View your photos and videos on iCloud.com

You can view photos and videos stored in iCloud Photos using a web browser.

View your photos and videos

Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Do one of the following:
- Select Library in the sidebar to see thumbnails of all your photos and videos.
- Select an album or folder in the sidebar to view its contents.

You can also switch between viewing your personal library, shared library, or both. See View your iCloud Shared Photo Library on iCloud.com.

View your photos and videos in full screen on a phone or tablet

Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Do any of of the following:
- Enter full screen: Tap a thumbnail.
- Move between photos or videos: Swipe left or right.
- View or hide thumbnails at the bottom of the screen: Tap the photo.
- Exit full screen: Tap Back in the top-left corner.

View your photos and videos in full screen on a computer

Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Do any of of the following:
- Enter full screen: Double-click a photo thumbnail, then click .
- Move between photos or videos: Press the arrow keys on your keyboard. You can also hold the pointer over the left or right side of a photo, then click the arrow that appears.
- View or hide thumbnails at the bottom of the screen: Hold the pointer over the top of a photo, then click .
- Exit full screen: Hold the pointer over the top of a photo, then click .

Change the shape of the photo and video thumbnails on a computer

On a computer, you can view the thumbnails of your photos and videos as squares (which eliminates the empty space between them) or in their original aspect ratio (which shows the entire image).

Note: On a phone or tablet, photos and videos are always shown as squares.

Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Do one of the following:
- View your images as squares: Click .
- View your images in their original aspect ratio: Click .

Change the video playback quality

You can change the playback quality of the videos you view on iCloud.com.

Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
While viewing a video, do one of the following:
- On a phone or tablet: Tap , then choose the quality setting. (If you’re playing a video in full screen, exit full screen, then tap ).
- On a computer: Hold the pointer over the video, click , then choose the quality setting.

Videos on iCloud.com play at Medium quality by default. Your playback quality settings reset when you sign out.

View your memories

The Photos app recognizes significant people, places, and events in your library, and presents them in curated collections called Memories.

Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select Memories in the sidebar.
At the top, select Favorite Memories to see memories you added to Favorites. Or select See All (on a phone or tablet) or Memories (on a computer) to see all of your memories.
Note: If you don’t see any memories, try opening them on your device first. See Watch memories in Photos in the iPhone User Guide.
Select a memory to play it.
While the memory plays, tap or hold the pointer over the memory, then do any of the following:
- Pause: Select . To start playing again, select .
- Restart the memory: Select in the bottom-left corner.
- See all the photos in the memory: On a phone or tablet, tap in the top-right corner, then choose an option. On a computer, click in the bottom-right corner.
- View the memory full screen (only available on computers): Click in the bottom-left corner. To exit full screen, click .
- Stop watching the memory: Select in the top-left corner.