Google Photos is a great way to keep your memories and photos together. You can add people’s names to photos right from the website or in the mobile app. This makes it easy to find and share your photos with friends and family. ..

Turn on the Group Similar Faces Feature

Google Photos is a great way to store and share your photos with friends and family. When you visit the Explore or Search section of Google Photos, you should see faces displayed across the top. This is where you can start adding names to those faces. If you don’t see those photos, enable the face grouping feature. This will help you find and remember all of the people in your photos! ..

This feature uses face detection and recognition to combine photos it identifies as the same person or pet.

Enable Group Similar Faces on the Web

If you make changes to your Google Photos account, they are automatically saved and you can return to your main page or another area using the navigation on the left.

Enable Group Similar Faces on Mobile

To exit this screen and adjust other settings, tap the arrow on the top left.

Add Names to Faces in Google Photos

You can add names to faces on the Google Photos website or in the mobile app. When you do, your changes sync, so you only have to do it once. ..

Add Names to Faces on the Web

The Explore screen can be accessed by selecting the arrow on the top left. You should then see the name you added below the face at the top.

Add Names to Faces on Mobile

How to add a name to photos on your iPhone

Edit a Name for a Face

If you want to change the name you’ve assigned to a face in your Photos app, you can do so just as easily as adding one initially. ..

Edit a Name on the Web

Edit a Name on Mobile

See Photos With Faces

After you add a name to a face on Google Photos, it’s simple to find pictures of that person or pet with that name.

On the Explore page of Google Photos, select a photo to explore. You can also use the Search box at the top of Google Photos to enter the name of a photo.

On your mobile device, go to the Photos tab and search for a photo. If you have many named faces, pop the name into the Search field instead. ..

Hide Photos With Faces

Google Photos lets you hide pictures of specific people or pets. This doesn’t delete any photos; it simply does not show that face in the Explore and Search sections. ..

Hide Faces on the Web

If you want to unhide a Google Photos face, follow these steps:

  1. Change your mind and want to hide a photo? Follow these steps: a. Open Google Photos and select the photo you want to hide. b. Choose the “Remove Icon” option and confirm your selection. c. Click on the photo again to show it again!

Hide Faces on Mobile

To unhide a face, follow these steps:

  1. Select the face you want to show again.
  2. Follow the same steps and select the icon you want to remove.

When you add faces to Google Photos, consider attaching names to them too. This makes those people and pets easy to find and simple to search for as well.

How to Download Google Photos Photos and Videos To download Google Photos photos and videos, open the Google Photos app on your phone or computer. Once you’re inside the app, click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen to get a list of all of your photos and videos. To select a photo or video, tap on it. If you have multiple photos or videos in Google Photos, they will all be listed together in the list. To download a photo or video, just drag it over to the Downloads folder on your phone or computer.