You can use Google Photos to automatically sort your documents into useful albums like ID, receipts, and event information.
Find your document albums
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app
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- At the bottom, tap Collections
Documents.
.Tip: If you can't find document albums, you can:
- Make sure you've turned on backup. Document albums are only available for backed up photos. Learn how to turn backup on or off.
- Check back later. It takes some time to sort documents into their albums.
Turn automatic archive on or off
Important: Your photo’s age is counted from the date it was created and not when it was shared.
When you turn on auto-archive, photos of your documents older than 30 days are hidden from your Photos view and are only available in the document albums. If you turn off auto-archive, any items archived earlier will remain archived. Learn how to unarchive items.
To turn auto-archive on or off:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app
- At the bottom, tap Collections
- Tap a category.
- Turn Archive after 30 days on or off.
Tip: To manually archive individual photos from an album, touch and hold to select the photo and tap More 
Manage your document albums
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app.
- At the bottom, tap Collections
- Tap a document album.
- Tap the category label. For example, “Receipts.â€
- Tap Change categories.
- Select a new document album to move the photo to.
You can add photos to document albums from photos.google.com. Learn how to add a photo to a document album.