Settings reference
Open the More tab, then Settings or Personalisation. Your changes apply when you go back to the More tab.
Everything on these two screens is free, except Backup settings and the Paid options of Personalisation.
Settings
PHOTO
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum brightness | Sets the screen to full brightness while the viewer is open | Off |
| Thumbnail quality | Low (faster), Medium, or High (slower). Use Clear cache to rebuild the existing thumbnails too. See Memory usage | Medium |
VIDEO
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Auto play | Starts a video as soon as you open it from an album | On |
| Loop play | Restarts a video when it ends | Off |
| Mute by default | Starts videos without sound | Off |
See Video player.
FOLDERS
Manage excluded folders lists the folders that Piktures leaves out, and Select a folder adds one. See I see too many cached folders.
BACKUP
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Backup settings | Chooses the albums to back up and where. Needs Premium or Prime | – |
| Data usage | Wi-Fi only, or Wi-Fi and mobile data. Only for automatic backup: see Data usage | Wi-Fi only |
| Frequency | As soon as possible, Hourly, Daily, or Weekly | As soon as possible |
| Battery saving | Backup always enabled, Backup when battery is not low, or Backup when the device is charging | Backup always enabled |
| Device idle | Backs up only when you're not using the phone | Off |
| Move to trash | Sends the backed-up photos to Deleted items | Off |
See Back up and restore your photos.
SHARE
Reset user choices shows the Before sharing screen again after you saved a choice with Save choice. It's greyed out until you save one. See Sharing options.
SLIDESHOW
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Time between photos | 1s, 2s, 3s, 5s, or 7s | 5s |
| Loop | Restarts the slideshow at the end | Off |
RECYCLE BIN
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Recycle bin | Sends the photos you delete on the phone to Deleted items. When it's off, they're deleted for good | On |
| Delete confirmation | Asks before deleting. Greyed out when Recycle bin is off | On |
| Delete confirmation after upload | On Android 13 and later, asks whether to send the phone's copies to the trash when you move photos to a cloud or a network drive. See Copy and move between drives | On |
Privacy Settings
This section only shows when Google requires privacy options for you. Ad Choices opens Google's consent form. See Ads and your consent.
DEBUG
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Debug Mode | Records what the app does, to help us find a problem. It may slow down the phone | Off |
| Send Debug Log | Prepares an e-mail with the log. Greyed out until Debug Mode is on | – |
| Clear cache | Deletes the thumbnails, which are rebuilt as you browse. Piktures closes afterwards | – |
See Debug mode.
Personalisation
GENERAL
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Start option | Opens Piktures on the Albums tab. When it's off, Piktures opens on Photos | On |
| Screen orientation | Makes the viewer follow the phone's position, even when Android's auto-rotate is off. When it's off, the viewer has a button to rotate the screen | – |
| Gesture to display details | Slide up on a photo or a video to show its details | On |
| Gesture to navigate left and right | Swipe left or right to go from tab to tab | Off on a new install |
| Bottom bar | Shows the Storage, Albums, Photos, and More tabs. You can only turn it off while Gesture to navigate left and right is on | On |
| Selection preview icon | Shows the preview icon on each photo during a selection. See Selecting large set of items | On |
Paid options
These options need Premium or Prime (also included in the former Plus plan). Without it, the Upgrade screen opens and the switch goes back.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Default Video Player | Opens videos in another app instead of Piktures' player | Off |
| Default Photo Editor | Opens another editor app when you edit a photo | Off |
| Resize on share | Shows the Before sharing screen when you share photos from the phone. When it's off, the files are shared as they are | On |
| Photo only | Hides the videos in the albums and in the search | Off |
| Portrait photos full screen | Makes portrait photos fill the screen in the viewer | Off |
The plan is needed to turn on Default Video Player, Default Photo Editor, Photo only, or Portrait photos full screen, and to turn off Resize on share.
PERSONALIZATION
Cover shows a cover photo above each album. It's on by default. When it's off, Change cover disappears from the album's ⋮ menu. See Changing the album cover.
Settings that don't exist
- Dark mode: Piktures always has a dark interface.
- Language: Piktures follows the language of the phone. It's translated into 18 languages besides English. Some translations are partial: the missing texts show in English.
- Grid size and sort for every album: they're set from an album's ⋮ menu. Untick For this album only to make your choice the default for every album that has no setting of its own. See Choosing the album display and Sorting items in an album.
Settings found elsewhere
- The Secret Space options: see Secret Space options.
- Removing a cloud or a network drive: see How to add a cloud.
- The wallpaper from your favorite photos: see Favorites wallpaper.
- What's new, the terms, the privacy policy, and how to contact us: More → About. See Help.