Find people in Photos on iPad

The Photos app uses on-device intelligence to recognize faces in your photos. When you add names to the faces, you can search for photos by name.

Note: When you use iCloud Photos, your People album is kept up to date on all your devices that meet these minimum system requirements: iOS 11, iPadOS 13, and macOS 10.13. (You must be signed in with the same Apple ID on all the devices.)

Find photos of a specific person

To find photos of a specific person, swipe from the left edge of the screen or tap to show the sidebar, then do either of the following:

Tap the People album, then tap a person to see all of the photos they’re in.
Tap Search, then enter a person’s name in the search field.

Add a person to your People album

Open a photo of the person you want to add, then tap or swipe up to see the photo details.
The people identified in the photo appear in the bottom-left corner of the photo. Tap the face of a person with a question mark next to their picture to identify them.
Tap Tag with Name.
Type their name, tap Next, then tap Done.

Name a person in your People album

Tap the People album in the sidebar.
Tap the face of the person whose name you want to add.
Tap Add Name at the top of the screen, then enter the person’s name.
Tap Next.
If a face is identified as two or more people in the People album, tap Select, tap each instance of the person, then tap Merge.

Set a person’s key photo

Tap the People album in the sidebar, then tap a person.
Tap Select, then tap Show Faces.
Choose the photo you want to set as the key photo.
Tap , then tap Make Key Photo.

Fix misidentifications

Tap the People album in the sidebar, then tap a person.
Tap Select, then tap Show Faces.
Tap the misidentified face.
Tap , then tap Not This Person.

Feature someone less often from the People album

You can make photos of certain people less likely to appear in your memories and featured photos, and in the Photos widget.

Open the People album, then tap the person’s thumbnail.
Tap , then tap Feature [name] Less.
Choose Feature This Person Less or Never Feature This Person, then tap Confirm.

See Show less of a person or place to further customize the photos that appear in your memories and featured photos, and in the Photos widget.

Remove a person from your People album

Tap the People album, then tap the person you want to remove.
Tap , then tap Remove [name] from People.

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