Albums

Making an album from your circle, adding photos and stories, choosing a theme, and publishing it.

• Create an album from your circle

  Start a new album from your circle, add photos and stories while it's a private draft, and publish it when you're ready to share.

• Chorus: let guests add to your album

  Chorus lets the people you invite add their own photos, videos, and messages to an album. It's free, and you switch it on for each album.

• Invite a co-editor with a private link

  Generate a private link you can share with someone you trust — they click, sign in, and help run your album.

• Share your album with a QR code

  Every published, public album has its own QR code. Download or copy it to print on invitations, programs, or a sign at your event.

• The Activity tab: review posts and comments

  See everything happening on your album, approve what is waiting, and hide or remove anything you do not want shown.

• Add photos and videos to an album

  Upload photos, videos, voice notes, stories, and PDFs from your device or from Google Photos and Google Drive, then add captions and dates.

• Share one photo or memory from an album

  Every photo, video, and message on a public album has its own link. Copy it or share it, and see who can view and download it.

• Group album photos into pages

  Group related photos and videos into pages, drag memories to reorder them, and add an optional title, description, or date range.

• Write a story in your album

  Write a memory in your own words with headings, lists, and bold text. Stories save as drafts while you type, so nothing gets lost.

• A tour of the album workspace

  What each tab in your album workspace does, from themes and publishing to the Media organizer, sharing your link, and Settings.

• Picking your own colors for an album

  Use the Custom theme to pick your own text, background, and accent colors for an album, and add a gentle background pattern if you like.

• Preview your album before publishing

  See exactly what your guests will see — open a live, read-only preview of your album in a new tab while you keep editing.

• Choosing fonts for your album

  With the Custom theme, pick a matched set of lettering for your album's title, stories, and small details like dates.

• Save or print your album as a PDF book

  Download a printable PDF book of an album, with its photos, stories, and comments, and choose whether visitors can save one.

• Publishing your album

  Publishing puts your album live at its own web address. It is included with your circle subscription, with no time limit on edits.

• Why we ask for a code before you publish

  If we haven't verified both your email and your phone yet, we'll ask for a quick code before you can publish.

• Recording a voice or video note

  Add your voice (or your face) to an album with a short recorded note — we'll even write out what you said.

• Reporting a post, comment, or album

  If something doesn't feel right, you can let us know in a couple of taps. Here's how reporting works.

• Tagging people and pets in an album

  Tag who's in a photo, a person or a pet, so everyone knows who they're looking at and can find every photo of them in the album.

• Managing tagged people on the People page

  Tidy up the names in your album — rename someone, join two entries for the same person, or link a name to their account.

• Asking "Who is this?" about a photo

  Can't place a face in an old photo? Ask everyone in the album, and let them help you name it.

• Make an album from a chapter in your circle

  Turn a chapter in your circle into a private draft album you can arrange, publish, and share. Your circle needs a subscription to make albums.

• What happens when an album is archived?

  Archived albums are tucked away — the memories stay safe and the owner can bring them back anytime.

• Publishing changes to a live album

  When you edit a published album, your updates are held privately until you're ready to share them — here's how it works.

• Deleting a post from your album

  Removing a post takes effect right away — here's exactly what happens, including any comments and reactions tied to it.

• Decorate your photos with stickers

  Add a playful touch to your photos and videos by placing stickers and emoji right on them.

• When a photo needs your attention

  Sometimes a photo or note is held back for a quick safety check — here's how to find it, fix it, and share it.

• Cropping and rotating a photo

  Crop or rotate any photo in your album from the editor, with ready-made shapes. Your original photo is always kept, so you can undo it.

• Delete a draft album you haven't published

  Started an album and changed your mind? If you haven't published it yet, you can delete the whole draft and start over.

• Keep your album's web address

  If an unpublished album sits untouched for a while, we email you a reminder. One tap keeps its web address reserved for you.