Some of you might wonder why anyone would store completely private photos on Facebook, but there are actually some valid reasons like: By doing that, you are telling the Facebook application to never show that specific photo or album to anyone but you.
If you want to upload photos to Facebook and keep them completely private, meaning only you can see them, then it’s important that you set the privacy settings for that photo or album to “Only Me”. I know it seems a bit repetitive and I covered a bit of it in the last section, but I have received so many questions about this that I feel like it’s worth breaking it out into its own section. Once you click the “Post Photos” button, the new folder will be created and you’ll be able to move other photos into this album. REMEMBER that these permissions will be applied to all photos in the album. Set the appropriate level of permissions on your album. Remember, this privacy setting will be set for all the photos you are uploading. Just before you click the “Post” button in the lower-left corner, be sure to set your privacy settings by clicking the “Public” button and choose who can see the photos in the album.
#Updating my albums series
If you’re interested in learning more about my visit to Iceland, you can read all about it via my blog series at Īdd a new name and description to your new Facebook album and add any captions to your photos, if you’d like. With respect to this album, these photos were all taken in Iceland, so I could add that geo-location to the album. Hawaii or New York City) you can also add a location. If the album contains photos that were all taken in the same location (e.g. Once the photo is selected, give your album a new name and describe the types of photos that people can expect to see in the album when they browse it. Facebook does allow you to re-organize your photos and albums, it just takes some know-how. Don’t worry…you can delete it later if you don’t want to keep the photo in the album.Īdding a new photo to your Facebook album is pretty easy. To create a new album just go into the Photos section of your Facebook profile and then click “Create Album”.Ĭreate a new photo album in Facebook by going to your Photos sectiona and clicking Create Albumįacebook doesn’t provide an intuitive way to create an empty album (there is a way, but it ‘s strange), so it’s best to upload a photo into the new album. Yes…I’m a bit of a cupcake fanatic so they get their own albums. Yes…with a pencil and paper.įor me, the groups are basically family photos, pictures of good things to eat, critters who have visited my house, cute pet photos and cupcakes. Facebook doesn’t let you create albums on-the-fly while you’re organizing them, so the best thing to do is go through all your current folders and see if there are some logical groups. The first step in getting organized is making sure you have the right albums. Creating a Facebook Album (also known as uploading a photo)
#Updating my albums how to
Quick Note Before We Start: If you are trying to figure out how to move and organize photos in a Facebook GROUP, read this post instead.
So if you’re just looking for tips on how to organize your photos, here are the most recent instructions.
#Updating my albums update
Likely, I’ll have to update this one 15 times, too…but that’s the world of Facebook, right? And it’s not like you can just pick up the phone and call or email Facebook. As Facebook made changes, I tried to keep it updated with the slight UI changes to the albums and photo organizers.Īs I went to update for the umpteenth time…I realized that it would probably be better to just start a new post and give the most recent instructions without all the history. It seems that the Facebook User Experience Engineers have designed an organization system that seems logical to them, but in real life isn’t really intuitive to most of us.Ī while back, I wrote a post about uploading and organizing your photos on Facebook. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases when you buy something from those links. I get commissions for purchases made through those links. Please note: Some of the links in my posts are affiliate links.
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