Apps Change Gallery Layout View in Photos app in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the layout view in Albums, Gallery, Favorites, and This PC folders in the Photos app for your account in Windows 11.

The updated Photos app on Windows 11 helps you browse, organize, and edit photos and videos from your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud. You can use Photos with pictures stored on your PC without signing in to OneDrive.

In Photos you can:

• Browse photos and videos from your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud in Gallery.
• Search by what's in your personal OneDrive photos, not only by file name. On a Copilot+ PC, search also covers indexed photos stored locally.
• With a personal Microsoft account, find photos of friends or family in People, filter Gallery by people you name, revisit highlights in Moments, and create Albums.
• Mark Favorites.
• Crop and adjust photos with the updated editor.
• Browse photos available on your device when you're not connected to the internet.
• Add local folders and use Windows actions with a photo: set it as your desktop background or lock screen, print it, or open it in File Explorer.

You can change the layout, density, date, and zoom settings for the Layout view you want in Albums, Gallery, Favorites, and This PC folders in the OneDrive Photos app.

You can select to show All OneDrive folders or Only the Pictures folder in the Gallery in the OneDrive Photos app.

You can also hide or show screenshots and GIFs in the Gallery in the OneDrive Photos app.

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Here's How:

1 Open the Photos app.

2 While you have either an Album, Gallery, Favorites, or This PC folders open, click/tap on the Layout button on the toolbar. (see screenshots below)



3 Click/tap on River (default) or Square for the Layout view you want. (see screenshots below)


4 Click/tap on Roomy (default) or Compact for the Density view you want. (see screenshots below)


5 Select Dynamic or Inline for the Date view you want. (see screensho below)


6 Click/tap on - or + slider to adjust the Zoom level for the view you want. (see screenshots below)


7 Under Photos from OneDrive, select (dot) to show All OneDrive folders (default) or Only the Pictures folder for what you want. (see screenshots below)

This setting is only available in the Gallery.

8 Under Declutter, check (default) or uncheck Hide screenshots and GIFs for what you want. (see screenshot below)

This setting is only available in the Gallery.

That's it,
Shawn Brink