Windows 10: created new album in Photo but cant find it

Hi,

I was viewing pics on Windows 10 laptop and wanted to save the best ones, I used the "add to" option to create a new album, however now I cant find the the new album I created.


Any help would would be great,


Kind regards,


Scott

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How to create new album and organize photos in Photos app

Hi Erin,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

As you are facing issues with creating new album do let us know the following:

• Where exactly are you trying to create new albums?
• Are you referring to creating new albums in Photos app?
• Are you using any other application to view the photos?

If you referring to Photos app in Windows 10, I suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft article about Photos app and check if it helps.

Refer: Photos app for Windows help


(Applies to Windows 10 as well)

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue and required information to assist you further.

 

Albums are not being created automatically

Hello John,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience you have experienced.

The Photos app creates albums for you from groups of related photos. Not all of the related photos will be in each album. If you have several similar photos, it’ll select what looks like the best one. You can always edit the album if you prefer different
photos.

Where, Screenshots, Saved Pictures and Camera Rolls are the albums which system will create automatically for you. You can follow the below mentioned steps to Create and Edit albums as per your requirement.

Create an album

• Open the Photos app, select Albums, select +, and then
• 
  Select your photos, and then select Done (the check mark).
  
• 
  Select Change cover, choose the photo you want at the top, and then select
  Done.
  
• 
  Select the title text and type a new title.
  
• 
  Select Save.
  

Edit album

• 
  Open the album in the Photos app, select Edit (the pencil), and do any of the following:
  
  • 
    Select Add or remove photos, select the ones you want, and then select
    Done.
    
  • 
    Select Change cover, choose a new photo, and then select Done.
    
  • 
    Select the title and type a new title.
    
• 
  Select Save.
  

Keep us posted if you require further assistance.

 

where is newly created photo album

Hi William,

if you are creating the photo album in the Windows Photos App and are looking for its physical location - there is none . . .

A photo album in that app is basically just stored as a list of references to the photos locations, it does not actually create a folder of photos in the background

What you can do is export the Photo album to OneDrive if you use OneDrive, by clicking the upload button (upwards facing arrow)

Or just create a new folder on your Desktop, select all the photos in the album and drag them onto the new folder