How to use Picdrop

Picdrop creates short-lived shared photo galleries. You sign in, create a gallery, and share its link or QR code. Everyone with the link can upload photos – no account needed. After 7 days without new uploads, the gallery and all its photos are permanently deleted.

For gallery owners

Sign in

Open the start page, enter your email address and click Send login link. Click the link in the email and confirm. There is no password and no separate registration: a new address creates an account automatically. Login links work once and expire after a few minutes.

Create a gallery

Enter a session title, accept the terms of use and click Create gallery. You land in the admin view of the new gallery.

Share it

Copy the gallery link and send it to participants, or show the QR code fullscreen. Participants can also type the short code (like abc-def) under Upload photos on the start page.

Manage it

• Download all photos – one archive with everything.
• Delete all photos – empties the gallery, the link stays alive.
• End session – deletes the gallery and all photos immediately.
• Rotate 90° / Delete – available for every single photo.

Visibility, groups and rounds

• Everyone sees everything – a shared live wall.
• Own photos only – participants only see what they uploaded.
• Small groups – choose the number of groups; participants pick their group and only see its photos.
• Next round – new uploads go into a new round; earlier rounds stay intact and can be played separately.

Press Play for a fullscreen slideshow, ideal for a projector.

Your account

My galleries lists all your galleries with photo count and expiry date. You can log out at any time or delete your account, which immediately removes all your galleries and photos.

For participants

1. Open the link or QR code, or enter the code on the start page.
2. Select or take photos and upload them. If the organizer uses small groups, pick your group first.
3. Delete or rotate your own photos later from the same browser (ownership is remembered in your browser).

Photos are re-encoded as JPEG and metadata such as GPS location is removed. Use Report content in the gallery footer to report unlawful content.

Lifetime

A gallery disappears 7 days after the last upload, including all files. The expiry date is shown in the gallery. Download anything you want to keep beforehand.