Share photos & videos - Android (2025)

Download and install the Google Photos app.

You can share directly to anyone with a Google Account if they're in your contacts or by searchingtheir email address or phone number. For everyone else, you can create a link to share.

If your contact’s phone number isn’t associated with their Google Account, you can help them find and connect with you. If your contact doesn’t have a Google Account, you can send them a link or share using another app instead.

To share with other people in a conversation:

1. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Select a photo, album, or video.
4. Tap Share .
5. Under "Send in Google Photos," select people to share with.
   • To share with one person, tap their name.
   • To find someone specific, tap Search . Enter their name, phone number, or email address.
   • To share with more than one person, select multiple people.
   • (Optional) Add a message to go with your shared media.
   • Google makes suggestions based on your interactions. Learn more about suggestions.
6. To share, tapSend.This will create an ongoing conversation thread where you and the people you have shared with can add additional photos, videos, comments, and likes over time.

You can also automatically share your entire library with someone.

Create a shared album

1. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Select a photo, album, or video.
4. Tap Share .
5. Under “Share to apps,” select another app to share to. Swipe left to find more apps.
6. To create and share a link, tap Create link.

Anyone that has the shared link will be able to view the album. Learn how to change your sharing options.

1. On your mobile device, open the Google Photos app .
2. At the top,tap Sharing.
   • Important: For some users, Sharing can be found at the bottom.
3. You can access your shared albums and sharing activity, like comments and recently added photos. New sharing activity will be in bold.

1. Open the album you shared.

2. Click More Options.

When you leave a shared album, all of the photos, videos, comments, and likes you have added will be removed.

To leave an album:

1. Click the album.
2. At the top right, click More Leave album.

When you leave a shared conversation, all of the photos, videos, comments, and likes you have added will be removed.

To leave a conversation:

1. Tap the conversation.
2. At the top, tap MoreOptions.
3. Next to your name, tap Leave.

You must be the owner of the album to remove someone.

1. Open the desired album.
2. Click MoreOptions.
3. Scroll to find the contact you’d like to have removed.
4. Click More Remove person.

You can remove photos and videos you have added to conversations and shared albums.

To remove photos and videos:

1. In a shared album or conversation thread, click on the photo or video.
2. At the top right, click More Remove.

To remove comments and likes:

1. In a shared album or conversation thread, click on the comment or like.
2. Click Delete.

• When you send to a contact in Google Photos:
  • Contacts you shared with get an in-app notification and a push notification from the app. The shared item(s) appear in their Sharing page.
  • When you share a new album or conversation with them, they’ll also receive an email notification.
  • 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 a shared album or like, comment, or add photos in a shared album or conversation, their profile image changes to their account profile photo or initial.
• When you add photos or videos to albums or conversations, 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, others may be able to view any part of the video at a slower speed in their own player.
• 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.