Sharing: Share albums with guest users directly using the Web UI #1775

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opened 2026-02-20 00:59:49 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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Originally created by @diedrichg on GitHub (May 19, 2023).

My current workflow to share an album is to create the share link, logout, login with the user's credentials, and then paste the link to add the album to their screen. This is incredibly cumbersome and unnecessary.

The Share Album pop-up dialogue should have some way to add this album to a user. A plus (+) button with a list of users either already being selected or selectable would be appropriate and a quick way to share an album. This would also solve the tedious process to create the share link, copy it, and then either email, text, whatever the link to your family/friend in case they've changed their password and you have no way to add the share link to their profile since you can't login to their profile.

The names next to the + symbol would be a combobox / dropdown list once the + is clicked.

Originally created by @diedrichg on GitHub (May 19, 2023). My current workflow to share an album is to create the share link, logout, login with the user's credentials, and then paste the link to add the album to their screen. This is incredibly cumbersome and unnecessary. The Share Album pop-up dialogue should have some way to add this album to a user. A plus (+) button with a list of users either already being selected or selectable would be appropriate and a quick way to share an album. This would also solve the tedious process to create the share link, copy it, and then either email, text, *whatever* the link to your family/friend in case they've changed their password and you have no way to add the share link to their profile since you can't login to their profile. The names next to the + symbol would be a combobox / dropdown list once the + is clicked. ![Concept Album Share](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/assets/9559987/8c012b98-acb6-4afd-af3d-e01e46ef7fe7)

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Jun 7, 2023):

This is on our to do as mentioned in our docs :). We just had no time yet to create an issue for it.

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Jun 7, 2023): This is on our to do as mentioned in our [docs](https://docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/users/#sharing-content-with-guests) :). We just had no time yet to create an issue for it.