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 computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the top of Photos view, in a carousel, you can find featured memories.
   • To find more memories, click the Arrow .
4. To open a featured memory, click it.
5. To exit a featured memory, at the top, click Close .

Tip: Featured memories are updated frequently. You can find and edit some of your featured memories as albums in Memories view on your mobile device.

Share a featured memory

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click a memory in your featured memories carousel.
3. At the top, click Share Share memory Share .
4. 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.

Important: Changes you make to these settings only apply to the featured memories carousel, not the Memories view. Learn how to edit your memories.

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 computer, open photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click Settings
3. Next to "Memories," click Expand .
4. Under "Featured memories," select the type 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 computer, open photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click Settings .
3. Scroll to "Memories."
4. Select Hide people & pets.
5. Choose the photos of people or pets 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.

1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click Settings .
3. Scroll to "Memories."
4. Select Hide dates.
5. Add the date of the photos 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.

1. On your computer, open photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click Settings .
3. Scroll to "Memories."
4. Under "Featured memories," select which types of creations you want to find in your memories.

Hide a featured memory

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. In your featured memories carousel, click a memory.
3. Click More Remove memory Remove.

Change date & timestamp

When you take photos on a different device, the date displayed in Google Photos may be incorrect. If your featured memories display the wrong date, you can change the date and timestamps on the photos.

Important: When you change the date and time of your photo, Google Photos displays the updated date and time. If you share the photo to other apps or download it, the photo may show the original date and time saved by your camera.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click a memory in your featured memories carousel.
3. To find the photos in the memory, click the Down arrow .
4. Hover over a photo or video.
5. Click Select .
   • To update more than one item at once, select multiple photos or videos.
6. At the top, click More   Edit date & time.
   • If you select more than one item:
     • To update the date and time for the first item: Click Shift dates & times. The date and time for the other items will automatically shift in a relative manner.
     • To set the same date and time for all the items you select: Click Set one date & time.
7. To finish, follow the on-screen instructions.

Tip: Photos taken before 4 AM are sorted into the previous day.

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 computer, open photos.google.com.
2. 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 you saved

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
   • In the Photos view, you can find your saved creations with other photos and videos.
2. To search for the creations you saved, click Explore.
3. At the bottom, in the "Creations" section, click the type of creation you want, or click Saved 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 computer, open photos.google.com.
2. On the right, click Utilities.
3. Under “Utilities,” find options to create an Animation, Collage, or Movie.

Related resources

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