How to Change the Order of Google Photos on Android

This wikiHow teaches you how to select a new sorting method in a Google Photos album, and edit the order of all your album images, using Android.

Steps

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    Open Google Photos on your Android. The Google Photos app looks like a colored pinwheel icon with red, orange, blue, and green curls. You can find it on your Apps menu.
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    Tap the
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    icon.     This tab is located in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will open a list of all your albums.
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    Tap the album you want to edit. This will open a list of all the images in the selected album.
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    Tap the ⋮ icon. This button is located in the upper-right corner of your screen. It will open a drop-down menu to edit your album.
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    Tap Edit album on the menu. A blue toolbar will show up at the top of your screen.
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    Tap the two-arrows icon on the toolbar. This button is located in the upper-right corner of your screen. A menu will slide in from the bottom with all your image sorting options.
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    Select a sorting method on the pop-up menu. A blue checkmark will appear next to the selected method.
    • Oldest first will order your album’s contents chronologically, and place the oldest image or video at the top.
    • Newest first will order your album reverse-chronologically. You will see the newest image or video at the top.
    • Recently added will determine the date every image and video was added to this album, and list the album’s contents based on it.
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    Tap the
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    icon at the top-left.     This will apply the selected sorting method to your album, and list your images and videos in a new order.

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Article SummaryX

1. Open Google Photos.
2. Tap Albums.
3. Tap an album.
4. Tap the ⋮ icon.
5. Tap Edit album.
6. Tap two-arrows icon on the top-right.
7. Select a sorting method.
8. Tap the tick icon.

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