diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx b/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx
index 0f9ba4c..0d44b66 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { imgUrl } from '../api'
 
 // True justified layout: pack photos greedily into rows at their real aspect
@@ -32,15 +32,19 @@ function layoutRows(photos, containerWidth, targetHeight, gap) {
 }
 
 export default function Gallery({ photos, onOpen, overlay, selected, onToggleSelect }) {
-  const containerRef = useRef(null)
   const [width, setWidth] = useState(0)
+  const observerRef = useRef(null)
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const el = containerRef.current
+  // Callback ref instead of mount effect: the container div unmounts whenever
+  // the photo list is empty (e.g. a filter with no matches), so the observer
+  // must re-attach to each new element — a once-per-mount effect would leave
+  // the re-rendered gallery unobserved at width 0, rendering nothing.
+  const containerRef = useCallback((el) => {
+    observerRef.current?.disconnect()
+    observerRef.current = null
     if (!el) return
-    const observer = new ResizeObserver((entries) => setWidth(entries[0].contentRect.width))
-    observer.observe(el)
-    return () => observer.disconnect()
+    observerRef.current = new ResizeObserver((entries) => setWidth(entries[0].contentRect.width))
+    observerRef.current.observe(el)
   }, [])
 
   if (photos.length === 0) return null
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ export default function Gallery({ photos, onOpen, overlay, selected, onToggleSel
                     title={isSelected ? 'Deselect' : 'Select'}
                     onClick={(e) => {
                       e.stopPropagation()
-                      onToggleSelect(p.id)
+                      onToggleSelect(p.id, e.shiftKey)
                     }}
                   >
                     ✓
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SelectionBar.jsx b/frontend/src/components/SelectionBar.jsx
index 4004dfc..6c6e622 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SelectionBar.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SelectionBar.jsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default function SelectionBar({
   onClear,
   onDownload,
   onDownloadAll,
+  onDelete,
 }) {
   if (total === 0) return null
 
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ export default function SelectionBar({
       <button className="btn btn-primary" onClick={onDownload}>
         Download {count} as ZIP ({fmtBytes(selectedBytes)})
       </button>
+      {onDelete && (
+        <button className="btn btn-danger" onClick={onDelete}>
+          Delete {count}
+        </button>
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx
index caa56a3..9559bb5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/AlbumPage.jsx
@@ -219,6 +219,22 @@ function SharesPanel({ albumId }) {
     setTimeout(() => setCopied(null), 1500)
   }
 
+  const update = async (shareId, patch) => {
+    try {
+      await api(`/api/shares/${shareId}`, { method: 'PATCH', body: patch })
+      setError(null)
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(e.message)
+    }
+    load()
+  }
+
+  // ISO timestamp -> local yyyy-mm-dd for the date input.
+  const localDate = (iso) => {
+    const d = new Date(iso)
+    return `${d.getFullYear()}-${String(d.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0')}-${String(d.getDate()).padStart(2, '0')}`
+  }
+
   return (
     <section className="panel">
       <h2>Client links</h2>
@@ -233,16 +249,34 @@ function SharesPanel({ albumId }) {
             <span className="muted">
               {s.has_password ? '🔒 password' : 'no password'}
               {' · '}
-              {s.allow_download ? 'downloads on' : 'downloads off'}
-              {s.expires_at
-                ? ` · expires ${new Date(s.expires_at).toLocaleDateString()}`
-                : ' · never expires'}
-              {' · '}
               {s.rating_count} ratings, {s.tag_count} tags, 👍 {s.accept_count} 👎{' '}
               {s.reject_count}
             </span>
           </div>
           <div className="row">
+            <label className="select-toggle" title="Allow this link to download originals/ZIPs">
+              <input
+                type="checkbox"
+                checked={s.allow_download}
+                onChange={(e) => update(s.id, { allow_download: e.target.checked })}
+              />
+              downloads
+            </label>
+            <label className="row field-label" title="Expiry date — empty means the link never expires">
+              <span className="muted">expires</span>
+              <input
+                type="date"
+                value={s.expires_at ? localDate(s.expires_at) : ''}
+                onChange={(e) =>
+                  update(s.id, {
+                    // End of the chosen day in local time, like the create form.
+                    expires_at: e.target.value
+                      ? new Date(`${e.target.value}T23:59:59`).toISOString()
+                      : null,
+                  })
+                }
+              />
+            </label>
             {s.locked && (
               <button
                 className="btn"
@@ -377,6 +411,14 @@ export default function AlbumPage() {
     load()
   }
 
+  const removeSelected = async () => {
+    if (!confirm(`Delete ${selected.size} selected photo${selected.size === 1 ? '' : 's'}? This cannot be undone.`))
+      return
+    await api('/api/photos/delete', { method: 'POST', body: { ids: [...selected] } })
+    clear()
+    load()
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       <div className="page-head">
@@ -462,6 +504,7 @@ export default function AlbumPage() {
         onClear={clear}
         onDownload={() => postDownload(`/api/albums/${id}/zip`, [...selected].join(','))}
         onDownloadAll={() => postDownload(`/api/albums/${id}/zip`)}
+        onDelete={removeSelected}
       />
 
       {lightbox.index >= 0 && (
diff --git a/frontend/src/useSelection.js b/frontend/src/useSelection.js
index 8210bac..0d5de4d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/useSelection.js
+++ b/frontend/src/useSelection.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 
 // Multi-select over a photo list. Selection lives here (not in the gallery)
 // so it survives lightbox open/close, and is pruned automatically when
 // photos disappear from the list (deletes, polling refreshes).
 export default function useSelection(photos) {
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState(() => new Set())
+  // Anchor for shift-click range selection: the photo last toggled.
+  const lastToggled = useRef(null)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setSelected((prev) => {
@@ -15,11 +17,23 @@ export default function useSelection(photos) {
     })
   }, [photos])
 
-  const toggle = (photoId) =>
+  // Shift-toggle selects the whole range from the previously toggled photo
+  // (both directions), so contiguous runs don't need per-photo clicks.
+  const toggle = (photoId, shift = false) =>
     setSelected((prev) => {
       const next = new Set(prev)
+      if (shift && lastToggled.current) {
+        const a = photos.findIndex((p) => p.id === lastToggled.current)
+        const b = photos.findIndex((p) => p.id === photoId)
+        if (a >= 0 && b >= 0) {
+          for (const p of photos.slice(Math.min(a, b), Math.max(a, b) + 1)) next.add(p.id)
+          lastToggled.current = photoId
+          return next
+        }
+      }
       if (next.has(photoId)) next.delete(photoId)
       else next.add(photoId)
+      lastToggled.current = photoId
       return next
     })
 
diff --git a/src/routes/mod.rs b/src/routes/mod.rs
index 4c64249..294e0a4 100644
--- a/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ pub fn router(state: &AppState) -> Router<AppState> {
         )
         .route("/api/albums/{id}/zip", post(zip::album_zip))
         .route("/api/albums/{id}/photos/by-hash/{sha256}", get(photos::by_hash))
+        .route("/api/photos/delete", post(photos::delete_many))
         .route("/api/photos/{id}", delete(photos::delete))
         .route("/api/photos/{id}/reprocess", post(photos::reprocess))
-        .route("/api/shares/{id}", delete(shares::delete))
+        .route(
+            "/api/shares/{id}",
+            delete(shares::delete).patch(shares::update),
+        )
         .route("/api/shares/{id}/reset-lock", post(shares::reset_lock))
         .route_layer(middleware::from_fn_with_state(
             state.clone(),
diff --git a/src/routes/photos.rs b/src/routes/photos.rs
index 50d6e2e..0b59ce3 100644
--- a/src/routes/photos.rs
+++ b/src/routes/photos.rs
@@ -211,6 +211,35 @@ pub async fn delete(
     Ok(Json(serde_json::json!({ "ok": true })))
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct DeleteManyBody {
+    ids: Vec<Uuid>,
+}
+
+/// Bulk delete: photos vanish and their S3 cleanup jobs are enqueued in one
+/// statement, same as album deletion.
+pub async fn delete_many(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    Json(body): Json<DeleteManyBody>,
+) -> ApiResult<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
+    if body.ids.is_empty() {
+        return Err(ApiError::bad_request("ids must not be empty"));
+    }
+    let mut tx = state.db.begin().await?;
+    let jobs = sqlx::query(
+        "with deleted as (delete from photos where id = any($1) returning id)
+         insert into jobs (kind, payload)
+         select $2, jsonb_build_object('prefix', 'photos/' || id || '/')
+         from deleted",
+    )
+    .bind(&body.ids)
+    .bind(JobKind::DeleteS3Prefix.as_str())
+    .execute(&mut *tx)
+    .await?;
+    tx.commit().await?;
+    Ok(Json(serde_json::json!({ "ok": true, "deleted": jobs.rows_affected() })))
+}
+
 pub async fn reprocess(
     State(state): State<AppState>,
     Path(photo_id): Path<Uuid>,
diff --git a/src/routes/shares.rs b/src/routes/shares.rs
index c798062..9a56366 100644
--- a/src/routes/shares.rs
+++ b/src/routes/shares.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,49 @@ pub async fn create(
     Ok(Json(share_json(&state, &row)))
 }
 
+/// Distinguishes an absent JSON field (keep current value) from an explicit
+/// null (clear the expiry): absent → None, present → Some(inner).
+fn double_option<'de, D>(de: D) -> Result<Option<Option<DateTime<Utc>>>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    serde::Deserialize::deserialize(de).map(Some)
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct UpdateShare {
+    allow_download: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "double_option")]
+    expires_at: Option<Option<DateTime<Utc>>>,
+}
+
+pub async fn update(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    Path(share_id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Json(body): Json<UpdateShare>,
+) -> ApiResult<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
+    let updated = sqlx::query(
+        "update shares set
+             allow_download = coalesce($2, allow_download),
+             expires_at = case when $3 then $4 else expires_at end
+         where id = $1",
+    )
+    .bind(share_id)
+    .bind(body.allow_download)
+    .bind(body.expires_at.is_some())
+    .bind(body.expires_at.flatten())
+    .execute(&state.db)
+    .await?;
+    if updated.rows_affected() == 0 {
+        return Err(ApiError::not_found());
+    }
+    let row: ShareAdminRow = sqlx::query_as(&format!("{SHARE_SELECT} where s.id = $1"))
+        .bind(share_id)
+        .fetch_one(&state.db)
+        .await?;
+    Ok(Json(share_json(&state, &row)))
+}
+
 /// Clear a share's password-lockout state (e.g. after a client fat-fingered
 /// their way into the 15-minute lock).
 pub async fn reset_lock(