Block and report someone in Google Photos

To stop interactions with someone, you can block their Google Account. Learn about blocking Google Accounts.​

Block a person in a shared album

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Open an album that they've joined.
4. At the top, select More Options.
5. Next to the person's name, select More Block person.

Block a person in a conversation

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Select the conversation that you want to open.
4. At the top, select the names of the people in the conversation.
5. Next to the person that you want to block, select More Block person.

What happens when you block someone

• You can't find each other's photos, videos or comments in Google Photos. If they have a link to your album, they may be able to find it if they're signed out.
• If you own the album and you block a contributor, their content is removed from the album.
• If you block the owner of an album, your content is removed from the album.
• If you block someone from an album that you don't own, you and the person that you've blocked can't find each other's content.
• A person that you block will also be blocked in some other Google services, like Hangouts.

Find who you've blocked

You can review the accounts that you've blocked and unblock them from your block list.

To unblock someone:

1. On your computer, open your block list.
2. Next to the account that you want to unblock, select Remove .

Report offensive or unwanted photos that were sent to you

If someone uses a shareable link to send you photos or videos that you believe violate Google policies, you can report them.

Harassment, bullying, hate speech, graphic violence, sexually explicit content or spam

1. Open the photo or video in Google Photos.
2. At the top, select More Report abuse.
   • If you can't find it, select Sign in. You need to be signed in to your Google Account to report something.
3. Choose the reason for your report.
4. Select Report.

Image of a minor

If you're the minor in the image, or if you're the parent or guardian of the minor, you can request to restrict the sharing of that image.

Report a shared album

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Click Sharing .
3. Open the shared album that you want to report.
4. At the top, click More Report abuse.
5. Choose the reason for your report.
6. Click Report.

If you don't want to open the shared album, you can still report it.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Click Sharing .
3. Next to the album that you want to report, click More .
4. Click Report abuse Report.

Report a conversation

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Click Sharing .
3. Click the conversation that you want to report.
4. At the top, click More Report abuse.
5. Choose the reason for your report.
6. Click Report.

If you don't want to open the conversation, you can still report it.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Click Sharing .
3. Next to the conversation that you want to report, click More Report abuse.
4. Choose the reason for your report.
5. Click Report.

Report a comment

1. Open the photo or video in Google Photos.
2. Next to the commenter's name and date, select the down arrow Report abuse.

Actions that Google might take

When Google receives your report, we may review the content and take action. Actions that we might take include:

• Restricting access to the content
• Removing the content
• Limiting or terminating the violator's access to Google products

Bear in mind that something that you think is offensive may not be spam or abuse according to Google policies.

Related resources

• Block or unblock people's accounts
• Abuse programme policies and enforcement