Running Your Circle

Inviting people, owner and admins, settings, pausing, leaving, or deleting a circle, and picture frames.

• Owner, admins, and members

  What a circle's owner, its admins, and its members can each do, and how the owner makes someone an admin or hands the circle on.

• Invite people to your circle

  Owners and admins invite people by email or text from the circle's Members page, and can send an invitation again or take it back.

• Manage your circle's posts and members

  Edit or delete your own posts, invite or remove people, and share the right number with everyone.

• Your circle's settings

  Everything you can change for a circle is in one place: what the whole circle shares, and the settings that are just for you.

• Rename or pause a circle

  Change your circle's name, or pause one you're finished with. Everything you've shared stays right where it is.

• Add a picture for your circle

  Give your circle a picture so everyone can spot it at a glance, on your home page and at the top of the circle's page.

• What does "paused" mean?

  Paused means one of three things: a paused circle, a paused spot for one member, or paused Premium. Here is how to tell which one you are seeing.

• Hand your circle to someone else

  If you started a circle, choose who looks after it as you leave. Here's how, and what happens to Premium and to the sharing albums you made.

• How do I leave a circle?

  Step out of a circle whenever you like. If you set it up, hand it on first; if you're the last one in it, pause or delete it instead.

• Delete a circle

  The owner of a circle can delete it for good. Everything in it is erased for everyone and can't be brought back, so keep a copy first.

• Show family photos on a digital frame

  Add your family's picture frame by its email address, and every new photo in the circle goes to it. Frames need Premium.