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asiadra7
asiadra7
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September 20, 2025
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Lightroom mobile app problem

  • September 20, 2025
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Hi ,

I am using Lightroom mobile app for few years now and after editing photos I always exported them to be download on my samsung device and they showed up in Lightroom album.

At the moment I do all the same but even the app says that photos were exported , they not show in any album in my picture gallery.

How to fix it?

App has permission on.

 

Correct answer asiadra7

Hi @asiadra7! Thank you for sharing more information! The Old Lightroom Folder from your iPhone must confuse the Lightroom application if it wants to create its own official "Lightroom" album to save its exports.

 

Try this:

 

1) Rename the Lightroom album containing your old photos from the iPhone to something like Lightroom (Old) from the Gallery or your file manager.

2) Now, return to the Lightroom Mobile app, open any photo, and try exporting it again.

3) Use the "Save copy to device" option.

 

Sometimes, a folder can contain a hidden file called .nomedia, which tells the Gallery app to ignore all media inside that folder.

 

1) In the File Manager app, navigate to the folder where your Lightroom exports are being saved. It is usually Pictures -> Lightroom.

2) Tap the three-dot menu > Settings.

3) Turn on the switch for "Show hidden system files".

4) If you see a file named .nomedia, delete it and restart your phone.

 

Hope this helps!

Let us know how it goes!


thank you!

It seems that rename old Lightroom album did the trick!!!@@

1 reply

Anshul_Saini
Community Manager
Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 26, 2025

Hi @asiadra7,

 

Thank you for sharing the details of what you’re experiencing with Lightroom mobile on your Samsung device.


Based on what you’ve described, a couple of things could be happening:
 • On some Samsung devices, exported Lightroom images may not appear directly in the default Gallery app due to the way Samsung organizes albums.
 • Please open your Gallery app and check under Albums to see if a “Lightroom” or "AdobeLightroom" album has been created. When you tap "Save to Device" in Lightroom, the exported files are typically stored there.
 • If you don’t see them immediately, try restarting the device. Sometimes the media indexing on Android takes a short while to update.


If the issue persists after these checks, please provide your Lightroom app, Android version, and phone model no. That will help us investigate further.

 

Best,

Anshul Saini

asiadra7
asiadra7Author
Participant
September 26, 2025

Thank you for your answer, 

I checked permissions etc; but for some reasons  Lightroom mobile app exports photos to "my files" folder not to gallery.I have  Lightroom album in gallery but it was transfered from old phone which was iphone.

And there was no new edited photos added to it so far.

I am using Samsung s24 ultra.

Noel Orridge
Community Manager
Noel OrridgeCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 27, 2025

Hi @asiadra7! Thank you for sharing more information! The Old Lightroom Folder from your iPhone must confuse the Lightroom application if it wants to create its own official "Lightroom" album to save its exports.

 

Try this:

 

1) Rename the Lightroom album containing your old photos from the iPhone to something like Lightroom (Old) from the Gallery or your file manager.

2) Now, return to the Lightroom Mobile app, open any photo, and try exporting it again.

3) Use the "Save copy to device" option.

 

Sometimes, a folder can contain a hidden file called .nomedia, which tells the Gallery app to ignore all media inside that folder.

 

1) In the File Manager app, navigate to the folder where your Lightroom exports are being saved. It is usually Pictures -> Lightroom.

2) Tap the three-dot menu > Settings.

3) Turn on the switch for "Show hidden system files".

4) If you see a file named .nomedia, delete it and restart your phone.

 

Hope this helps!

Let us know how it goes!

Noel
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