Managing photo stacks on your iPhone within the Google Photos app allows you to easily curate groups of similar photos, such as burst shots, by selecting the best image and discarding the rest. This process helps you keep your library organized and highlight your favorite shots.
Understanding Photo Stacks in Google Photos
Google Photos automatically groups similar photos together into what it calls "stacks." This often happens with:
- Burst photos: Multiple shots taken in quick succession.
- Similar images: Photos taken at the same time or of the same subject with slight variations.
These stacks simplify your photo library, preventing it from being cluttered with redundant images. When you "edit" a photo stack in Google Photos, you are primarily performing an act of curation – choosing one photo to keep from the stack and deleting the others.
How to Edit (Curate) Photo Stacks in Google Photos on iPhone
The process of selecting and keeping the best photo from a stack is straightforward. Follow these steps to manage your photo stacks effectively:
Step-by-Step Guide to Selecting and Keeping the Best Photo
- Open Google Photos: On your iPhone, launch the Google Photos app.
- Access a Photo Stack: Navigate to your photos and tap on a photo stack that you wish to manage. A stack will typically appear as a single image with a small icon indicating multiple photos.
- View Stacks Grid: Once inside the stack, tap "Stacks grid". This action will display all the individual photos contained within that particular stack, allowing you to see them side-by-side.
- Select Your Preferred Photo: Touch and hold the photo you want to keep as the primary image. This highlights your chosen picture.
- Choose to Keep and Delete: After selecting your photo, tap "Keep this, delete rest". This confirms your intention to keep only the selected image and remove all other photos from that specific stack.
- Confirm Deletion: You will be prompted with a confirmation. Tap "Delete", and then tap "Delete" again to finalize the action.
Once confirmed, the chosen photo will remain in your library, and all other photos from that stack will be moved to the trash, effectively "editing" the stack down to your single preferred image.
