You can change who can findphotos, videos, or albums you’ve shared in Google Photos. You can do this if you own the album.
Stop sharing an album
If you stop sharing an album:
- Other people won’t be able to see your album.
- Comments and photos that other people added will be removed.
To stop sharing an album, remove all album members and turn off link sharing. Learn how shared album controls give your photos more privacy.
Important: If someone already downloaded or copied photos or videos you shared, turning off sharing will not delete those downloads or copies.
Turn Link sharing on & off
- Open the desired album andclick More
Options. - Click the toggle next to Link sharing to turn it on or off.
Options.You must be the owner of the album to remove someone.
- Open the desired album.
- Click MoreOptions.
- Scroll to find the contact you’d like to have removed.
- Click More Remove person.
Important: If you share an album by link, you will need to turn link sharing off so people you remove can't rejoin.
Stop people from adding photos to an album
If "Collaborate" is turned on, anyone who has the link to your shared album canadd photos.
To stop people from adding photos:
- On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
- On the left, click Collections Albums.
- To find the albums you want, switch between “All,” “Shared with me,” and “My albums.”
- Open an album.
- At the top right, click More Options.
- Turn off Collaborate.
Tips:
- You can't stop individual people from adding items, but you can stop everyone from adding items.
- You’ll still find photos that other people added, unless you remove them.
Leave an album
Important: You can't leave the album if you are the album owner. If you don't want to access the album anymore, you can delete the album for everyone.
When you leave an album, your photos and comments will be removed.
- On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
- At the top left, click Collections Albums.
- To find the albums you want, switch between “All,” “Shared with me,” and “My albums.”
- Open an album.
- Click More Options Leave album.
Manage your likes and comments
Stop people from adding comments & likes
If you turn commenting off, people won't be able to like your photos. You’ll still find existing likes and comments unless you delete them.
- On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
- At the top left, click Collections Albums.
- Open an album that you created.
- At the top right, click More Options.
- Turn off Comments & likes.
See all comments
To see or delete all of the comments and likes that you've made, go to the activity log.
Related resources
- Set up partner sharing
- Get suggestions to share with your contacts
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- How shared album controls give your photos more privacy
- Get updates when people share with you
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