Edit collections



    Add photos to a collection

    1. Select photos in the Grid view.
    2. Drag the photos to a collection in the Collections panel.
    Note: To see which collections a photo is in, select the photo in the Grid view, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and choose Show In Collection. Choose a collection from the submenu to select it and display it in the Grid view. Smart collections are not listed.

    Remove photos from a collection

    1. Select a collection in the Collections panel.
    2. In the Grid view, select the photos and choose Photo > Remove From Collection.
      Note: You can also select photos and press the Delete key to remove photos from a collection.

    Copy or move photos between collections

    1. In the Library module, select a collection in the Collections panel.
    2. In the Grid view, select photos.
    3. To copy the selected photos, drag them to the collection in the Collections panel that you want to add them to.
    4. To move the selected photos, delete the photos from the original collection after dragging them to the new collection.

    Sort collections

    • In the Collections panel, click the Plus icon (+) and choose Sort By Name to sort collections alphabetically.
    • In the Collections panel, click the Plus icon (+) and choose Sort By Kind to sort collections by type.

    Rename a collection or collection set

    1. In the Collections panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a collection or collection set, and choose Rename from the menu.
    2. Overwrite the name of the collection.

    Set a target collection

    A target collection allows you to override the temporary Quick Collection. A target collection lets you make any permanent collection behave as a Quick Collection for as long as it is targeted. Targeted collections are an easy way to quickly group photos together for further processing.

    1. In the Collections panel, select the collection that you want to target.
    2. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) and choose Set As Target Collection.

      A white plus icon next to the collection name indicates that it is targeted.

    3. To add a photo to a target collection, select the photo in any module and press the B key.
    4. To remove a photo from a target collection, select target collection, and then select the photo in the Grid view, and press the B key.
    5. To turn off the target, select the collection, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and deselect Set As Target Collection.