You can share photos, videos, albums, and highlight videos with any of your contacts, even if they don't use the Google Photos app.
Share photos & videos in a conversation
- On your computer, open photos.google.com .
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- Place your cursor over a photo or video, and click Select.
- Click Share.
- Under "Send in Google Photos," select people to share with.
- To share with one person, click their name.
- To find someone specific, click Search. Enter their name, phone number, or email address.
- To share with a group, click New group, and select multiple people.
- To make sharing easier, Google suggests people to share with based on your interactions.
- Optional: Write a message to go with your shared media.
- Click Send.
Tip:There is a 20,000 photo limit on conversations.
Create a shared albumImportant:When you share an album, anyone with access to the album can view the photos and add to the album. Learn how sharing controls give your photos more privacy .
- On your computer, open photos.google.com .
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- On the left, click Photos.
- Place your cursor over a photo or video and click Select.
- At the top, click Add to or create new.
- Click Shared album New shared album.
- Enter an album title.
- At the top right, click Share.
- Select who to share the album with and click Send .
Important:When you share a link to your photos, anyone with the link can view them. Learn how shared album controls give your photos more privacy.
- On your computer, open photos.google.com .
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- Place your cursor over a photo or video, and click Select.
- To send a link, click Share.
- Choose how to share your link.
- To share a link, click Create link.
- To share through other apps, choose the app you want to use.
Manage, review, or leave your albums & conversations
Find albums & conversations you’ve shared- On your computer, go to photos.google.com .
- At the top left, click Sharing. You'll find your shared albums, conversations, and sharing activity, like comments and recently added photos.
Important: When you leave a shared album, all of the photos, videos, comments, and likes you have added will be removed.
- Click the album.
- At the top right, click More
Leave album.
Important: When you leave a conversation, all of the photos, videos, comments, and likes you have added will be removed.
- Click the conversation.
- In the conversation, click your account icon or initial.
- Next to your name, click Leave.
Remove people or items from albums & conversations
Remove someone from an albumImportant: You must be the owner of the album to remove someone.
- Open the album you want to remove someone from.
- Click More
- Scroll to find the contact you’d like to remove.
- Click More
- In a shared album or conversation thread, click on the photo or video.
- At the top right, click More
- In a shared album or conversation thread, click on the date next to the comment or like.
- Click Delete.
Learn about what happens when you share photos & videos
When you send to a contact in Google Photos:
- People get an in-app notification and a push notification. If it’s a new album or conversation, they get an email notification.
- The shared items appear in their Sharing page.
- Their account profile photo or initial is added to the album or conversation and will appear faded until they view the album or conversation.
- When they view the album or conversation, their account profile photo or initial will appear in the activity view next to the latest photos, comments, or likes they have viewed.
- If they join, like, comment, or add photos to a shared album or conversation, their profile image changes to their account profile photo or initial.
- If you edit a photo that you previously shared via link sharing, people may be able to temporarily view the unedited version through the original link.
- Your profile name will appear on all photos you add.
- Your account profile photo or initial will appear next to the latest photos you added.
- If you share a video captured fully or partially in slow motion, viewers can watch any part of the video at a slower speed in their own player.
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- You’ll get an in-app notification and a push notification. If it’s a new album or conversation, you’ll get an email notification.
- The shared item will appear in your Sharing page.
- When you view the album or conversation, your account profile photo or initial in the album will light up and appear next to the latest photos, comments, or likes you have viewed.
- If you join, like, comment, or add photos in a shared album or conversation, your account profile photo or initial will appear next to the action you took.
- If someone edits a photo after they've shared the link with you, the original link sharing may not immediately update to the new version of the photo.
When you save a photo or video that has been shared with you, you receive a copy of it in your library. Any edits to the original shared photo after it has been saved will not apply to your saved copy. Saved photos and videos count toward your quota except for certain partner sharing instances. Learn more about partner sharing .
To find photos or videos in your device gallery app, you must download them. Learn how to download photos or videos .
To save photos and videos shared with you in a conversation:
- In the conversation, scroll to the photo or video that you want to save.
- Below the photo or video, click Save .
In a shared album, you can:
- Save a photo or video to your library:In the album, click the photo or video that you want to save. At the top, click Save.
- Save all photos and videos in an album to your library:In the album, at the top right, click Save .
- Save an album to your albums tab:In the album, click More Show in Albums.
Tip:When you save a shared album to your albums tab, you receive a copy of the album in your albums tab. This doesn’t save album content to your library.
