How to Manage Shared Photo Albums on Your iPhone

How to Create a Shared Album on Your iPhone

To create a Shared Album on your iPhone, it’ll need to run the latest version of iOS for iPhone, iPadOS for iPad, or macOS for Mac. You also need to set up and sign in to iCloud on your iPhone. The Shared Album is hosted on iCloud, making it easy to share with others. After meeting all these requirements, use the steps below to create your Shared Album.

Step 1: Open the Photos app > Tap the Plus icon > New Shared Album.

Step 2: Enter a name for your Shared Album and then tap the Next button.

Step 3: Choose people to invite from your contact or enter the email address and iMessage phone number of those you would like to share the album with.

Step 4: Tap Create to save all your changes and create the album folder.

Step 7: In your Shared Albums catalog, tap the newly created album folder.

Step 8: Tap the Plus sign to open your Photos Gallery.

Step 9: Select all the relevant images you would like to include in the Shared Album.

Step 10: After selecting the images, tap Add at the top-right corner of the screen.

Step 11: On the iCloud dialog box, provide a comment/note for your photo selection.

Step 12: Tap Post to save your changes.

All iMessage phone numbers and emails will receive a notification of their addition to your Shared albums. The recipients can access the album using a web browser.

Tip: Check out our post if Apple Photos not recognizing faces.

How to Add People to a Shared Album on Your iPhone

When you first create a Shared Album, you can provide the details (iMessage phone numbers and emails) of the recipients. Subsequently, you can also add more people. Here’s how to do so:

Step 1: Open the Photos app > Shared Albums > Tap on your shared album name > People icon.

Step 2: Enter the email addresses and iMessage phone numbers of those you want to add.

Step 3: Tap Add to save your selection.

Step 4: Tap Done on the Edit Shared Album page to save your changes.

How to Delete People From a Shared Album on Your iPhone

If you no longer want to grant certain individuals access to your Shared Album, here’s what you should do:

Open the Shared Album in Photos app > People icon > Tap the contact name > Select Remove Subscriber at the bottom.

How to Delete a Shared Album on Your iPhone

Once you feel a Shared Album has lived its purpose, you can delete it from your iPhone. Here’s how to do so.

Open the Shared Album > People icon > Delete Shared Album.

Tip: If you find that your Shared Albums have a lot of duplicate photos, you don’t have to set about deleting them manually. You can remove the duplicate photos by visiting your iPhone’s duplicate folder. You can also consider downloading a third-party app to remove duplicate images.