iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customize and use the homepage tiles
- Apple Invites
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Browse photos or videos by date
- Hide your photos and videos
- Upload and download photos
- Add or edit a title, caption, or other metadata
- Organize photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favorites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows device
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright and trademarks
View your iCloud Shared Photo Library on iCloud.com
After you set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac (iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, or later), you can view it in Photos on iCloud.com.
For setup instructions, see Set up or view an iCloud Shared Photo Library on all your devices.
Switch between your personal library and shared library
You can switch between viewing your personal library, your shared library, or both libraries at the same time.
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Do one of the following:
On a phone or tablet: Tap the button at the top right of the thumbnail view—
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On a computer: Click the pop-up menu in the Photos toolbar.
Choose Personal Library, Shared Library, or Both Libraries.
See who shared a photo
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Tap or double-click the photo or video you want to see more information about.
Select
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The person who added the photo or video is listed at the bottom of the info pane.
Edit a photo or video in your shared library
You can do any of the following in Photos on iCloud.com:
If you want to move a photo between your personal library and shared library or make any other changes, you can do so in the Photos app on a device with iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, or later.
Delete photos or videos from your shared library
Any participant of an iCloud Shared Photo Library can move photos and videos to the Recently Deleted album, where they remain for 30 days before being permanently deleted. Only the person who added the photo or video to the shared library can permanently delete it. See Delete and recover photos and videos on iCloud.com.
iCloud Shared Photo Library is different from Shared Albums. See Set up Shared Albums in iCloud on all your devices.