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Samsung: Move Photos or Videos to Another Album

Photos and videos from your camera or downloads often end up scattered across different albums, making it hard to find anything later. Samsung Gallery lets you move or copy several files into one album at once, but the prompt asking whether to copy or move can be confusing the first time you see it.

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Move Photos and Videos to an Album auf Samsung

Samsung Gallery sorts photos and videos by date and source by default, so shots taken with your camera end up mixed with screenshots and downloaded files. Moving files into a dedicated album keeps related content together without using extra storage, while copying keeps the original file in place and adds a second copy to the target album.

To move or copy files, open Gallery and tap and hold a photo or video until it becomes selected. Tap any additional photos or videos you want to include, then tap More at the bottom of the screen. Choose Copy to album or Move to album depending on whether you want to keep the original file where it is. Finally, pick the target album from the list, or create a new one if none fits.

Moving files removes them from their original album, which matters if that album is tied to a device folder such as Camera or Screenshots. Copying instead duplicates the file, so it uses additional storage space and shows up in two places at once.

If you only want certain images out of the main Gallery view without changing where the file physically lives, using Gallery's Hide option or a secret folder is usually the better fix, since it does not move or duplicate anything.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Choosing Move to album takes the file out of its current album and places it only in the new one. If the original album is tied to a device folder like Camera, the file also disappears from that folder view.

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Android 11 · One UI 3

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