Apps Filter Gallery in Photos app in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to filter which images will show in the Gallery of 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.

The Gallery shows photos from the folder sources you add in one timeline, with the newest photos first. These sources can include OneDrive and your PC. Your Pictures library appears automatically, including photos stored only on your PC.

To narrow the photos currently shown in the Gallery, you can filter by media type, favorites, people, source, orientation, and resolution.

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1 Open the Photos app.

2 Open Gallery from the left pane, and click/tap on the Filter button on the toolbar. (see screenshot below)


3 Under Media type, click/tap on Photos or Videos for which you only want to show. (see screenshot below)

You can click/tap on the selected Photos or Videos again to clear this filter.

4 Under Media type, check or uncheck Only favorites to show for what you want. (see screenshot below)


5 Under People, click/tap on any found people to only show images of those people. (see screenshot below)

You can click/tap on any selected people again to clear this filter.

6 Under Source, click/tap on OneDrive or This PC for where you only want images to show from. (see screenshot below)

You can click/tap on the selected OneDrive or This PC again to clear this filter.

7 Under Orientation, click/tap on Portrait, Landscape, or Square to only show images with the selected orientation. (see screenshots below)

You can click/tap on the selected Portrait, Landscape, or Square again to clear this filter.

8 Under Resolution, click/tap on HD+, FHD+, 4K+, or Custom resolution you enter to only show images with the selected resolution. (see screenshots below)

You can click/tap on the selected HD+, FHD+, 4K+, or Custom again to clear this filter.

9 When finished, you can close the Filters menu. (see screenshot below)






1 Perform an action below you want to use to clear all filters at once: (see screenshots below)

• Close the Photos app.
• Click/tap on X on the Filter button on the toolbar.
• Click/tap on the Clear all button in the Filters menu.

That's it,
Shawn Brink