Random album order when adding photos in iOS 18

My phone albums are in order on my phone, but when i add a photo to an album the albums are in a random order which makes it difficult to find the one you want quickly. How to resort the album order when adding photos to them


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Original Title: How to arrange albums in order when adding a photo to an album in the new ios 18 update



iPhone 16 Plus, iOS 18

Posted on Jul 24, 2025 06:09 AM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2025 03:04 PM

While viewing your list of albums tap the menu with the three dots in the upper right corner. There you will see three options to sort the albums:

  • Sort by the date changed
  • Sort by Name
  • Custom sort order

The dangerous one is the "date changed" sort options. This will change the sort order of the albums when you add a photo to the album. Make sure, you habe "Sort by Name" or "Custom" selected. Then the sorting of the albums should remain stable when you add items to an album.


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Jul 26, 2025 03:04 PM in response to 37Christine

While viewing your list of albums tap the menu with the three dots in the upper right corner. There you will see three options to sort the albums:

  • Sort by the date changed
  • Sort by Name
  • Custom sort order

The dangerous one is the "date changed" sort options. This will change the sort order of the albums when you add a photo to the album. Make sure, you habe "Sort by Name" or "Custom" selected. Then the sorting of the albums should remain stable when you add items to an album.


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