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How to Properly Sort Your Photos by Date

Follow the steps and sort photos by date

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Windows 11 brought in a lot of new features and redesigned original apps such as thePhotos app. ThePhotos app got a significant overhaul. You can sort all of your photos based on different criteria.

In this guide, we will give you the steps you need to follow to help you sort photos by date. Let us check out the guide and understand how you can sort photos by date.

How does Windows sort images by default?

By default, Windows sorts your images by name alphabetically in ascending order. This means that images with the letter A or number 1 will appear first and so on.

This is quite inconvenient if you download images because if they aren’t named correctly, then they can get lost in the thousands of images you have in that folder.

We have shown two different ways of sorting your images by date. The first method could come in handy in times when you want to simply sort images by date in a folder. The second method will help sort images by date inside the Windows Photos app.

How can I sort my photos by date?

1. Sort photos by date inside a folder

Sorting the images date-wise helps you get the recently clicked images to appear first and you will get to view the latest images.

Moreover, if you go the other way around, then you will be able to view the oldest images first. Selecting the other different date sorting option help you get a customized sorting result.

2. Sort images by date in the Photos app

In this way, you can easily sort images on your Photos app based on date. The process is fairly easy, and you can also import the files that you want to sort by clicking the Import button at the top.

What to do if the Photos app isn’t sorting images?

1. Update the Photos app

You should make sure that all apps on your PC are up to date to avoid any issues. If you are experiencing any issues with the Photos app, update the app as it could bring fixes present from the previous version.

2. Reset the Photos app

Resetting the app will help you resolve any issues that could have been triggered because of corrupt internal files or missing files.

That is it from us in this guide. We have shown you the different methods that will help you to sort photos by date on File Explorer as well as the Photos app.

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We also have a guide that explains in detail how you cansort images by favoriteson Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers.

Let us know in the comments below if the above method helped you sort photos by date on your PC or not.

How to Properly Sort Your Photos by Date#

How does Windows sort images by default?#

How can I sort my photos by date?#

1. Sort photos by date inside a folder#

2. Sort images by date in the Photos app#

What to do if the Photos app isn’t sorting images?#

1. Update the Photos app#

2. Reset the Photos app#