detractosmith

Q: Hidden photos still show in Camera Roll

When I hide photos in my Camera Roll, they appear in the "Hidden" folder, but they still appear in the Camera Roll. Isn't the purpose of this feature to not show the photos in Camera Roll? As far as I can tell I'm using this feature correctly, and I have researched it just to make sure I am, but maybe I'm being dumb. Is anyone else having this problem? I'm running iOS 9.3 on an iPhone 6 Plus. Do I need to downgrade my iOS version?

Posted on Jan 24, 2016 9:00 AM

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Q: Hidden photos still show in Camera Roll

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 24, 2016 10:00 AM in response to detractosmith
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    Jan 24, 2016 10:00 AM in response to detractosmith

    When you hide a photo, it will be hidden from the library in Moments, Collections, Years, but be visible in any album.  The Camera Roll is an album.

     

    See this user guide page:   http://help.apple.com/iphone/9/#/iphf14943e

     

     

    Hide photos or videos you want to keep but not show. While viewing thumbnails, tap Select, then select the photos or videos you want to hide. Tap the action button, then tap Hide. The photos or videos are moved to the Hidden album.

    Note: Photos or videos are hidden from Moments, Collections, and Years, but are still visible in Albums.

  • by skellyf,

    skellyf skellyf Aug 15, 2016 1:57 PM in response to léonie
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    Aug 15, 2016 1:57 PM in response to léonie

    Isn't it rather stupid that "hidden photos" still appear in the "all photos" folder? What part of "hidden" is not being understood here??? Is there a way to hide the "all photos" folder entirely, from someone randomly picking up my phone and looking at the photos?

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 15, 2016 6:13 PM in response to skellyf
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    Aug 15, 2016 6:13 PM in response to skellyf
    What part of "hidden" is not being understood here??? I

    Apple picked amisleading term for the "hiding" feature, as it has been implemented.   It is not meant to keep photos secret. Hidden photos will show everywhere - in all alums you add them to and all predefined albums, They are only hidden in "Photos" view with the moments and collections.

    It is meant to make the moments smaller by hiding a few photos, without having to  delete the photos, because otherwise we do not have any control about the photos in a moment.

    Screen Shot 2016-08-16 at 08.09.36GMT.png

    If you want to be sure, that certain photos do not appear on the maps, in a slideshow, or similar, move photos you do not want anyone else to see to a different Photos Library.