# How do you select multiple pictures in Google Photos?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-select-multiple-pictures-in-google-photos/721789>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 6, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-select-multiple-pictures-in-google-photos/721789 "2015-06-06T15:10:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-select-multiple-pictures-in-google-photos/721789/1 "2015-06-06T15:10:18Z")

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This might be a stupid question, but I can’t figure this out.

I want to select about 300 pictures and group them into one album. I can’t figure out how to select all of them at once. There has to be a way of selecting all 300 of them that doesn’t involve clicking each picture individually, right?

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-select-multiple-pictures-in-google-photos/721789/2 "2015-06-07T15:41:38Z")

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Nobody? ☹

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-select-multiple-pictures-in-google-photos/721789/3 "2015-06-07T16:09:32Z")

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It uses the normal multiple select mechanism. To select a range select the first one, hold shift, and select the last.

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-select-multiple-pictures-in-google-photos/721789/4 "2015-06-07T16:46:30Z")

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> [@yoyodyne](#):
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> It uses the normal multiple select mechanism. To select a range select the first one, hold shift, and select the last.

Ok, I’m an idiot. :smack:

I was clicking the picture itself and not the little check mark circle in the top left-hand corner.

Also, when you click the plus sign next to the search bar to create an album, it doesn’t let you use the shift key to select multiple images.

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-select-multiple-pictures-in-google-photos/721789/5 "2015-06-07T16:52:05Z")

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Select the pictures before you click the plus sign.