Albums
You can create and customize personal albums the way you like. The family album is available to users who are members of a family group in the Yandex 360 family plan. Go to Smart albums to view albums collected from your photos using computer vision.
Personal albums
Create personal albums and fill them with photos from different folders. Showing your photo galleries to your friends is easy — just share your albums with them.
Create an album
There are several ways to create an album:
- Click Create → Album.
- Enter a name for the new album.
- Select photos.
- Click the Create album button in the top panel.
- Go to the Albums section in the left panel.
- Click the New album preset in Personal albums.
- Enter a name for the new album.
- Select photos.
- Click the Create album button in the top panel.
Share album
You can share the link to an album — just like the link to a file or folder. Albums are created private by default.
Note
You can't set link security settings for an album.
If you shared an album and then decided to hide it, the link won't work. If you then decide to make the album public again, people can use the same link to access it again.
There are several ways to change album permissions:
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Go to the Albums section in the left panel.
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Click
→ Share in the top right corner of the album thumbnail. -
Choose how you want to share the link: you can copy it or send it by email. To get a QR code for the link, click the corresponding button.
- Open the album.
- Click
or select → Share in the top panel. - Choose how you want to share the link: you can copy it or send it by email. To get a QR code for the link, click the corresponding button.
Note
All shared albums are marked with the 
icon.
Delete album link
To revoke access to your album and make it private again, delete the link:
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Go to the Albums section in the left panel.
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Click
→ Share in the top right corner of the album thumbnail. -
Click
and confirm deletion. Previously shared links will no longer work.
- Open the album.
- Click or select → Share in the top panel.
- Click and confirm deletion. Previously shared links will no longer work.
If you share the album again, others will be able to access it via the same link.
Add photos to album
Use one of these methods to add a photo to an existing album:
- Go to Albums in the left panel.
- Click → Add photo in the top right corner of the album thumbnail.
- Select the desired photos and click Add to album in the top panel.
- Go to Photos from the left panel.
- Select photos.
- Click the Add to album button in the top panel.
- Click the thumbnail of the desired album.
- Select photos in any Yandex Disk folder.
- Click the Add to album button in the top panel or in the context menu.
- Click the thumbnail of the desired album.
Rename an album
Use one of these methods to change an album name:
- Click → Rename in the top right corner of the album thumbnail.
- Enter a new name and click Save.
- Open the album.
- Click → Rename in the top panel.
- Enter a new name and click Save.
Delete photos from an album
To delete photos from an album:
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Choose and open the album.
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Select one or more photos.
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Click Remove from album in the top panel.
Note
The Remove from album button doesn't permanently delete photos from Yandex Disk. If you don't need the photos anymore, click Delete in the top panel. Photos will be moved to the Trash.
Delete an album
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Click
→Delete button in the top right corner of the album thumbnail. -
Confirm deletion.
Note
If you delete an album, all photos and videos that were in it will remain on Yandex Disk. If you delete all the photos in an album, the album itself remains, and you can add new photos to it.
Family album
If you're a member of a family group in Yandex ID with an active plan, the family album will appear on Yandex Disk automatically. If you want to give a user access to your family album, you need to add them to your family group in Yandex ID. Please note that child accounts won't be given access to the family album. All other members of the family group will be able to add photos to the family album.
The family album looks the same for all members. However, each album photo is stored on the Yandex Disk of the user who added it to the album.
Each user can only belong to one family group and have one family album. If you accept an invitation to another family, you'll no longer be a member of your current one.
Where do I find the family album
What can I do with the family album
What happens if I cancel the family plan
What happens if I stop being a family member
Adding members to the family
Members are added to the family group by the administrator of the family group. The administrator can invite up to 7 people, not including themselves. Invited users must have a Yandex account.
To add a member:
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Log in to Yandex ID.
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Go to Family.
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Click Invite family member.
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Send an invitation using one of the following methods:
- Select Share link to copy the link to join the family group to your clipboard.
- Select Send SMS or email, enter the email or phone number of the person you want to invite, and click Submit.
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Wait for the user to accept your invitation. To join your family group, they need to follow the link and click Accept invitation.
Where do I find the family album
On the left panel, click Family and select the Album tab.
You can also see photos from the family album in the Photo section on the Family tab.
What can I do with the family album
You can't rename or delete the family album.
Only the person who added the photos can rename them in the family album and move them from one Yandex Disk folder to another.
Otherwise, the family album and its media files can be used just like any other album. You can:
- Browse the album.
- Add photos and videos to the album.
- Delete photos and videos from the album.
- Share a link to the album.
- Delete this link.
- Add the photos you like to your other albums. If the photo was added to the family album by another user, it will be copied to your Yandex Disk.
- View information about media files.
- Edit photos.
What happens if I cancel the family plan
If you cancel the family plan, you'll still have access to the family album. But you won't be able to add new photos to it. The media files you previously added to the family album will remain on your Yandex Disk.
After the plan is canceled, the available space on Yandex Disk will be reduced. As a result, it may suddenly become full.
What happens if I stop being a family member
The family album is available only to the family members. If the administrator removes you from the family group or you leave it on your own, you'll no longer have access to the album. All the photos you've added to the album will be removed from it. The photos will remain in the folders on your Yandex Disk. If you rejoin the family, you'll have to add the photos to the album again.
When the family group is deleted, only the administrator will have access to the album.
Smart albums
Yandex Disk creates thematic albums "Places and Trips", "Beautiful", and "Sort". These albums display your photos from your other folders on Yandex Disk.
Places and Trips
In the "Places and Trips" album, you can see all photos of your travels sorted and arranged. Photos from your business trips will never mix up with your vacation shots. Photos of your usual places, such as work and home, are also kept separate. Inside, photos are grouped into albums by the location where they were taken.
Beautiful
In this album, you can see your most beautiful photos. They are nice to look at, make you feel nostalgic, and you can share them with your friends.
Sort
In this album, Yandex Disk collects receipts, screenshots from your phone, and blurry and low-quality photos. You can sort them and delete the photos that you don't need.