Add and remove people in a shared album in Photos on iPad
If you’re the creator of a shared album, you can invite more subscribers to join the album in the Photos app . You can also remove subscribers from the album, manage album notifications, and turn posting for subscribers off and on. If you have friends and family who don’t use iCloud, you can share the album with them by sending an iCloud URL.
Invite more people
The creator of a shared album can invite new subscribers to join a shared album.
Open the Photos app
on your iPad.
Tap the shared album in the Photos sidebar, then tap
.
Tap Invite People, then enter the names, phone numbers, or email addresses of the people you want to add.
Tap Add.
Remove subscribers
The creator of a shared album can remove subscribers from a shared album.
Open the Photos app
on your iPad.
Tap the shared album in the Photos sidebar, then tap
.
Tap the subscriber you want to remove, then tap Remove Subscriber.
Share an album with people who don’t use iCloud
The creator of a shared album can create a unique iCloud URL to share the album with people who don’t use iCloud.
Open the Photos app
on your iPad.
Tap the shared album in the Photos sidebar.
Tap
, then turn on Public Website (green is on).
Tap Share Link, then tap how you want to share—Mail or Messages, for example.
Enter the names, phone numbers, or email addresses of the people you want to share the link with, then send the link.
When Public Website is turned on, anyone with the URL can access the album.
Manage posts and notifications
The creator of a shared album can turn subscriber posting and album activity notifications off and on.
Open the Photos app
on your iPad.
Tap the shared album in the Photos sidebar, tap
, then do one of the following:
Tap the button next to Subscribers Can Post off so only you can add photos and videos to the album; tap again to turn subscriber posting back on.
Tap the button next to Notifications off to turn off notifications when subscribers like, comment, or add photos and videos to the album; tap again to turn album notifications back on.
Tap the screen outside of the menu to close it.