How to Hide and Unhide Photos on Mac or MacBook

How to Hide and Unhide Photos on Mac or MacBook — Most people love to capture a moment into some photos. By having photos of it, they can remember the events and also the feeling when they are involved in the event. For those who are using Apple products, commonly they store photos using iCloud. As the result, when they access photos on their Mac they can also view the photos they captured using iPhone previously. In some cases, they don’t want to see the photos that appear on their Mac but also don’t want to delete them. The alternative solution that I can suggest is by hiding the photos.

Now, the question is how can we hide them? Well, you are in the right place. I am going to show you How to Hide and Unhide Photos on Mac or MacBook step by step:

To Hide the Photos:

  1. First, open the Photos app. If you can’t find the app, press the Command + Space bar, then type photos on the search field and press enter.
  2. Select the photo that you want to hide.
  3. Now, press Control + click on the photo.
  4. Then, choose the Hide Photo menu.
    How to Hide and Unhide Photos on Mac or MacBook
  5. After that confirm that you want to hide that photo. Please be aware if you use iCloud Photos, the photos that you hide will be hidden on the other devices that use the same AppleID.

To Unhide the Photos:

  1. Launch the Photos app on your Mac or MacBook.
  2. Click View on the menu bar, the menus that are aligned with the Apple icon button.
  3. Choose Show Hidden Photo Album.
    How to Hide and Unhide Photos on Mac or MacBook
  4. Then, on the sidebar, click the Hidden menu.
    How to Hide and Unhide Photos on Mac or MacBook
  5. Now, select the photos that you want to unhide from there.
  6. After that, press Control + click the photo, and choose the Unhide Photo menu.
That’s it. Hope you find this article useful. Share this with your family and friends so they will know how to do the same thing. If you find any difficulties in following the steps please let me know in the comment section below. Please also do so if you have any questions that are related to the topic. I would be happy to answer and help you out.

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