Share photos and videos on iPad

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 how you want to share.
Share multiple photos or videos: Tap Library, tap All Photos, tap Select, then tap the photos 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 to share all the photos from that day or month.

The share photos window is in the center of the screen. Photos are across the top of the window; one photo is selected, indicated with a checkmark. The row beneath the photos suggests recent contacts to share with. Below the suggested contacts are sharing options, from left to right, AirDrop, Messages, Mail, Notes, Reminders, and Books. At the bottom of the share screen is a row of actions. From top to bottom, Copy Photo and Add to Shared Album are displayed.

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 Share iPad photos with Shared Albums in iCloud.

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. After you share your photos, the recipients are prompted to share their photos from the event with you. iCloud Photos must be turned on to see Sharing Suggestions, but the photos you share can be viewed by anyone.

Swipe from the left edge of the screen or tap to show the sidebar, then tap For You.
Choose a photo collection from Sharing Suggestions.
Photos suggests sharing the photos you took with the people who were also at the event. You can choose who to share with, as well as add others.
Tap Share in Messages.
- To send the link to more friends, or to stop sharing it: Tap the collection, tap , then choose Copy iCloud Link or Stop Sharing.
- To remove a photo collection from Sharing Suggestions: Tap , then tap Remove Sharing Suggestion.

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 iPad