User level: Level 1 (6 points)Can i blur images in my library until i click the image to view? i am having to track healing progress of a wound on my elderly mother for her physician and i would rather they be blurred in my library until i open the photo? I would rather not see them when opening photos.
Posted on Nov 2, 2026 3:34 AM
User level: Level 7 (25,466 points)Nov 2, 2026 7:12 AM in response to marshalh
For pictures like medical stuff, I put them in the Hidden Album. It keep them together and hidden. The Hidden album is viewed in Collections>Utilities>Hidden, and by default you have to use Face ID or a passcode to view them.
Hide photos on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Vision Pro with the Hidden album - Apple Support
For me, those pictures are also in a Medical album, but they're invisible because they're in the Hidden album.
You can also choose to filter the Library view so that you don't see any pictures that have been put in any album. You didn't say if you're using an iPhone, a Mac, or an iPad. On an iPhone the filter is like this:
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256387442