Create & edit photo albums - Computer (2025)

You can create, edit,and add things like maps and text in your photo albums.

You can add up to 20,000 photos or videos to an album.

Tip:

  • Live albums are not available in all countries.
  • Some features may not be available when you have a large album.

Create a new album

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. On a photo, click Select Create & edit photo albums - Computer (1).
  4. Choose other photos that you want in your album.
  5. At the top, click AddCreate & edit photo albums - Computer (2).
  6. Select Album Create & edit photo albums - Computer (3) New album.
  7. Optional: Add a title to your new album.
  8. Click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (4).

Create a live album

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. On the left, clickAlbumsCreate & edit photo albums - Computer (5)Createalbum.
  4. Click Select people & pets.
  5. On any face group, click Select Create & edit photo albums - Computer (6).
  6. At the top right, click Confirm.
  7. Add a title, then clickEdit album.

Learn how to automatically add photos to an existing album.

Change how your album looks

Change your cover photo

Change the photo that's shown on the front of your album.

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album, then the photo you want to use.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (7)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (8) Use as album cover.

Change the title of an album

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. Click the title, then type a new title.
  4. Click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (9).

Change items in your album

Move items around

You can re-order photos, videos, text, and locations by dragging them.

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (10)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (11) Edit album.
  4. At the top right, click Create & edit photo albums - Computer (12)to sort by newest, oldest, or recently added.
    • You can also dragitems to move them.

Add or remove photos & videos

Add photos

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click Add to album Create & edit photo albums - Computer (13).
  4. Select the items you want to add.
  5. At the top right, click Done.

Add photos automatically

If you choose multiple people, any photo containing either person will be automatically added.

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open an album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (14)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (15) Options Create & edit photo albums - Computer (16) Add Create & edit photo albums - Computer (17).
  4. Select any face groups you want automatically added.
    • If no one appears, you might need to turn on Face Groups.
  5. At the top right, click Confirm.

Stop adding photos automatically

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open an album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (18)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (19) Options.
  4. Under "Automatically add photos," click the person's picture.
  5. Click Stop.

If you remove someone, new photos of them won’t be added. Any existing photos will stay in the album.

Tip: Face Groups isn’t perfect. Photos that don’t have any of the selected people may occasionally be added.

Remove photos

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (20)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (21) Edit album.
  4. On items you want to remove, click Remove Create & edit photo albums - Computer (22). Photos and videos you remove from albums will still be in your Google Photos library unless you delete them from the main “Photos” section.

Add maps and locations

Add locations

You can add locations and maps to albums you create. If you share the album, these will be included.

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (23)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (24) Edit album.
  4. Click Location Create & edit photo albums - Computer (25).
  5. Decide if you want:
    • Location: The name of one location.
    • Map: A map showing where you traveled.
    • All suggested locations: Locations and maps suggested by Google Photos.
  6. Click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (26).
  7. To move a location within the album, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (27)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (28) Edit album Create & edit photo albums - Computer (29) drag it to the positionit belongs Create & edit photo albums - Computer (30) click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (31).

Remove locations

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (32)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (33) Edit album.
  4. On items you want to remove, click Remove Create & edit photo albums - Computer (34).
  5. Click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (35).

Add or change text

Add text

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (36)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (37) Edit album.
  4. Click Text Create & edit photo albums - Computer (38).
  5. Add text.
  6. At top left, click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (39).
  7. To move a text box, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (40)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (41) Edit album Create & edit photo albums - Computer (42) drag the box to another place Create & edit photo albums - Computer (43) click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (44).

Change or delete text

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (45)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (46) Edit album.
    • Edit text: Click the text, then change it.
    • Delete text: Click Remove Create & edit photo albums - Computer (47).
  4. Click Done Create & edit photo albums - Computer (48)

Delete an album

  1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
  2. Open the album.
  3. At the top right, click More Create & edit photo albums - Computer (49)Create & edit photo albums - Computer (50) Delete album. Photos and videos in the album will still be in your Google Photos library unless you delete them from the main “Photos” section.

What you can do if you didn't create the album

  • Only the person who created the album will be able to make these changes to it.
  • If you're a collaborator on an album but didn't create it, you can only add photos and videos.

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