Manage the people on your album

Who's on your album?

The People page shows everyone who is part of your album — starting with the album owner at the top, followed by everyone you've invited and whether they've joined yet. You can get there from your album by tapping Workspace → People.

Each person has a little badge next to their name so you can see their role at a glance: a gold Owner badge for the person who created the album, a Co-editor badge for trusted helpers, a grey Circle Member badge for people in the album's circle, who show as Has access, and no badge for contributors.

Adding someone

1. Tap Add person in the top right of the People page. An Invite people window opens.
2. Pick how you'd like to add them:
   • Circle members — tick people from the album's circle. Once the album is published they can see it, and inviting them sends them the invitation email too.
   • Type — add one or a few people by name, email, or phone.
   • Paste — paste a list of names, emails, or phone numbers from anywhere.
   • Google, Outlook — sign in once to pick people straight from your contacts.
   • File — upload a CSV or vCard file (handy if you already have a list).
3. Review the list below the window. You can untick anyone you don't want to invite.
4. Tap the send button, which shows how many invitations will go out.

On a draft album, the button saves your invitations instead of sending them. When you publish, tick Also send N pending invitations now to send them straight away, or send them later from the People page with Send all unsent invitations. See Save invitations before your album is ready. Once your album is published, if the person already has a ShareLocket account, they'll be added right away. Otherwise, we'll email (or text) them a friendly invitation with a link to join.

Looking to add someone as a co-editor instead? That uses a different path — see Invite a co-editor with a private link.

Has my invitation been opened?

Next to each pending invitation you'll see a little status label:

• Sending — we're just finishing up the delivery.
• Sent — the email or text has gone out.
• Delivered — it landed in their inbox.
• Opened — they've seen it.
• Joined — they've accepted and are now on your album.

If it's been a while and they still haven't received anything, tap Resend next to their name and we'll send a fresh copy.

Approving someone who's waiting

When someone needs your blessing — whether they signed up with a different email or phone number than your invitation, or they asked for access to a private album — they show up at the top of your People page in a pinned Pending approval section. That way the decisions you need to make are the very first thing you see.

Each row tells you who's waiting and why. For someone who signed up with different details, you'll see a small note like "Invited as [email protected]" sitting under the email or phone they actually registered with. For someone who asked for access to a private album, you'll see the message they wrote with their request.

Tap Approve to add them, or Deny if you don't recognize them. Until you decide, they can look around the album but can't post or comment. The original invitation stays valid in the meantime, in case the right person wants to use it later.

You'll also get a notification and an email when someone signs up with different details than your invitation, so you don't have to keep checking back. The email names the person and your album, and its button opens your People page.

Changing what someone can do

Made someone a contributor and want to give them more help running the album? If you are the album owner, tap their row on the People page and choose Make co-editor. Only the album owner can promote someone to co-editor. You can switch them back to a contributor the same way. On a published album, they stay included, with the same access as the people you invite, while they are an active member of its circle.

There's no limit on how many co-editors you can have — but they do need to be in the same circle as the album, so you always stay in control of who's helping. If someone isn't in that circle yet, invite them to it first, then come back and make them a co-editor. To bring someone on as a co-editor from the start, use a private co-editor link — see Invite a co-editor with a private link.

Removing someone

People in a published album's circle are included automatically when they sign in with a verified account. Draft albums stay private. Their People row explains why they are included instead of offering Remove. To end their circle access, manage their membership in the circle. If someone also accepted a separate album invitation, removing that invitation leaves their automatic circle access in place.

1. Find the person on the People page and tap the three dots next to their name.
2. Choose Remove from album.
3. We'll ask whether you'd also like to hide the photos and messages they added. If you say yes, their posts are moved to the Hidden group on your Media page — they're not gone, just tucked away. You can bring them back anytime.
4. Tap Remove to confirm.

If someone is not in the album's circle, removing them ends their album access. You can invite them again later.