How to Move Photos to an Album on an iPad

What to Know

• My Albums > open album > Select > pick the images you want > Add to Album.
• You can also move pictures into albums using Share > Add to Album.
• Move images from the Photos Library: Select > choose specific photos > Share or Add to Album.

You can put photos stored on your iPad into unique albums to organize them. Whether you saved the images from online, took them directly from your camera, or used AirDrop to receive them from a friend, you can always organize your iPad images into albums. Here's how using the built-in Photos app on iPads running iOS 15 or later.

How to Put Pictures Into Albums on iPad

There are several ways to go about this, but we'll look at the easiest, which is moving more than one picture into a different album.

1. Open the Photos app.

   

2. Swipe from the left or tap the Sidebar icon to view all albums under My Albums. Select a specific album to locate the pictures you want to add to a new album.

   

   If you just see images and no specific album, scroll down until you reach My Albums.

3. Tap Select from the upper-right corner and tap once on each image you want to include in the custom album. Or, choose Select All.

   If you change your mind about a photo you've already selected, tap it again to deselect it. You can always make changes to the album later, too, to remove pictures from the album or add new ones to it.

   

4. Tap More (three horizontal dots) at the bottom right of the screen and choose Add to Album.

   

5. Choose an album to put those pictures into, or choose New Album to create one.

   

6. If you create a new album, type a name for it in the window that pops up, and then tap Save.

   

7. Repeat these steps when you have more photos you want to add to your album.

How to Move Pictures into Albums Using the Share Button

The above steps work well if you need to move images in bulk, but what if there's just one picture you want to relocate into a custom album? Here's how to do that.

1. Tap a photo in the Photos app to view it full-screen.

2. Tap the Share icon in the upper-left corner of the screen.

   

3. In the menu that appears, tap Add to Album.

   

4. Tap the album you want to add the photo to or create a new one following the steps above.

   You can also select More > Add to Album from the top-right corner to move images to an album.

How to Move Photos to an Album from the Photos Tab

Another way to put photos into albums on your iPad is from the Photos tab at the bottom of the Photos app.

1. Tap Library from the left sidebar in the Photos app.

   

2. Tap Select to choose pictures for your album.

   

3. Once you've selected all of the pictures you want to move, use the Share or Add to Album buttons to add them to an album like in the previous sets of instructions.

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