[Feature Request] Google Takeout "Locked Folder" import to Immich's "Locked Folder" #945

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1. itniels commented on May 26, 2025

   

   itniels

   on May 26, 2025

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   I am currently moving from Google Photos as well and see this issue where my locked folder files are just in the Photos, and with 10k photos it will take time to find them all and lock them again 😅

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2. starbuck93 commented on May 26, 2025

   

   starbuck93

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   @itniels I was able to get something working, but again, I have no experience in Go, so I'm scared to do a pull req for the feature!

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3. simulot

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   on Jun 28, 2025
4. simulot commented on Jun 28, 2025

   

   simulot

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   I have checked the takeout content for locked photos.
   The metadata file contains this field.

     "inLockedFolder": true,

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   added a parent issue on Jun 28, 2025

   • Manage Locked Folder feature #981
6. YoshiWalsh commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

   YoshiWalsh

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   For anyone else who did the import and then found out this feature didn't work afterwards, I'm going to document the steps I took to move my already-imported photos to the locked folder. I'll warn you, this isn't a polished process, I only needed to do it once so it's a kludge that was good enough for me.

   You will need:

   • jq
   • fish shell
   • immich-rest-cli

   1. Configure authentication for immich-rest-cli.
      NOTE: If you're using API key authentication, if Fix for authentication schemas after the first one not being considered shivaam/openapi-cli-gen#1 has not yet been merged you'll need to manually apply it.
      NOTE: If you're using API key authentication, if Update instructions for Immich API key authentication shivaam/openapi-cli-gen#2 has not been merged yet you should follow the updated documentation from that PR.

   2. From your takeout zip files, get a list of all original paths including Locked Folder:

   # Adjust for your filenames / however many zip files you have
   zipinfo takeout-20260924T100934Z-1-001.zip | grep Locked > lockedFiles.txt
   zipinfo takeout-20260924T100934Z-1-002.zip | grep Locked >> lockedFiles.txt
   zipinfo takeout-20260924T100934Z-1-003.zip | grep Locked >> lockedFiles.txt
   zipinfo takeout-20260924T100934Z-1-004.zip | grep Locked >> lockedFiles.txt

   3. From the paths, extract the filenames

   cat lockedFiles.txt | grep -v ".json" | sed -e "s/.*\///" > lockedFileNames.txt

   4. From the filenames, find the Immich asset IDs
      NOTE: This part is SLOW, it takes ~2 seconds per image. This is due to Cache CLI once built shivaam/openapi-cli-gen#3.

   getLockedAssetIds.fish:

   #!/usr/bin/fish
   
   while read -la filename
       set asset_id $(immich-rest-cli search assets --original-file-name "$filename" | jq -r ".assets.items[0].id")
       echo $asset_id >> assetIds.txt
   end < lockedFileNames.txt

   chmod +x getLockedAssetIds.fish
   cat lockedFileNames.txt | ./getLockedAssetIds.fish

   5. Move the assets to the Locked Folder (this part is nice and fast)

   immich-rest-cli assets update-assets --root $(cat assetIds.txt | jq -Rsc '{"ids": . | split("\n") | map(select(. | length > 0)), "visibility": "locked"}')

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7. AetherUnbound commented on Oct 13, 2026

   

   AetherUnbound

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   Thanks so much @YoshiWalsh, that saved me!! I followed those steps pretty closely, although here's what that script ended up looking like for me in bash:

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   set -euo pipefail
   export IMMICH_REST_CLI_BASE_URL="http://localhost:2283/api"
   export IMMICH_REST_CLI_API_KEY=[redacted]
   while IFS= read -r filename || [ -n "$filename" ]; do 
       asset_id=$(immich-rest-cli search assets --original-file-name "$filename" | jq -r '.assets.items[0].id')
       echo "Found $asset_id for $filename"
       echo "$asset_id" >> assetIds.txt
   done < lockedFileNames.txt

   I also had to install the immich-rest-cli using the following, because otherwise it would break:

   uv tool install immich-rest-cli --with "pydantic==2.13.3"