Organize with family spaces

Why family spaces matter

Use a space for a theme that grows over time, such as Recipes or Firsts. Use an album for a particular birthday, holiday, or summer. A creation can belong to several spaces and also appear in an album.

A space gives related creations a familiar family name without changing the main gallery. Adding a creation to a space does not make a second copy or publish it anywhere.

How spaces work

A space has a family-chosen name and picture. It can hold single creations such as drawings and multi-part creations such as recipes or comics. A child can name a space during capture and use it right away. A grown-up can rename or remove it later.

Who can see a space

Spaces stay inside the family account managed by grown-ups. Adding a creation to a space does not share it. A grown-up chooses sharing separately.

Step by step

1. Create a space

In Settings, find Spaces and choose Manage Spaces, or open the Spaces tab. Choose a name such as My Dinosaurs or Recipes That Work. A child can also name a space during capture and use it right away. A grown-up can rename or remove it later.

Choosing a picture is optional. Use a drawn mark, an emoji, or Choose from your gallery. A gallery choice is saved as a separate picture for the space, so changing or deleting the source creation does not change it. Default-space lists scroll inside a bounded section so family spaces stay easier to reach.

2. Add or remove an existing creation

Open the creation in Gallery. In Title, Spaces, and Albums, choose Add to a space or Change the spaces, then select the spaces that fit. Select a space again to remove it from that creation. A creation can be in more than one space.

The creation stays in the family gallery when you add or remove a space. A newly captured creation can also have its spaces chosen before saving.

3. Adjust the space

A grown-up can rename a space or choose a different picture. To add or remove a creation, open that creation from Gallery or from the space and change its selected spaces.

4. Delete a space without deleting its creations

Deleting a space removes the organizer only. Its creations remain safely in the family gallery, where a grown-up can leave them unassigned or add them to another space.

Suggested space ideas

Every family is different, but here are spaces that work well for many families:

• "Recipes"; every cooking creation, from simple smoothies to multi-step baking projects
• "Cards"; birthday cards, Christmas cards, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and thank-you notes
• "Masterpieces"; the child's proudest drawings and paintings, curated over time
• "Science"; experiments, observations, and discoveries with voice notes explaining the hypothesis
• "Stories"; comic books, handwritten stories, and illustrated tales
• "Building Projects"; block towers, Lego castles, and cardboard forts captured before they come apart
• "Cards for Grandma"; cards and drawings made with one person in mind

Private family organization

Family spaces organize creations inside the private family account. Adding a creation to a space does not make it public or send it to a viewer. Sharing uses separate controls chosen by a grown-up.

Spaces vs the gallery

The main gallery shows the complete archive. Spaces provide thematic views. A creation remains in the gallery while it is assigned to one or several spaces, and changing those spaces does not delete it.

Think of the gallery as the complete archive and spaces as curated collections within it.