How to Change a Google Photos Album Cover on Android

Co-authored by wikiHow Staff

Last Updated: February 26, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to select any photo from a Google Photos album and set it as the album's cover picture, using Android.

Steps

1
Open the Google Photos app on your Android. The Photos icon looks like a colored pinwheel with red, yellow, green, and blue curves. You can find it on your Apps menu.
2
Tap the Albums tab. This button looks like a book icon at the bottom of your screen.
- You have to be signed in to your Google account in order to see the Albums tab. If you're not signed in, tap the three horizontal lines icon on the top-left, and select Sign in.
3
Tap an album. Find the album you want to change the cover of, and open it. You will see a grid of all the images in this album.
4
Tap the image you want to use for the cover. This will open the image in full-screen.
5
Tap the three vertical dots icon. It's in the upper-right corner of your screen. Tapping will open a drop-down menu.
6
Select Use as album cover. It will change this album's cover to the selected picture.
- You can change an album's cover as many times as you want.

You Might Also Like

About This Article

Co-authored by:

wikiHow Staff Writer

This article was co-authored by wikiHow Staff. Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. wikiHow's Content Management Team carefully monitors the work from our editorial staff to ensure that each article is backed by trusted research and meets our high quality standards. This article has been viewed 9,698 times.

How helpful is this?

Co-authors: 3

Updated: February 26, 2018

Views: 9,698

Categories: Android