How to filter and sort photos and videos in albums on iPhone

You can filter albums in Photos on iPhone to show only photos, videos, or favorites, and sort them by date or in a custom order.

By Tom Griffin - Executive Editor
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On iPhone, you can filter and sort photos and videos in the albums you create in the Photos app. For example, you can filter an album to show only photos, only videos, or photos and videos you marked as favorites.

Sorting works from the same button. You can sort photos and videos in an album by newest to oldest, oldest to newest, or in a custom order, and when you’re done with a filter, you can remove it from the album.

Here’s how to filter and sort photos and videos in albums on iPhone.

Filter photos and videos in an album

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Collections and tap Albums.
  3. Tap an album to open it.
  4. Tap the Sort and Filter button, tap Filter, and choose an option.

To remove a filter from an album, tap the icon that replaced the Sort and Filter button at the bottom of the screen, then tap Remove Filter.

Sort photos and videos in an album

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Collections and tap Albums.
  3. Tap an album to open it.
  4. Tap the Sort and Filter button. Choose a sort option.

If you choose Sort by Custom Order, touch and hold the photo or video thumbnail, then drag it into a new position.

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Tom Griffin is the editor-in-chief at GeeksChalk where he oversees all of site’s evergreen content to ensure it’s up to date with the latest information. Hailing from London in the UK, he has over seven years of experience in the tech journalism space and holds a degree in English Literature. In his spare time, Tom can found checking out the latest video games, immersing himself in his favorite sporting pastime of football, and petting every dog he comes across in the outside world.
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