Find & manage your featured Memories

Google Photos automatically organizes your photos and videos into a timeline of meaningful moments. You can customize your memories and share them with others.

Find featured memories

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Photos.
3. At the top, tap a featured memory.
   • To move to the next or previous photo: Tap or swipe right or left.
   • To skip to the next or previous memory: Swipe up or down.
   • To pause on a photo: Touch and hold it.
4. To exit a featured memory, at the top left, tap Close .

Tip: Featured memories are updated frequently. You can save featured memories and find them later in the Memories view.

Share a featured memory

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top, tap on a memory in your featured memories carousel.
3. At the bottom, tap Share Share memory Share .
4. Select people to share the featured memory with.
5. Tap Send .

Tip: If you want to remove a photo or change the memory title before you share, click Edit.

Manage your featured memories

You can change your settings to control what appears in your featured memories carousel.

Control which memories you receive 

You can choose the types of memories you find in the featured memories carousel. When you select at least one memory type, the featured memories carousel appears above the photo grid.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings .
3. Tap Preferences Memories Featured memories.
4. Select the types of memories you want to find.

Hide someone

Important: When you hide someone, photos that include their face won't appear in the featured memories carousel, creations, or on your search page. It may take up to 24 hours for the change to take effect.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings .
3. Tap Preferences Memories Hide people & pets.
4. Choose who you want to hide.
   • To show someone, tap their face again.

Hide a date

Important: When you hide a date, you won't get photos taken on that date in the featured memories carousel.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings .
3. Tap Preferences Memories Hide dates.
4. Add dates you want to hide.
   • To remove a hidden date, tap Remove .

Control whether your memories contain creations

You can select which types of creations you can find in your memories.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings  Preferences.
3. Tap Memories Featured memories Creations.
4. Select which types of creations you want to find in your memories.

Manage your memories notifications

You control what notifications to receive when there is a new memory, or a new creation available.
 

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial Photos settings .
3. Tap Preferences Memories Notifications.
4. Under "Memories," turn the option to receive Memories from previous years, themed memories, or creations on or off.

Learn about creations

Creations made for you may appear in Memories view and in your featured memories carousel.

Check if something was created for you

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Photos app .
2. At the bottom, tap Photos.
3. Creations will arrive in your featured memories carousel at the top.

Save creations

You can save creations that are made for you like highlight videos or animations.

To save creations from your featured memories carousel, at the bottom, select Save. You can find saved creations in your Photos view.

Find creations you saved

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Photos .
   • In the Photos view, you can find your saved creations with other photos and videos.
2. To search for the creations that you saved, at the bottom, tap Search .
3. At the bottom, in the "Creations" section, tap the type of creation you want, or tap All creations.

Make creations

You can make your own collage, animation, or highlight video from your photos and videos.

To make your own creation:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Photos .
2. At the bottom, tap Library Utilities.
3. At the bottom, find options to create an Animation, Collage, or Highlight video.

Related resources

• View & edit your monthly Memories
• Get help with titles for your memories
• Edit & share your memories