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.

If you have a document, receipt, or photo that doesn’t look like it should be in your Photos view, you might get a suggestion card to move it to archive. Learn more.

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. Tap More   Move to Archive.
5. Optional: To find any photos that you’ve archived from your Photos view, in the Google Photos app , at the bottom, tap Library  Archive.

Check 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 Library  Archive.
4. Select a photo. Touch and hold to select multiple photos.
5. Tap More   Unarchive.