WhatsApp has now become the basic messaging app for most of us, since the very first time it was launched. The wonderful features which are in WhatsApp makes us addictive, and it is more popular since Facebook acquired it.
Many of us in our daily lives use WhatsApp a lot, and sent a lot of files through it and it is the most important feature of WhatsApp which made it popular. Among the files, mainly images we send and receive in WhatsApp, many of them can be our private, which we don’t want others to see. But it is so annoying that the images we transfer visibly appear in our phone’s Gallery, because since our mobile may be used anytime by anyone, they can also see the images which we don’t want them too.
For all the Android smartphone users, who are searching how to hide WhatsApp images from gallery in Android, your search comes to the end here.
You can follow the following given steps to hide WhatsApp images from gallery in Android:
Method 1: Using File Manager
- Open File Manager on your Android device. Customers who lack File Manager can install either Files by Google or ES File Explorer to access File System functions.
- Navigate to:
Internal Storage > WhatsApp > Media > WhatsApp Images. - Create a New File:
- Choose the options menu by tapping on its characteristic dots or plus symbol then select “Create new file”.
- Enter the filename as ‘.nomedia’ with no extension at the beginning of the name.
- Save the File:
- This will make the folder invisible to the Gallery app.
- Clearing the Gallery app cache through this method helps new changes become active.
- Open the Settings menu then select Apps followed by Gallery (or Photos).
- Clear Cache of Gallery App:
- Go to Settings > Apps > Gallery (or Photos).
- Tap on Storage & Cache > Clear Cache.
Method 2: Using WhatsApp Settings (Recommended)
- Open WhatsApp on your Android device.
- Tap on the three-dot menu (⋮) at the top-right corner and select Settings.
- Go to Chats.
- Disable “Media visibility”:
Method 3: Hiding Specific Chats
To restrict image visibility within particular WhatsApp chat sessions proceed as follows:
- Open the WhatsApp application and navigate to the desired chat where you want to disable media visibility.
- Tap the chat name at the top untill it pops out.
- Select Media visibility.
- Choose No and tap OK.
In case you don’t want to hide and make your Gallery secure by merely locking it, you can try AppLock for Android.
You can also read:
How to Hide and Unhide Chats in WhatsApp on iOS and Android
How to login whatsapp on multiple devices without losing the data?
How to see deleted messages on WhatsApp
Dude, just used this and worked with no hassle.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.gdev.hidewhatsappimages
Its not working
Effective way :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCIjZRXn40g
it worked amazingly!!!!!!!!!!!!
you can try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.notiondigital.whatshider&hl=en app
Just a suggestion… while wiriting make sure your phone auto correct feature does not add space after “.” so name should be “.nomedia” instead of “. nomedia”. It will definitely work
Hi – I tried the same with the videos but doesnt work (the image .nomedia worked a treat) .
Is there something I can do to get those pesky vids out of my galery?
Do all android WhatsApp images get named to.. img-20180123-wa0005.jpg?
I’m trying to figure out where this rename of an image comes from when I receive them usually it’s only the date-time.jpg
Nice Post Thanks Admin To share
Hi there, I deleted the file but only the images that are newly sent are coming up and not all the ones that have been sent to me via WhatsApp in the past. Is there any way to make those appear in Gallery?