Photos filter - not in any album?

I need to sort through photos as it’s using a huge amount of data and storage, so attempting to find photos not in any albums but I can’t seem to be able to filter these out? Is there not a way of identifying which photos in the library are not allocated to any album?

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 2, 2024 11:22 PM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2024 1:41 AM

On a Mac:


If you're trying to organise your Library and want to find images not in albums, then a simple Smart Album


File -> New Smart Album


Album -> Is Not -> Any


will find these images. As you add them to albums they will disappear from the Smart Album.


On iPad or iPhone, which do not currently support Smart Albums:


Check out HashPhotos


https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/hashphotos/id685784609


It integrates with Photos on your iOS device and adds a Smart Album feature. Using this app a search


!#inalbum


Will find images not in an album


(Hat tip to User ukSamo for the recommending this app.)


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Nov 3, 2024 1:41 AM in response to Walshy

On a Mac:


If you're trying to organise your Library and want to find images not in albums, then a simple Smart Album


File -> New Smart Album


Album -> Is Not -> Any


will find these images. As you add them to albums they will disappear from the Smart Album.


On iPad or iPhone, which do not currently support Smart Albums:


Check out HashPhotos


https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/hashphotos/id685784609


It integrates with Photos on your iOS device and adds a Smart Album feature. Using this app a search


!#inalbum


Will find images not in an album


(Hat tip to User ukSamo for the recommending this app.)


Dec 3, 2024 10:10 AM in response to Walshy

Walshy wrote:… is there not a way of identifying which photos in the library are not allocated to any album?


In iOS18, you can see which albums a picture is in using the Info Window. You have to scroll down through the Info Window to see it:

But at the bottom, below the location map, you can see that this picture is in three albums.


If you click on that, then you see

just which albums the picture is in.


You do have to look one at a time at the pictures-- as Yer_Man said, there are no Smart Albums.

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