Two things, 1st click on the social button then images. Above the pics there is a 3 lines icon which brings up a settings menu. The 1st button is for allowing your unloaded pics to appear for everyone. Turn it off. 2nd, when you upload pics to your profile you can choose from there who can see your pics.
When you upload a picture you can't auto add it to your private album, even if you specify that, it won't add it there. But as soon as you get it uploaded to an album, you can then immediately move it to your private album and no-one can see it. At least that's how it works for me.
Makea private album and have the picture go there once uploaded. All my memes and pics go to a private album only I can view and then I move them to the albums I want them in.
Upload your pics to a private message for someone/eventually a sock account, and just delete the message without sending it. It should go to your private album like that.
@WaryWitchWandering I have a private album, yet for whatever reason this won't allow me to put them in there. It indicates during the process that it will be private....and then it puts them in a public file.
When uploading a photo, set the album to your private album or any album that's labeled 'Private (Me only)'. Or, if you don't want any photos on the image feed at all, there's a setting on the image feed here:
SW-User
What have I told you about uploading nudes of old ladies?