Find and manage your featured memories

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

Find featured memories

On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
Sign in to your Google Account.
At the top of Photos view, in a carousel, you can find featured memories.
- To find more memories, click the arrow .
To open a featured memory, click it.
To exit a featured memory, at the top left, click Close .

Tip: Featured memories are updated frequently. You can find previously saved memories in the Memories view on your mobile device.

Share a featured memory

On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
At the top, click a memory in your featured memories carousel.
At the top right, click Share Share memory Share .
Select people to share the memory with 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 the memories that you receive

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

On your computer, open photos.google.com.
At the top right, click Settings and next to 'Memories', click Expand .
Under 'Featured memories', select the type of memories that 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.

On your computer, open photos.google.com.
At the top right, click Settings and scroll to 'Memories'.
Select Hide people and pets.
Choose the photos of people or pets that you want to hide.
- To show someone, select 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.

On your computer, open photos.google.com.
At the top right, click Settings and scroll to 'Memories'.
Select Hide dates.
Add the date of the photos that you want to hide.
- To remove a hidden date, select Remove .

Control whether your memories contain creations

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

On your computer, open photos.google.com.
At the top right, click Settings and scroll to 'Memories'.
Under 'Featured memories', select the types of creations that you want to find in your memories.

Learn about creations

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

Check whether something has been created for you

On your computer, open photos.google.com.
When you click into a memory, creations that were auto-generated appear.

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 that you saved

On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
- In the Photos view, you can find your saved creations with other photos and videos.
To search for the creations that you've saved, click Explore.
At the bottom, in the 'Creations' section, click the type of creation that you want, or click Saved creations.

Make Creations

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