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If you have dozens of photos on your iPhone, it might be a challenge every time to scroll and find the picture you need. However, with the tips from this article, you can easily organize photos on your iPhone, as well as declutter your Camera Roll. Contents
Tip – Declutter iPhone photos Before you start learning how to create albums for iPhone photos and organize your pictures, we recommend that you declutter your Recents album from duplicate and unneeded similar photos. You can do this with a free software tool from Nektony called Phone Cleaner for Media Files. Phone Cleaner automatically finds similar photos and the largest media files, helping you easily remove all unneeded digital stuff and free up space in your storage. What is the difference between folders and albums in iOS photos?When it comes to organizing photos on iPhone, you might want to create a new
album or folder. But what’s the difference between a folder and an album on iPhone? Let’s clarify this. When you need to sort and organize photos in the Camera Roll, you need to create an album. If you have too many albums and now there’s a mess of albums on your iPhone, then you can create folders to sort these albums. Note that you cannot move albums between folders on iPhone. If you need to move an album, you will have to recreate the album in the destination folder, then delete the original album. Thus, before creating albums and folders on your iPhone, we recommend first learning the tips from this article to find out the best way to organize your photos. How to create albums and folders for photos on iPhone?As we mentioned before, you can’t just drag albums to the new folders. That’s why we recommend first creating a folder, then creating albums inside this folder. Here’s how to create a folder in the iPhone Photos app:
Follow these steps to create an album in the iPhone Photos app:
After creating an album, you can add separate photos to it. Here’s how to move a photo to the album on iPhone:
After creating a folder, you can organize albums inside it. Here’s how to add an album to a folder in iOS photos:
How to delete a photo album from iPhoneFollow these steps to delete an album from your iPhone. The same instructions work for deleting folders from iPhone:
If you want to rearrange albums, you can do this on the same screen. Tap and drag an album in the order you want them to be displayed. iPhone photo organization ideasArrange photos by date When you take a picture, your iPhone saves metadata for each photo, including the data of the date when it was taken. Thanks to this, you can arrange your photos by date. Here’s how:
Organize iPhone photos by faces The new iPhones can recognize faces. When you take a new photo, the system automatically recognizes the faces of the people in the photos and groups them. You can give names to faces, mark them as favorites, and then view all photos of a particular person. Here’s how it works:
If you have many friends and family members in the People album, you can mark some people as favorites to easily find their photos later. To add someone to your favorites, tap the heart icon. Organize photos on iPhone by location Another great way to organize photos on iPhone is to arrange them by location. But before you do this, you need to enable geolocation on your iPhone. How to enable Location Services on iPhone:
Once you turn on location for photos, your iPhone will automatically geotag new photos and save this data. Then you can sort your photos by location. Here’s how:
On iPhone, you can hide photos. The hidden photos won’t appear in the shared Recent feed or individual albums but will remain on your device. You can see them in a separate folder named Hidden. Here’s how to hide photos on iPhone:
Declutter duplicate photos When organizing photos on your iPhone, don’t forget to clear up all unneeded pictures in your storage. This will free up huge space in your storage and help you find the needed photos much faster. You can easily find and remove duplicate and similar photos with a free application Phone Cleaner for Media Files. Here’s how:
ConclusionWe hope these tips helped you greatly to organize your photos and easily find the ones you need. If you have your own tips, please share them in the comments below. FAQsHow do I declutter my iPhone photos? Can you delete photos but keep them in the album? Do albums take up space on iPhone?Can you move an album to a folder on iPhone?Rearrange: Touch and hold the album's thumbnail, then drag it to a new location.
What is the best way to organize photos on iPhone?Photos is organized into Library, For You, Albums, and Search.. Open Photos.. Go to Albums and tap the Add button .. Tap New Album. Type an album name, tap Save, then choose the photos and videos that you want to add.. Tap Done.. How do I move photos to a folder on my iPhone?Tap Albums at the bottom of the screen. , then choose New Album. Name the album, then tap Save. Tap the photos you want to add to the album, then tap Add.
How do folders work on iPhone?How to put your apps in a folder. To make a folder, touch and hold an app until the apps jiggle. Then drag an app onto another app.. Drag additional apps into the folder.. |