How to create private photo albums on Facebook

Do you want to have photos on Facebook but make sure only selected people can view them? Get the how to here!

Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with friends and family, especially if they are interstate or overseas. Many of our clients enjoy Facebook, as they can see photos of their children and grandchildren. However, many people raise the concern of privacy.

How do you share photos with certain friends or family members without all your Facebook friends viewing it?

I just got back from a lovely trip to Mauritius. About 30 of us travelled over there to celebrate a friend’s wedding. After the wedding, we enjoyed a day on a Catamaran. Tough life, I know!

As you can imagine, we all had our smartphones, and lots of pictures and selfies were taken on the trip.

We needed a way to share our photos with each other, but keep them private amongst those who were on the trip.

The Solution?

A private album on Facebook, where only those invited to view that photo album can add photos and view photos.

Mont Choisy Beach at sunset! #Love

Welcome to private albums on Facebook!

Log into your Facebook account, and visit your personal profile page.
Click on Photos.
Click on +Create Album.
Facebook will prompt you to choose a photo from your device to add to this album, so choose a photo or multiple photos to add.
Name your Album, and you can add a description for the album.
Click on Make Shared Album, and a field will appear. Type the names of the people that you would like to share this album with.
A privacy setting will appear next to the blue Post button, choose Contributors Only.

Now you can try creating private albums, and invite certain people to share that album with!

Have you used private albums before? Please share in the comments below.

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23 Comments

- - mom268263 said
  - 31 Oct 2020
    6:15 pm
Not sure if photos are every private on Facebook.

- - mom70876 said
  - 23 Nov 2016
    2:19 pm
IT’s sad that many people don’t know how to use computers and websites. There shoudl be free community courses on this sort of thing.

- - mom94125 said
  - 02 Sep 2016
    3:56 pm
yes this is great for people to know. Great for relo’s

- - Melissa89 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    11:39 am
This is a great hack, thank you!

- - mom19782016 said
  - 29 Jun 2016
    12:03 pm
Thanks for this tip. I find Facebook a little overwhelming with what they can and can’t do these days.

- - rovermum said
  - 15 Jun 2016
    1:15 pm
Fantastic and so timely for me. Thanks so much.

- - ella12 said
  - 15 Jun 2016
    12:36 pm
I think this is a great idea.

- - meedee said
  - 14 Jun 2016
    8:30 pm
I think you need to be very careful that those you share with can be trusted to not share with others. All they have to do is to save the photos to their computer and then they can share them with who ever they see fit. I friend of mine got into trouble when she shared photos of her kids and her partners 2 kids at an amusement park. She thought she was sharing with people she could trust but someone copied the photos and shared them with the mother of his other 2 kids and there was a huge drama over him not including all the kids in a special day at the amusement park. It was a drama that all involved could have done without out and it would never have happened if the photos have not been posted online. Pretty minor compared to some other things that can go on but still it proves that even when you think you can trust those friend on your list perhaps you cant.

- - Jessica said
  - 31 May 2016
    5:03 pm
One word… Screenshot being “private” is not “private”

- - BellaB said
  - 22 May 2016
    10:00 pm
I’m not convinced about any form of privacy with Facebook.

- - mom113991 said
  - 21 May 2016
    9:16 pm
i do this most of the time…i love having the added privacy but the convenience of sharing with a select few friends/family and not the whole facebook world

- - rachelvk said
  - 21 May 2016
    9:52 am
These are great tips. It is also wise to be selective in when sharing personal photos and information.

- - mom57665 said
  - 19 May 2016
    5:06 pm
in theory it’s a good idea but why not just make a real paper album. Even though you can choose who sees the facebook album its still been uploaded to the internet on a whole big database.

- - mom90758 said
  - 17 May 2016
    4:09 pm
Yes, I already do that. I generally post pictures visible to my friends, but sometimes I needed to show something more private and so I restricted the visibility to a limited amount of people.
- mom93821 replied
  
  18 May 2016 , 6:26 am
  It is good to have the power to be selective.
- - mom160421 said
  - 17 May 2016
    11:10 am
This is good information even though I’m not on facebook. I just send photos by email to the intended person.

- - Nas01 said
  - 17 May 2016
    11:00 am
Ooh, I never knew you can do this. Thanks for the tips!

- - Sarah93 said
  - 17 May 2016
    10:09 am
This is great! I never knew you could have private photo albums. An easy way to share all the photos from a Family event without all your Facebook friends being able to view them.
- ReadyTechGo replied
  
  17 May 2016 , 8:28 pm
  Isn’t it! It was so helpful for this Mauritius trip!
- - mom112217 said
  - 17 May 2016
    10:04 am
Very easy now l have read how it’s done,thanks!

- - mom81879 said
  - 17 May 2016
    8:18 am
That’s a lot of messing around if you have oodles of friends. What I would like to know how to do is………when I post a photo, people on my friends list can share it, which means their friends can see it. Seeing it I don’t mind too much, but some would save the photo and have it forever. I don’t like that

- - mom93821 said
  - 17 May 2016
    6:31 am
Facebook allows you to customise photos and other info and always use them