How to Move Photos Between Albums in Picasa Web

Google's Picasa desktop application can download photos from digital cameras.

Google's Picasa Web Albums is a Web application for organizing, editing and sharing photos. Photos are stored on Google's servers and are tied to your Google account. You can upload photos using Google's Picasa desktop application or from your Web browser on the Picasa Web Albums website. Uploaded photos are organized into albums. If you want to move one or more photos to a different album, you can move them on the Picasa Web Albums website without uploading them again.

Instructions

One Photo

1. Click a photo in an album on the Picasa Web Albums website to view it.

2. Click the "Edit" menu above the photo and click "Move to Another Album."

3. Click "Choose an Existing Album."

4. Select an album by clicking it in the list of albums.

5. Click the "Select Album" button under the list of albums.

Multiple Photos

1. Open an album in Picasa Web Albums by clicking it.

2. Click the "Edit" menu above the list of photos and click "Organize and Reorder."

3. Select the photos you want to move by pressing and holding the "Ctrl" key on your keyboard as you click each photo.

4. Click the "Move" button at the top-right corner of the Organize and Reorder page.

5. Click "Choose an Existing Album."

6. Select an album for the photos by clicking its name.

7. Click the "Select Album" button.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also copy photos between albums to create duplicates. Click the "Copy to Another Album" option in the "Edit" menu for a single photo, or click the "Copy" button to the left of the "Move" button for multiple photos.

References

• Picasa; Reorder, Copy, Move, and Delete --- Move Photos Between Albums; Oct. 2010

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Picasa Web Albums