Create .nomedia file and refresh MediaStore immediately! Media scanner.
About Nomedia
Nomedia is a tools app developed by g(x) labs.
Download Statistics
Nomedia has been downloaded 5.8 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 36 thousand times.
User Ratings
Nomedia is rated 3.60 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 17 thousand ratings.
App Information
Nomedia is FREE to download. The APK download size is 4.84 MB. The latest version available is 4.6.3. The last update was on December 26, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Nomedia requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2013.
Description
✨ Core features of this App 1) 🔍 Media Scanner: automatically scan all folders to find out all the media files, including those not in the media store. ☞ On Android 11 and above, You need to manually add the folders to be scanned. 2) 📁 Create or delete the ".nomedia" file in any folders: "ON" means to create a .nomedia file in a folder, "OFF" means to delete the .nomedia file from a folder.
💫 There are two view modes to manage, viewing media files and .nomedia files 1) Folder list mode: more convenient, the default mode. 2) File browser mode: advanced mode, works like a file manger.
ℹ️※ What can it do? 📁 1. Create ".nomedia" file in the containing directory signaling the media scanner to ignore media, so as to hiding useless and redundant media file(image/photo, music, video) in Gallery, Music Player, Video Player and other APP base on media store. 🔍 2. Use as a media scanner, find out all the media file(image/photo, music, video) on your device, and update to the media store, so you can view the media file in Gallery, Music Player, Video Player and other APP base on media store.
ℹ️※ What is this: This APP can help you to create or remove a file called .nomedia in a folder contains media files easily. And refresh MediaStore immediately! ℹ️※ What is a .nomedia file? .nomedia file signaling the media scanner to ignore media in the containing directory and its subdirectories. This prevents media scanner from reading your media files(image, video, audio) and providing them to other apps(Gallery, Music Player, Video Player etc.) through the MediaStore content provider.
If you want to scan all the photo/image/music/video on your device; If the Gallery, Media Player always load some pictures, videos or audios which you do think are useless, redundant. Then this APP may be what you need.
📌Note: The main purpose of this app is let the junk media files(which we do think) don't show in some APP(such as the Gallery, Play Music) based on MediaStore. It is not a tool to hide files and protect your privacy, as files may be show in file manager APPs.
ℹ️※ How to use: 1. The application will scan picture, video, audio files from the MediaStore and file system, and then categorizes them by folder. 2. When a folder is set to "ON," means that media files in this folder will NOT be scanned by MediaStore, otherwise will be scanned. 3. In the list view, click the folder preview to view folder detail. 4. In the grid view, click the file preview can play the media file.
⚠️ Warning: This APP may NOT work on SOME devices. It may cause files to be deleted automatically on SOME Samsung devices. Anyway you can try it out. It's a good idea to try it on unimportant folders/files firstly.
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This app is a must install on every new phone. I can hide WhatsApp folders, so they can't appear in my gallery :) You can install, add the no media, and uninstall and the changes remain, so it's great!
★★★★★AikNoung MM· Apr 28, 2025
Create.no media file and refresh Media Store immediately! Media scanner. ✨ Core features of this App 1) 🔍 Media Scanner: automatically scan all folders to find out all the media files, including those not in the media store. ☞ On Android 11 and above, You need to
★☆☆☆☆Vivek Thakur· Feb 21, 2026
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★☆☆☆☆Excidian· Dec 5, 2025
Horrid, dude.... so many ads that I can't even see any of my files, and it floods the screen. Then it wants me to buy a premium membership to look in certain folders. One of the most money-hungry apps I've seen, when all It's supposed to do is create an empty file called.no media.
★★☆☆☆Nathan Dyke· May 27, 2026
Each time it says to use this application it doesn't do anything apart from asking for permission ive tried doing what it says, but it's not even trying to open or anything can you explain how it works
★☆☆☆☆Marcin P· Oct 3, 2025
Clunky, no multiple selection, does not show parent folder first, useless mess
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Technologies used by Nomedia
Nomedia is requesting 16 permissions and is using 20 libraries.
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