diff --git a/lib/Controller/DaysController.php b/lib/Controller/DaysController.php
index 4ae1f161..4b3108a7 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/DaysController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/DaysController.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class DaysController extends GenericApiController
     {
         // Do not preload anything for native clients.
         // Since the contents of preloads are trusted, clients will not load locals.
-        if (Util::callerIsNative()) {
+        if (Util::callerIsNative() || $this->noPreload()) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ class DaysController extends GenericApiController
         return null !== $this->request->getParam('hidden');
     }
 
+    private function noPreload()
+    {
+        return null !== $this->request->getParam('nopreload');
+    }
+
     private function isMonthView()
     {
         return null !== $this->request->getParam('monthView');
diff --git a/lib/Db/TimelineQueryDays.php b/lib/Db/TimelineQueryDays.php
index 40e4d103..b0353c8d 100644
--- a/lib/Db/TimelineQueryDays.php
+++ b/lib/Db/TimelineQueryDays.php
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ trait TimelineQueryDays
         }
         unset($row['categoryid']);
 
+        // Get hidden field if present
+        if (\array_key_exists('hidden', $row) && $row['hidden']) {
+            $row['ishidden'] = 1;
+        }
+        unset($row['hidden']);
+
         // All cluster transformations
         ClustersBackend\Manager::applyDayPostTransforms($this->request, $row);
 
@@ -239,11 +245,6 @@ trait TimelineQueryDays
             // compute AUID and discard epoch and size
             $row['auid'] = Exif::getAUID($epoch, $size);
         }
-
-        // Get hidden field if present
-        if (\array_key_exists('hidden', $row)) {
-            $row['hidden'] = (bool) $row['hidden'];
-        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/components/Timeline.vue b/src/components/Timeline.vue
index eef9d593..b1fb3d9e 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/Timeline.vue
@@ -844,8 +844,16 @@ export default defineComponent({
     },
 
     /** API url for Day call */
-    getDayUrl(dayId: number | string) {
-      return API.Q(API.DAY(dayId), this.getQuery());
+    getDayUrl(dayIds: number[]) {
+      const query = this.getQuery();
+
+      // If any day in the fetch list has local images we need to fetch
+      // the remote hidden images for the merging to happen correctly
+      if (this.routeHasNative && dayIds.some((id) => this.heads[id]?.day?.haslocal)) {
+        query[DaysFilterType.HIDDEN] = '1';
+      }
+
+      return API.Q(API.DAY(dayIds.join(',')), query);
     },
 
     /** Fetch image data for one dayId */
@@ -858,7 +866,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       this.sizedDays.add(dayId);
 
       // Look for cache
-      const cacheUrl = this.getDayUrl(dayId);
+      const cacheUrl = this.getDayUrl([dayId]);
       try {
         const cache = await utils.getCachedData<IPhoto[]>(cacheUrl);
         if (cache) {
@@ -868,6 +876,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
           }
 
           // Process the cache
+          utils.removeHiddenPhotos(cache);
           this.processDay(dayId, cache);
         }
       } catch {
@@ -900,8 +909,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       for (const dayId of dayIds) dayMap.set(dayId, []);
 
       // Construct URL
-      const dayStr = dayIds.join(',');
-      const url = this.getDayUrl(dayStr);
+      const url = this.getDayUrl(dayIds);
       this.fetchDayQueue = [];
 
       try {
@@ -911,7 +919,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
         const data = res.data;
 
         // Check if the state has changed
-        if (this.state !== startState || this.getDayUrl(dayStr) !== url) {
+        if (this.state !== startState || this.getDayUrl(dayIds) !== url) {
           return;
         }
 
@@ -929,7 +937,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
         // creates circular references which cannot be stringified
         for (const [dayId, photos] of dayMap) {
           if (photos.length === 0) continue;
-          utils.cacheData(this.getDayUrl(dayId), photos);
+          utils.cacheData(this.getDayUrl([dayId]), photos);
         }
 
         // Get local images if we are running in native environment.
@@ -946,6 +954,9 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
         // Process each day as needed
         for (const [dayId, photos] of dayMap) {
+          // Remove hidden photos
+          utils.removeHiddenPhotos(photos);
+
           // Check if the response has any delta
           const head = this.heads[dayId];
           if (head?.day?.detail?.length === photos.length) {
diff --git a/src/services/API.ts b/src/services/API.ts
index 2d42d633..1c310b2d 100644
--- a/src/services/API.ts
+++ b/src/services/API.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export enum DaysFilterType {
   RECURSIVE = 'recursive',
   MONTH_VIEW = 'monthView',
   REVERSE = 'reverse',
+  HIDDEN = 'hidden',
+  NO_PRELOAD = 'nopreload',
 }
 
 export class API {
diff --git a/src/services/utils/helpers.ts b/src/services/utils/helpers.ts
index 2d70e4e0..8c1fa92f 100644
--- a/src/services/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/services/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ export function updatePhotoFromImageInfo(photo: IPhoto, imageInfo: IImageInfo) {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Remove hidden photos from the list in place
+ * @param photos List of photos
+ */
+export function removeHiddenPhotos(photos: IPhoto[]) {
+  for (let i = photos.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    if (photos[i].ishidden) {
+      photos.splice(i, 1);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the path of the folder on folders route
  * This function does not check if this is the folder route
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 8b99c74f..1dbce981 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ export type IPhoto = {
   isfavorite?: boolean;
   /** Local file from native */
   islocal?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Photo is hidden from timeline; discard immediately.
+   * This field exists so that we can merge with locals.
+   */
+  ishidden?: boolean;
 
   /** AUID of file (optional, NativeX) */
   auid?: number;