HTC Desire 500 - Stop Photos or Music files being indexed

Android 4.1.1 (Jellybean)
Phone: HTC Desire 500
Factory OS: Android 4.1.1 (Jellybean)

Have you updated your Operating System?
Then view tips for the most recent OS version(s): Android 9 (Pie) & Android 8 (Oreo)
Or view tips for all Android versions

Stop Photos or Music files being indexed

To stop the Photo App or the Music player from indexing your files, place a blank text file called .nomedia in the folder containing your photos or music

 
Looking for more tips?
We have 164 tips for the HTC Desire 500.