Are your photos stored in Google Photos a total mess? Then you should sort your pictures thematically into albums. We’ll show you how to do it.
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Create albums in Google Photos on your smartphone
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Create albums in Google Photos on your computer
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Open the album again in the web browser
The more images accumulate in Google Photos, the harder it becomes for you to find individual snapshots. A well-sorted photo collection can bring order out of chaos. Google’s photo service offers you the album function.
This allows you to collect thematically sorted images in one place. If you wish, you can later share the finished folders with friends and family. First, we’ll show you how to carry out the procedure on your smartphone.
In the following instructions we will go into album sorting on Android smartphones. If you use an iOS device, some steps may differ slightly.
Create albums in Google Photos on your smartphone
On Android smartphones (or iPhone), you create albums in Google Photos to directly sort the photos taken with your camera. You then set up an album as follows:
Create a new album on your smartphone
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To create a new album, go to the “Assistant” tab in the Google Photos app. Under “Create new” select “Album”.
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Then mark the images that you would like to put together in the new album. Once you have all the images together, tap “Create” at the top right.
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Then give the album a name. You can close the tip with the new sharing options by clicking “OK”.
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If you don’t want to spend a long time searching through all your pictures, you can use Google Photos’ intelligent search to find all pictures with animals, food or flowers, for example. If you mark these and then click on the plus symbol, you can also create a new album on your smartphone in this way.
If you have already created your album but now want to customize it, you can edit it later in Google Photos.
Edit your album on your smartphone
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To edit the album, tap the plus symbol.
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You can add additional images, an album description and location markers using the three symbols in the top right corner. Once you have finished editing, tap the checkmark.
If you want to delete individual images to make space in your memory or because you no longer like them, follow these steps:
Have you filled an album with beautiful holiday photos and now want to share it with your family members? Google Photos also has the right function for this. You proceed as follows:
Open the album again on your smartphone
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If you want to access the album again at a later date, go to the “Albums” tab in the Google Photos app. There you look for the album you want and tap on it.
Create albums in Google Photos on your computer
You also have the option of using the web browser Create Google Photos albums. We also have a short guide for you on this:
To edit or share your albums in the web browser, you have to do the following:
Open the album again in the web browser To access the album again at a later time, click on the album symbol on the left side of the browser. Then select the album in the lower part. (Source: Screenshot/Google Photos)
To access the album again at a later time, click on the album symbol on the left side of the browser. Then select the photo collection you want in the lower part.
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You can’t just edit your pictures via Google Photos. In our overview of editing and managing images with Google Photos, we have put together many more instructions and tips for you that will help you take advantage of the cloud service’s full range of functions.
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