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Samsung: Rename an Album in Gallery

When you try to give a photo album a clearer name on your Samsung phone, the option sometimes seems to be missing. This usually happens because system albums like Camera or Downloads cannot be renamed at all. Albums you created yourself or that come from an app can be renamed without any restriction.

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Not every album in the Samsung Gallery can be renamed. System-managed albums such as Camera, Screenshots or Downloads keep their fixed name because they are tied directly to a folder the system uses internally. Albums you created yourself, or albums that an app generates automatically, are regular folders and can be renamed at any time.

To rename an album, open GalleryAlbums and choose the album you want to change. Tap on Menu, then select Rename. Enter the new name and confirm with Rename again.

If the Rename option does not appear for a specific album, the album is most likely a protected system folder rather than a bug. This affects storage-critical folders like Camera or Downloads across every phone running Samsung One UI.

Renaming an album only changes the display name in Gallery. The underlying folder path on the device storage stays the same, so other apps that reference that folder are not affected by the change.

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The Camera album is a system folder tied directly to the phone storage. Samsung blocks renaming for this and similar protected albums like Downloads or Screenshots to avoid breaking file references.

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Android 11 · One UI 3

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