How can I hide photos in albums from the main gallery on iPhone and iPad?

ALLOW US THE OPTION TO HIDE PHOTOS IN ALBUMS FROM THE MAIN GALLERY. 


(PLEASEEE HIT THE “ME TOO” BUTTON AND SHARE THIS WITH ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO USES THEIR DEVICE FOR WORK OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS FEATURE ADDED)


Apple has yet again updated their photos app, and yet again refused a feature request requested by a majority of their customers. I use my personal iPad and iPhone for work as so many people do. That being said, I have 30,000 photos in my gallery. Having imported most of these photos when I got these devices, Apple had just lumped them all into the gallery. Which is an unorganized pile of garbage… it gave every photo the date of import only, that being said although the 30,000 photos exist, yet are lost to me (seeing as there’s no possible way for me to find anything in that mess, do you have any idea how long that would take 1photo out of 30,000???) seeing as most of those photos are documentation for work I can’t just delete them. That being said the few personal photos I have I will probably never see again, because they’re lost mixed up in 29,000 work photos. There is no way for me to sort through that many photos without  seeing which ones are not in albums, to organize them. it’s so infuriating, I have lost so much money and clients not being able to find the work photos I need in a timely matter. It has made switching to apple a huge regret, since they were all neatly in albums on my previous device, but theres no way to go back. This effects my everyday life. Apple please do something about this.


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Posted on Apr 21, 2025 01:02 PM

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Apr 21, 2025 04:44 PM in response to Fableoftheforest

Apple implemented this feature in iOS 18.4, which you can choose as follows:

Step 1: Make sure your iPhone is running iOS 18.4 or higher.

Step 2: Scroll down until the word "Library" in the top left corner changes to "Library" and "Years Months All" appears at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Tap the double arrows to the left of the"Years".

Step 4: Tap "Filter".

Step 5: Tap "Not in an Album".

Done.

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