Search your photos for anything. For example, you can search for:
- A wedding you attended last summer
- Your best friend
- A pet
- Your favorite city
You can also use Search to find different features and collections in Google Photos, like People & pets, Albums, Documents, and more.
Important:
- Some features aren't available in all geographic regions, all domains, or all account types.
- If you’ve opted into Ask Photos, you can still use Classic Search. At the bottom, tap Ask
Use Classic Search.
Use Classic Search.Search your photos
- On your computer, go to photos.google.com/search.
- In the box at the top, enter what you want to find, for example:
- You can use phrases like ‘Alice and me laughing,’ ‘colorful sunsets in Mexico,’ ‘Emma at the playground,’ and ‘drinking tea by the fireplace.’
- You can only search with a name or nickname if you’ve labeled people or pets. Learn how to set up Face Groups.
- To search for yourself using ‘me,’ make sure to set your face as ‘me’ in the ‘people or pets’ section. Learn how to label your face group.
- You can use quotation marks in your search if you want to find exact-text matches in filenames, camera models, captions, or text within photos. If you don’t use quotation marks, you’ll get a wider range of results not limited to text.
- You can use phrases like ‘Alice and me laughing,’ ‘colorful sunsets in Mexico,’ ‘Emma at the playground,’ and ‘drinking tea by the fireplace.’
Tips:
- To more easily search and manage your photos, you can apply a label to people or pets that appear in photos grouped by Google Photos. Learn how to set up Face Groups.
- You can also access some collections from the side navigation panel, like People & pets, Documents, Places, Videos, and more.