What is Google photo album?

You can share directly to anyone with a Google Account if they're in your contacts or by searchingtheir email address or phone number. For everyone else, you can create a link to share.

If your contacts phone number isnt associated with their Google Account, you can help them find and connect with you. If your contact doesnt have a Google Account, you can send them a link or share using another app instead.

To share with other people in a conversation:

1. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Select a photo, album, or video.
4. Tap Share
   
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5. Under "Send in Google Photos," select people to share with.
   • To share with one person, tap their name.
   • To find someone specific, tap Search
     
     . Enter their name, phone number, or email address.
   • To share with more than one person, select multiple people.
     • (Optional) Add a message to go with your shared media.
6. To share, tapSend.This will create an ongoing conversation thread where you and the people you have shared with can add additional photos, videos, comments, and likes over time.

You can also automatically share your entire library with someone.

1. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the bottom, tap Photos.
4. Select photosor videos for the album.
5. At the top, tap Add
   
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6. TapShared album.
7. Enter an album title.
8. When the album is complete, tap Share.
9. Select who to share your album with.

Important:

• You can share directly to anyone with a Google Account if they're in your contacts or by search using their email address or phone number. For everyone else, you can create a link to share.
• When you share a link to your album, anyone with the link can view and add to the album or photos. Learn how shared album controls give your photos more privacy.
• If you share an album that automatically adds photos of face groups, anyone with access to the albumcan view photos as they're added.

1. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Select a photo, album, or video.
3. Tap Share
   
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4. Under Share to apps, select another app to share to. Swipe left to find more apps.
5. To create and share a link, tap Create link.

Anyone that has the shared link will be able to view the album. Learn how to change your sharing options.

1. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. At the bottom,tap Sharing.
3. You can access your shared albums and sharing activity, like comments and recently added photos. New sharing activity will be in bold.

If you dont find what you want, tapShow more.

Review an album

1. Open the album you shared.

2. Click More

   
   
   Options.

Leave an album or conversation

When you leave a shared album or conversation, all of the photos, videos, comments, and likes you have added will be removed.

To leave an album:

1. Click the album.
2. At the top right, click More
   
   
   Leave album.

To leave a conversation:

1. Click the conversation.
2. At the top, click
   
   next to the names of the people in the conversation.
3. Next to your name, click Leave.

Remove someone from an album

You must be the owner of the album to remove someone.

1. Open the desired album.
2. Click More
   
   
   Options.
3. Scroll to find the contact youd like to have removed.
4. Click More
   
   
   Remove person.

Remove items from shared albums & conversations

You can removephotos, videos, comments, and likes you have added to conversations and shared albums.

To remove photos and videos:

1. In a shared album or conversation thread, click on the photo or video.
2. At the top right, click More
   
   
   Remove.

To remove comments and likes:

1. In a shared album or conversation thread, click on the comment or like.
2. Click Delete.