Family Plan & Sharing

PixelUnion’s Family Plan lets you share your photo library with the people closest to you. You can collaborate through shared albums or give a partner full access to your timeline.

Creating an Account for a Family Member

Before you can share anything, your family member needs their own PixelUnion account. Go to Administration in the top-right corner of the web app and select Create user. Fill in their email address, name, and a storage limit. They will receive an email invitation and need to complete their registration on the login page at <username>.pixelunion.eu.

Shared Albums

Shared albums let you collect and share specific photos and videos with other users — without giving them access to your entire library.

Creating a Shared Album

1. Open the Immich web or mobile app
2. Go to Albums and tap Create album
3. Select the photos and videos you want to include
4. Tap Share and add the people you want to share with
5. They will receive a notification and can view, download, or comment on the album

What Shared Album Members Can Do

• View all photos and videos in the album
• Download assets
• Add their own photos to the album (if allowed)
• Leave comments

What Shared Album Members Cannot Do

• See your main timeline or other albums
• Access your archived or trashed photos
• View your personal metadata beyond what’s in the album

Partner Sharing

Partner Sharing gives another user access to your full photo library. This is ideal for couples or close family members who want to see each other’s photos on their own timeline.

What Partner Sharing Includes

• Access to all non-archived and non-trashed photos and videos
• Access to all metadata, including GPS information
• Ability to share assets via shared links, albums, etc.

What Partner Sharing Does Not Include

• Already existing partner albums
• Whether an asset is favorited
• People and facial recognition data

Note: Partner sharing is one-way. To view your partner’s assets, they must also share their library with you. Partner sharing may result in duplicate assets appearing on the main timeline, as duplicates are only detected on a per-user basis.

Sharing Your Library with a Partner

1. Go to Account Settings in the web app or mobile app
2. Navigate to Sharing → Partner Sharing
3. Click Add Partner and search for the person’s account
4. Confirm — they will now have access to your library

Viewing Your Partner’s Library

Once a partner has shared their library with you, you can access it via the Sharing page.

Showing Partner Photos in Your Timeline

Partner shared photos can optionally appear in your main timeline. This can be enabled per partner.

On the web:

1. Go to Account Settings → Partner Sharing
2. Enable Show in timeline for the partner

On the mobile app:

1. Open the partner’s shared library view
2. Toggle the Show in timeline button

Removing a Partner

To remove a partner and revoke access to your library:

1. Go to Account Settings → Sharing
2. Click the × button next to the partner’s name
3. They will immediately lose access to your library

Need Help?

If you have any questions about sharing or the Family Plan, contact our support team.