't want appearing in my gallery. Then I unselected "show hidden files" in the Astro "Look" options to further prevent a nosy individual from stumbling across the pictures. Everything worked fine and I could access the pictures whenever I wanted.

Now, any pictures I add to the same "hidden" file appear in my gallery as an all new group (I don't know what to call it) titled .*filename containing only the new pictures.
I have tried every suggestion on here as far as creating a .Nomedia main directory and moving the pictures under multiple layers of hidden folders but the pictures always appear in the gallery with the new file name!?

All the older pictures previously saved in the SAME folder do not appear and if I delete the new pictures the "group" disappears from the gallery!?
I won't download a specific picture hiding app because that in itself will raise hell if it's discovered!
Has anybody figured out the solution to this?

 

Can you not go into Gallery - select settings Show/hide albums and take the tick out of the ones you dont want to see?

 

That isn't an option in the stock Android gallery

 

So there's no option other than downloading a picture managing app I'll give this "quickpic" a try I guess.
So if I transfer all my pictures from my gallery into quickpic, plus my non-PG pics, can I then hide specific pics? and how easy would they be to access?