iCloud: Manage subscribers to your shared albums

Manage subscribers to your shared albums

You can add more subscribers to and remove subscribers from shared albums you own. You can also choose whether to allow subscribers to add photos and videos to a shared album you own. Only the owner can manage subscribers and album settings.

Note: Shared albums are called shared streams on iOS 7 devices.

On your iOS 9 or iOS 8 device

  1. In the Photos app, tap Shared at the bottom of the screen, then tap Sharing at the top of the screen.

  2. Tap the shared album whose subscribers you want to manage, then tap People.

    Note: Activity doesn’t have subscribers.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • To invite more people, tap Invite People, enter email addresses or tap the Add button to select from your contacts, then tap Add.

    • To remove a subscriber, tap the subscriber, then tap Remove Subscriber.

    • To choose whether subscribers can add photos and videos, tap Subscribers Can Post.

    If the subscriber list doesn’t include Invite People, you don’t own the shared album.

On your iOS 7 device

  1. In the Photos app, tap Shared at the bottom of the screen, then tap Streams at the top of the screen.

  2. Tap the shared stream whose subscribers you want to manage, then tap People.

    Note: Activity doesn’t have subscribers.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • To invite more people, tap Invite People, enter email addresses or tap the Add button to select from your contacts, then tap Add.

    • To remove a subscriber, tap the subscriber, then tap Remove Subscriber.

    • To choose whether subscribers can add photos and videos, tap Subscribers Can Post.

    If the subscriber list doesn’t include Invite People, you don’t own the shared stream.

On a Windows computer

  1. Open File Explorer (Windows 8 or later) or Windows Explorer (Windows 7), then select iCloud Photos.

  2. Double-click Shared.

  3. Double-click the shared album whose subscribers you want to manage, then click Options in the toolbar.

    If you see Info but don’t see Options in the toolbar, you don’t own the shared album.

  4. Do any of the following:

    • To invite more people, click Add, enter an email address, then press Enter.

    • To remove a subscriber, select the subscriber, then click Remove.

    • To choose whether subscribers can add photos and videos, turn “Allow subscribers to add photos or videos to this shared album” on or off.

  5. Click Done.

Last Modified: Jun 18, 2016
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