Create & edit photo albums

You can create, edit, and add things like maps and text in your photo albums.

You can add up to 20,000 photos or videos to an album.

Notes:

  • Live albums are not available in all countries.
  • Some features may not be available when you have a large album.

Create a new album

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos appPhotos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. Touch and hold a photo, and then select the photos you want in your new album.
  4. At the top, tap AddPlus.
  5. Select Album.
  6. Optional: Add a title to your new album.
  7. Tap Done Done.

Create a live album

You can set up an album to automatically add photos of your friends and family.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos appPhotos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the bottom, tap Libraryand thenAlbumsand then New album .
  4. TapSelect people & pets.
  5. On any face group, tap SelectSelect.
  6. At the top right, tapConfirm.

Learn how to automatically add photos to an existing album.

Change how your album looks

Change your cover photo

Change the title of an album

Change items in your album

Move items around

Add, upload, or remove photos and videos

Add photos

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos appPhotos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. Open the album.
  4. At the top left, tap Add to albumAdd to album.
  5. Select the items you want to add.
  6. At the top right, tapDone.

Add photos automatically

If you choose multiple people, any photo containing either person will be automatically added.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos appPhotos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. Open an album.
  4. At the top right, tap Moreand thenOptionsand then Add.
  5. Select the face groups you want automatically added.
    • If no one appears, you might need to turn on face groups.
  6. At the top right, tapConfirm.

You'll get notified anytime a photo is added to the album. To stop getting notifications, turn offNotify me.

Stop adding photos automatically

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos appPhotos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. Open an album.
  4. At the top right, tap Moreand thenOptions.
  5. Under "Automatically add photos," tap the person's picture.
  6. TapStop.

If you remove someone, new photos of them won't be added. Any existing photos will stay in the album.

Note: Face-grouping technology isn't perfect. Photos that don't have any of the selected people may occasionally be added.

Remove photos

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. Open the album.
  4. At the top right, tap More and thenEdit album.
  5. On items you want to remove, tap Remove Remove. Photos and videos you remove from albums will still be in your Google Photos library unless you delete them from the main "Photos" section.
  6. Tap Done Done.

Add maps and locations

Add or change text

Delete an album

What you can do if you didn't create the album

  • Only the person who created the album will be able to make these changes to it.
  • If you're a collaborator on an album but didn't create it, you can only add photos and videos.

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