Manage Photos sharing settings on Apple devices

1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad, then tap a shared album.

2. Tap , tap the album name, then do any of the following:

   • To invite new subscribers: Tap Add Participants, then enter the name of the contact you want to add, or type an email address or phone number.

     Subscribers can add photos and videos to the album. Turn off the Subscribers Can Post button so only you can add photos and videos.

   • To remove subscribers: Tap the name of the subscriber, then tap Remove Subscriber.

   • To remove yourself from a Shared Album: Tap Delete Shared Album if you created the album, or tap Unsubscribe if you’re a subscriber.

   • To turn notifications off: Slide to turn off Notifications.

To learn more, see:

• Share photos and videos on iPhone in the iPhone User Guide

• Share photos and videos on iPad in the iPad User Guide

iCloud Shared Photo Library lets you share photos and videos seamlessly with up to five other people. When you contribute photos and videos to iCloud Shared Photo Library, they move out of your Personal Library and into the Shared Library. With Shared Library you can choose what to share, or automatically share content straight from the camera. All participants have equal permissions to add, edit, and delete content in the Shared Library, while the person who set up the Shared Library, the library creator, provides iCloud storage for all of the content.

Participants can choose to leave a Shared Library at any time.

If you’re the library creator, you can remove participants from the Shared Library or delete your shared library at any time. When you remove a participant from your Shared Library, they receive a notification and can copy all of the items in the Shared Library to their Personal Library. A participant can’t remove other participants.

• Open the Photos app , tap Collections, tap your account in the top-right corner, tap Manage next to Shared Library, then do one of the following:

  • To remove participants from a Shared Library: Tap the participant, then tap Remove From Shared Library.

  • To leave a Shared Library: Tap Leave Shared Library.

    When you leave a Shared Library, you can copy everything from the Shared Library into your own library, or just the content you contributed.

  • To delete a Shared Library (you must be the organizer): Tap Delete Shared Library.

    All participants are notified that the Shared Library has been deleted.

To learn more, see:

• Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos in the iPhone User Guide

• Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos in the iPad User Guide

1. Go to the Photos app on your Mac, then click Shared Albums in the sidebar.

2. Double-click a shared album, then click in the toolbar.

3. In the Invite People field, do one of the following:

   • Invite new subscribers: Enter the name of the person you want to add, or type an email address or phone number.

     If the person you’re inviting doesn’t use iCloud, you can select the Public Website checkbox to create a URL for your shared album. Anyone with this URL can view and download the shared album’s contents.

   • Remove subscribers: Select the person, then press Delete.

   • Reinvite a subscriber: Click the pop-up menu next to a person’s name and choose Resend Invitation.

To learn more, see:

• What are shared albums in Photos on Mac? in the Photos User Guide

• Add and remove people in a shared album in the Photos User Guide

If a participant has been part of the Shared Library for less than 7 days, they can retrieve only the items they contributed.

1. In the Photos app on your Mac, choose Photos > Settings, then click Shared Library.

2. Click next to the person you want to remove, then choose Remove.

3. Click Remove from Shared Library.

To learn more, see:

• What is iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos on Mac? in the Photos User Guide

Participants can choose to leave a Shared Library at any time. If you’re the organizer of a Shared Library, you can delete it. When you delete the Shared Library, all participants receive a notification and can choose to keep all of the items in the Shared Library in their Personal Library.

If you leave a Shared Library less than 7 days after joining, you can keep only the items you contributed.

1. In the Photos app on your Mac, choose Photos > Settings, then click Shared Library.

2. Click Leave Shared Library (if you’re a participant) or Delete Shared Library (if you’re the organizer).

3. Select one of the following options:

   • Keep everything: Add all the photos in the Shared Library to your Personal Library.

   • Keep only what I contributed: Add only photos that you contributed to the Shared Library to your Personal Library.

4. Click Delete Shared Library, then click Delete Shared Library again to confirm the deletion.

To learn more, see:

• What is iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos on Mac? in the Photos User Guide

• Leave or delete a Shared Library in the Photos User Guide