In this article, you can learn step by step about hiding/unhiding a photo album from appearing on the Gallery app.
i. To hide an album from the Gallery
- On your Redmi, find and launch the Gallery app.
- Tap Local images.
- Long tap the album you want to hide, then hit Hidden album.
ii. To “unhide” a hidden album
- On your Redmi, find and launch the Gallery app.
- Tap Local images.
- Tap the Menu button.
- Tap Show hidden albums.
- Long tap the hidden album you want to “unhide”, then hit Unhide album.
Note: The steps here were written for Android 4.2.2 on a Redmi (HM1W). If you’re having a different model of Redmi or other version of Android, there’s a possibility that the steps and screenshots will be different.
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ruhi says
I cant see the unhide option n also my photos folder.
Ethan says
This tutorial is for MIUI V5. If you’re Xiaomi device is running MIUI 6, kindly read this guide.
Singh says
HI Ethan,
I followed the steps to unhide the folder in gallery: Launched Gallery>>Local Images, could not find the menu button as you mentioned above. could you please help.
Thanks
Ethan says
The Menu button is the 3 stripes physical button besides the Home button
Ron says
Hello, i have downloaded some videos from youtube and it always goes in the gallery folder as ‘videos’. I want to transfer it from gallery to Music app . How to do it ?
plz help 🙁
Ethan says
The music app is only for music files such as mp3, wav, midi, acc and etc.