Move photos to archive

You can hide photos from your Photos view and move them to archive. This can help you organize your photos and hide any photo that you don’t want to find often.

Any photos that you archive:

• Will still be in any albums that they were added to, search results, and folders on your device.
• Won’t be used to create highlight videos or animations.
• Will still count towards your storage quota. Learn how to manage your storage.

Move images to archive

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Select a photo.
4. At the bottom, tap Add to .
5. Under "Move to," tap Archive .
6. Optional: To find any photos that you’ve archived from your Photos view, in the Google Photos app , at the bottom, tap Collections Archive.
   • If you access "Archive" often, you might also find it at the top.

Find your archive & unarchive items

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the bottom, tap Collections Archive .
4. Select a photo.
5. Tap Add to Unarchive .