[Feature] Add option to hide shared iCloud album photos from main image timeline in iOS Immich app

[JacobBumgarner]

I have searched the existing feature requests to make sure this is not a duplicate request.

• Yes

The feature

I have all of my iPhones images backed up to Immich.

When I browse through the Immich app on my phone, I can see iCloud Shared Albums on the timeline, even if they’re not mine.

For example, my uncle has a shared iCloud album of photos of his dog. These images aren’t on my phone. But I still theme in my Immich iOS timeline. I don’t see them on the web app.

Is there a setting to disable showing shared iCloud albums in the Immich iOS timeline?

I tried toggling “Ignore iCloud Photos” in the app, but this didn’t do anything. I also tried double clicking this shared album to “remove” it from the uploads, but that didn’t do anything either.

Alex pointed out that this will need to be updated via the photo_manager package.

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I have already raised this feature request to the discord, and I hope to contribute this feature. But to make sure it’s traceable, I’m creating a public discussion for it.

Thanks!

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

[alextran1502]

A second thought, you can hide those albums by going to the album selection screen for backup and double tap on those albums, they will be excluded from the target upload as well as not showing up on the mobile timeline. Let me know if it works for you

[JacobBumgarner]

Unfortunately this doesn’t remove them from the timeline on my phone.

Also, they are not targeted for upload by default, so they do not show up on the web app.

To confirm that I’m running it correctly, images from the “Kilo” album are what I’m trying to hide from my timeline:

[2q2code]

Also experiencing this unwanted, unexpected behaviour. Shared albums are fine but my photos are my photos - like camera roll - and should not mingle with others.

[alextran1502]

@2q2code you can double tap on shared albums to exclude then from being shown on the timeline

[2q2code]

Ah thank you. That is working.

[JacobBumgarner]

@alextran1502 This still doesn’t hide shared albums from my iOS timeline with 1.127.0, unfortunately.

@2q2code are you on iOS as well? I’m wondering if there’s something odd going on with my phone.

I have been wanting to try to contribute to this feature as discussed, but just haven’t had the free time unfortunately.