How to create, save, and delete albums on LINE app

Hi this is Shiho, I am going to explain about albums on LINE app.

Albums function is that you create albums, put photos in it, and share them with your friends on LINE.

The function allow you to organize and save photos which will be unavailable to see after certain period of time.

The storage period and memory capacity is unlimited.

Here, I am going to show you everything about albums on LINE covering how to create, add, and delete photos, organize the order, and save or share videos.

Storage period and memory capacity is unlimited for LINE “Albums”

I guess many of you share photos with your friends on LINE.

However, the majority just send photos on chat room and share those.

When I send photos to my friend, it is sent one by one, and those photos fill the screen.

Therefore, I always feel it is difficult to find text messages from my friend.

After you receive photos from your friend on chat room, if you do not save them, those photos will be deleted from server in 2 weeks.

After 2 weeks, it can be no longer available to see.

This problem will be solved by using LINE albums function.

Even if you want to send several photos, the receiver will receive only 1 album (which means only 1 push notification).

Besides, you can always come back and see the photos because the storage period is not limited.

Another appealing point is that the memory capacity is not limited as well.

It is possible to store 1,000 photos per album, and create 100 albums per chat room.

In other words, you can share maximum 100,000 photos with your friends.

It is not suitable for printing because it will be reduced to maximum 1,280 pixel.

But still you can share photos as many as you want.

Because of these advantages, albums on LINE are suitable for sharing photos in LINE groups.

If your group chat is always busy, photos will be expired very soon if you forget creating albums.

It is easier for everyone to see all the photos all together as an album rather than opening every photo one by one.

There is one more thing.

When someone join your LINE group, the person cannot see photos sent to the chat room earlier.

Although, albums are always open for even newcomers.

How to create albums on LINE app

Let’s create an album, shall we?

Open LINE

Go to “Chat room” of the person or group you want to share albums with

Tap “V”

Tap “Albums”

If you have already created albums before, the screen will look like this above

Tap the green icon on the right bottom to create a new album

Tick the photos you want to put in the album, and tap “Select”

You can tick up to 100 photos

You cannot put videos in albums (send videos on “Chat”)

If you want to send videos, tap “Take a Video” or “Choose Video” from “+” on chat room

Name the album with maximum 20 letters

You cannot use the existing album name

If you do not care, the date will be the album name

The album is created

Tap the balloon icon on the right top to go back to “Chat”

Or tap the green icon on the right bottom to create another album

After you finish creating albums, chat room screen will be shown like above.

Then push notification will be sent to the receiver (or the group members) under default settings. (I will mention it later)

How to save (add) or delete photos in album on LINE app

Add photos to existing album

Go to “Chat room” of the person or group you want to add photos to albums

Tap “Notes” icon on the right top

Tap “Albums”, then select the album you want to add more photos to

Tap “+”

Here is a list of photos

Tick the photos you want to add, then tap “Select”

Tap “Add Photos”

After you finish adding photos, it will be shown on chat room.

Then push notification will be sent to the receiver. (I will mention it later)

You can add photos which is sent to you on “Chat room”

Go to the “Chat room”, and open the photo you want to add to albums

Tap “Share” icon on the left bottom

Tap “Save in Album”

A list of albums is shown

Select the album to which you want to save the photo, and tap “Select”

If you have a difficulty in finding photos from chat room, this is for you.

Tap “V” on chat room

Tap “Photos”

Here is a list of photos you have shared with the person so far

Tap and open the photo you want to add

The following process is exactly the same as the previous process

How to delete photos from album on LINE app

If you added wrong photos to album, you need to delete them one by one

Open the album, and tap the photo you want to delete

Tap “Share” on the left bottom

Tap “Remove” to delete

Using other options above, you can send to another Chat, share on Timeline, and use other apps to share.

Photos cannot be restored once deleted.

Save photos in albums to a terminal on LINE app

This method is to save 1 photo each.

Open the album, and tap the photo you want to save to your mobile

Tap “Save” icon on the right bottom

It will be saved in “LINE” section in Gallery.

This method is to save multiple photos all together.

Go to the album, and tap the album name.

Tap “Save”

Tick the photos you want to save, then tap “To Device”

Those photos will be saved in “LINE” section in Gallery.

How to sort photos in album & How to change album name on LINE app

You can rearrange order of photos, change the album name, and delete the album itself.

Go to the album, and tap the album name.

You can sort photos by choosing “By Date Added” or “By Date Taken”.

Photos are sorted by the date added under default settings.

If you choose “By Date Taken”, the newest photo will be shown first.

However, the order will come back to default condition once you close the album.

Besides, even you change the order, it does not affect the order of photos on receiver’s (members’) album.

Tap “Rename Albums” to change the album name, and tap “Delete Album” to delete the album itself.

Tell the receiver (or group members) whenever you change album name or delete album before you take an action.

The album will not be restored once deleted, though anyone in the group have an authority to delete.

What will happen next if you create albums or add/delete photos from album?

On current LINE (version 6.6.0), it will not be shown on Timeline when you create albums or add photos to album.

However, any changes on albums will be notified on chat room.

After you create albums, a message “Album created.” will be sent to the receiver.

Likewise, after you add photos to existing album, a message “Added photo to album.” will be sent to the receiver.

If you create albums or add photos to existing album, push notification will be sent to the receiver under default settings. (I will mention it later)

Unlike “Notes” function, any changes on albums are not shown on Timeline.

If you want to turn the push notification off, tap “Notifications Off” from “V” icon on chat room.

Tap “Notification On” to turn it on.

The settings is for you to turn off your notification sound, and it does not affect the receiver’s notification sound.

If you create albums or add photos to existing album, push notification will ring on the receiver’s mobile unless he/she changes the settings.

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When you deleted photos from album, or changed album name, it will also be notified on chat room.

Although, push notification will not be sent to the receiver.

When receiver opens the chat room, he/she will know that you deleted photos from album, or changed album name.

Can I use albums on LINE PC?

After 4.0 version LINE PC, you can enjoy albums function on LINE PC.

Refer to the following feature for more details.

On LINE PC, it is possible to show all photos all together even you have not saved them to albums.  It is convenient to see or save multiple photos on chat room at once.

Can I save videos to albums?

On LINE PC, you can share videos with your friends on chat room, but the retention period is limited.  Furthermore, you cannot save videos to albums.

In the following feature, I introduce the way to keep sharing videos with your friends on LINE using “Notes” function.