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Samsung: Create a Custom Album in Gallery

New photos and videos land automatically in fixed albums like Camera or Downloads, depending on which app saved them. If you want to keep certain pictures together instead - for a trip, a project, or a specific person - the built-in sorting will not do that for you. Gallery lets you set up a separate album and move or copy pictures into it manually.

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Create a Custom Photo Album auf Samsung

The Gallery app on Samsung devices groups photos and videos into system albums such as Camera or Downloads based on the app that saved them. There is no automatic way to sort pictures by topic, trip, or person, so a custom album is the only reliable option if you want related photos in one place.

Creating one takes a few taps inside Gallery. Open Tap on GalleryTap on AlbumsOpen the MenuTap on Create albumEnter a Name and tap Create. The new album appears empty at first; you add pictures to it afterward from an existing album or directly from a photo's share menu.

Custom albums only organize how pictures are displayed. They do not create duplicate files unless you explicitly choose to copy instead of move, so storage use stays the same in most cases.

If you only need a temporary selection - for example to share a few pictures once - a normal multi-select and share action is faster than building a whole album.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Open the source album, select the photos you want, and use the move or copy option to place them into the new album. The album itself is created empty through Tap on GalleryTap on AlbumsOpen the MenuTap on Create album.

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Android 11 · One UI 3

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