When you make a photo album on your iPhone, the Photos app automatically sorts that picture album in the Albums tab in order of when the album was created. You can rearrange albums on iPhone two different ways. Read on to learn how to organize photos by rearranging how your albums appear in the Photos app.

Why You’ll Love This Tip:

Learn how to rearrange albums in Photos on your iPhone or iPad using the drag and drop method.
Learn how to sort albums on iPhone by Date Modified, Name, or Custom Order.
Learn how to move albums around on iPhone so you can find your albums quickly and easily.

How to Reorder Albums on iPhone to Organize Photos on iPhone & iPad

System Requirements

This tip was tested on an iPhone16 running iOS 18.5. Find out how to update to iOS 18.

Want to learn how to rearrange albums on an iPhone or iPad in Apple's Photos app? Here's how to organize photo albums on iPhone into the order you like best; it's easy! Here's how to rearrange photo albums on iPhone in Apple's Photos app.

Note: A lot of people want to know how to alphabetize photo albums on iPhone and iPad. To do this, simply tap Sort by Name in step 4.

Open the Photos app.
Scroll down and tap Albums.
Tap the More icon.
Tap a photo album sorting option.
Back in Albums, you can also touch and hold the center of a photo album you want to move, then drag it to a new place.
Release your finger to drop the album in its new location.
When you're done, close the Photos app, and you're finished rearranging albums on your iPhone or iPad.