Posting and Reading
Posting by text, email, phone call, or the website, and reading, editing, and finding what your circle shares.
Share family photos by text or email
A circle is a private space for your family or group. Text or email a photo, or post on the website, and everyone in it sees it.
Your circle's number and posting address
Where to find the number you text or call and your own address for emailing posts, and how to save both to your phone as a contact card.
Post to your circle by text
Text a photo, video, or note to your circle's number. We text back when it's posted, and you can turn those replies off with quiet.
Post to your circle by email
Email photos and notes to your own circle address, reply to a summary or a post email to comment, and reset your address if you need to.
Post to your circle from the website
Write a note, add photos, videos, files, or a GIF, and say when it happened, all from the box at the top of your circle on the website.
Call your circle and leave a voice message
Your circle's phone number takes calls too. Leave a voice message after the tone, and it's shared with everyone, with a written transcript.
Share a document in your circle
Post a PDF, or a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file, to your circle by email or the website, and open or download one someone else shared.
Share web links in your circle
Text or email a link to your circle and it shows up with a picture and a title, ready to tap.
Write a family story in your circle
Write something longer than a caption, with a title and formatting, and share it with everyone in your circle.
Find your unfinished drafts in a circle
Everything you start writing in a circle is saved as you type. Here is how to pick it back up or throw it away.
Comment on a post in your circle
Join the conversation under a photo or post, reply to one person, add a photo to a comment, and react to a comment with an emoji.
React to a post with just an emoji
Reply to your circle by text or email with nothing but an emoji, and it shows up as a reaction on what you're replying to.
Add the real date to an old photo
Sharing an old photo today? Tell us the date it's actually from, separate from the day you're posting it.
Edit a post you shared in your circle
Fix a typo or finish a thought. Change the words on a post you shared while keeping its photo and comments.
Delete a post or photo in your circle
Delete a post you shared, or one photo from it. The circle's owner and admins can delete anyone's post, and the person who posted it is told.
Can I undo something I sent by text?
Sent the wrong photo to your circle? Text back the word "undo" and it comes straight back off.
Change your profile picture by text or email
Send a photo to your circle captioned "profile" and it becomes your profile picture, with nothing to download.
Browse your circle's photos full screen
Open any photo full screen, move between them with a swipe, and save one to your own device.
Read what was said in a video
Videos and voice notes get written down automatically, and the person who shared one can correct the words.
Hide a post from your own feed
Hide a post from your own view of the circle. Nobody else sees a change, nobody is told, and you can show it again any time.
When someone new joins your circle
When someone new joins your circle, a short line appears with the photos and notes so everyone can say hello or react.
Why are my photos grouped into a chapter?
A weekend or a trip that brought lots of photos at once appears as a single cover tile you can tap into.
Create your own chapter in a circle
Gather photos already in your circle into a chapter of your own, with a name, a cover, and the days it covers, up to 200 photos.
Pin highlights and fix a chapter's dates
Pin the best photos to the top of a chapter, and set or correct the days the chapter covers. Anyone in the circle can do both.
The Timeline in your circle
See every post on the day it happened, find the ones without a date, and check your family's birthdays and anniversaries.
Switch between your circles
In more than one circle? Switch between them from the circle's name in the top bar, or start from your home page.
Download all of your circle's photos
A complete download of everything shared in a circle, for anyone in it. It's always free, whether the circle is free, paused, or has Premium.