Share photos and videos on iPhone

You can share photos and videos from the Photos app in Mail or Messages, or other apps you install. Photos even selects your best photos from an event and recommends people you may want to share them with.

Share photos and videos

Share a single photo or video: Open the photo or video, tap , then choose a share option.
Share multiple photos or videos: When viewing a screen with multiple thumbnails, tap Select, then tap the thumbnail of the photos and videos you want to share. Tap , then choose a share option.
Share photos or videos from a day or month: Tap Library, tap Days or Months, tap , then tap Share Photos and choose a share option.

The sharing screen with a selected photo at the top, indicated by a white checkmark in a blue circle. The row beneath the photo shows suggested contacts to share with. Below that are other sharing options, including, from left to right, AirDrop, Messages, Mail, and Notes. At the bottom of the screen is the Copy Photos button.

When iCloud Photos is turned on, you can share multiple full-quality photos with an iCloud link. iCloud links remain available for 30 days, can be viewed by anyone, and can be shared using any app, such as Messages or Mail.

You can also use Shared Albums to share photos and videos with just the people you choose. See Use iCloud Shared Albums with iPhone.

Note: The size limit of attachments is determined by your service provider. For devices or services that don’t support Live Photos, a Live Photo is shared as a still photo.

Share photos with Sharing Suggestions

Sharing Suggestions recommends a set of photos from an event that you may want to share and, based on the people in the photos, who you may want to share them with. The people you share with receive a message with a link to iCloud.com to view your photos. Your shared collection is active for 30 days, but you can stop sharing the collection at any time.

iCloud Photos must be turned on to see your Sharing Suggestions, but the photos you share can be viewed by anyone.

In the Photos app, the For You button is selected at the bottom of the screen. The Shared with You screen shows a collection of Sharing Suggestions. Below the suggested photo to share is the name of the contact to share it with, and the number of other photos in the suggested share collection.

Photos identifies the people in your photos using the identifications you set up in the People album. See Find and identify people in Photos. If a person in the suggested photos isn’t identified in your People album, you’re prompted to create a contact for them before you can share the photos. See Add and use contact information.

Tap For You, then tap a photo collection below Sharing Suggestions.
Tap Select if you want to remove any photos from the collection.
Tap Next, then tap Share in Messages.
Photos suggests sharing the photos you took with the people who were also at the event. Tap the suggested contact or tap Add People to share with more people.
Tap .
After you share your photos, the recipients are prompted to share their photos from the event with you.

To remove a photo collection from Sharing Suggestions, tap the collection, tap , then tap Remove Sharing Suggestion.

To stop sharing a link you already sent, tap For You, then tap the collection below iCloud Links. Tap , then tap Stop Sharing.

Need more help? See the Apple Support article Use Sharing Suggestions in Photos.

Save or share a photo or video you receive

From email: Tap to download the item if necessary, then tap . Or, touch and hold the item, then choose a sharing or saving option.
From a text message: Tap the photo or video in the conversation, tap , then choose a sharing or saving option. You can also tap in the Messages conversation to save the photo or video directly to your Photos library.
From an iCloud link: Tap in the Messages conversation to save the collection directly to your Photos library. To share the collection, open Photos, tap For You, then tap the collection under iCloud Links. Tap , then tap Share.

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Share photos and videos on iPhone