You can learn more about an image or the objects around you with Google Lens. For example, you can take a photo of a plant and use it to search for info or other similar images.
What you find when you search
Your results can include:
- Search results for objects in the image
- Similar images
- Websites with the image or a similar image
Compatible browsers
You can do a visual search with Lens on most browsers, like:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari
- Edge
Upload an image
- Go to Google.com.
- Click Search by image
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- Click Upload a file.
- Select an image.
- Click Open or Choose.
Drag & drop an image
- On your computer, find the file with the image you want to search.
- Click the image.
- Drag the image to the search box.
Search with a URL
- On your computer, go to the website with the image you want to use.
- To copy the URL, right-click on the image and click Copy image address.
- Go to Google.com.
- Click Search by image
- In the text box, paste the URL in “Paste image link.”
- Click Search.
Tip: Browsers don't save the URLs you search within your browsing history. Google may store the URLs to make our products and services better.
Search with an image from a website
- On your computer, go to the Chrome browser.
- Go to the website with the image you want to use.
- Right-click the image.
- To display results in a sidebar, click Search Image with Google.
Search with an image from search results
- Go to Google.com.
- Search for an image.
- Click the image.
- Scroll down to see related images.
- To go back to the result page, at the top right, click Close
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