How to share a Google Drive folder or Google Photos album by link

For guests to see the event photos, and to find themselves in them, the folder or album has to be open to anyone with the link. It takes a minute.

Google Drive, on a computer

1. Open drive.google.com and find the folder with the photos.
2. Right-click it and choose Share, then Share again.
3. Under General access, change Restricted to Anyone with the link. Leave the role as Viewer.
4. Click Copy link, then Done.

Google Drive, on a phone

1. In the Drive app, tap the three dots next to the folder.
2. Tap Share (on some phones it's Manage access).
3. Under General access, change Restricted to Anyone with the link.
4. Copy the link and send it.

Google Photos

1. Open the album in the Google Photos app or at photos.google.com.
2. Tap Share, then Create link or Copy link.
3. Send that link. Anyone who has it can see the album.

Links that start with photos.app.goo.gl or photos.google.com/share open for everyone. A link to an album in your own library (photos.google.com/album/…) opens only for you.

iPhone: an iCloud shared album

1. In the Photos app, open the shared album.
2. Open its sharing options (the people icon) and turn on Public Website.
3. Tap Share Link and send it.

Then send the guests one link

Once the folder or album is shared, make a That’s Me link for it. Guests open it, take a selfie, and get just their own photos instead of scrolling through all of them. You also get a QR code to print for the tables or the thank-you card.

To stop sharing later

In Drive, set General access back to Restricted. In Google Photos, turn off link sharing in the album's options. New That’s Me searches stop at once, and everything That’s Me kept from the folder is deleted within 24 hours.