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Viewing photos and videos in Gallery

Reminisce about good times. Use Gallery to view all your photos and videos. View them by time or album. When viewing photos and videos in full screen, the onscreen navigation buttons will be hidden. Tap the screen to see Gallery controls and onscreen navigation buttons.

Viewing photos and videos organized by time

Switch to Timeline view when you want to view your photos and videos according to when they were taken.
  1. From the Home screen, tap All apps button, and then find and tap Gallery.
  2. Tap Show navigation drawer > Timeline.

    You'll then see tab icons for switching between different layouts.

  3. Do one of the following:
    • Tap to see photos and videos in a grid layout.
    • Tap to see photos and videos organized by events.
    • Tap to see photos and videos organized by year, then tap a month to see the shots you've taken at that time.
  4. Tap a photo or video to see it in full screen.
Tip: You can also slide two fingers together or apart on the screen to scroll through the Grid, Events, and Year layouts.

Viewing photos and videos by album

  1. From the Home screen, tap All apps button, and then find and tap Gallery.
  2. Tap Show navigation drawer > Albums.
  3. Tap a tile to open an album.
  4. Tap a photo or video to see it in full screen.

Viewing your favorite photos

Easily see all your favorite photos in one place. You can add photos to the My favorites album.
  • To add a photo, find and view the photo in full screen, tap the photo, and then tap Menu > Favorite.
  • To view these favorite photos, open the My favorites album.
  • To remove a photo from the My favorites album, press and hold the thumbnail and then tap Remove.

Showing or hiding albums

Have too many albums cluttering up Gallery? You can choose to show or hide albums.
  1. In Gallery, tap Show navigation drawer > Timeline or Albums.
  2. Tap Menu > Show/hide albums.
  3. Choose which albums you'd like to show or hide.

Renaming an album

If you have created albums to organize photos, you can rename these albums.
  1. In Gallery, tap Show navigation drawer > Albums.
  2. Press and hold the album that you want to rename.
  3. Tap Rename.
Note: Some albums, such as Camera shots and Screenshots, cannot be renamed.
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