How to Change a Google Photos Album Cover on PC or Mac

This wikiHow teaches you how to set an image as a photo album's cover picture on Google Photos, using a desktop internet browser.

EditSteps

1. Open the Google Photos website in your internet browser. Type photos.google.com into your browser's address bar, and hit or on your keyboard.
   
   • If you're not automatically logged in, click GO TO GOOGLE PHOTOS and sign in to your Google account.
2. Click the button. This button looks like a icon on the left-hand side of the page. It will open a list of all your saved photo and video albums.
   
3. Click an album. Find the album you want to edit, and open its contents.
   
4. Click the image you want to use as your album cover. Scroll down to view all the images in the album, and click the image you want to use to open it in full-screen.
   
5. Click the icon. This button is in the upper-right corner of your screen. It will open a drop-down menu of all your image options.
   
6. Click on the menu. This will set the selected image as this album's cover image.
   

EditQuick Summary