People

Photos scans your photo library for people’s faces and adds the most frequently found faces to the People album. You can assign names to the people Photos finds, add people who appear less frequently, mark people as favorites, and view memories that contain specific people. The more photos you have, the longer the first scan takes.

Note: People identified in the People album aren’t synced across devices. The People feature is available on iPhone 5s and later.

Add more people. Tap Albums, tap People, tap Add People, select people to add, then tap Add.

Merge people. If the People album shows one person identified as two or more people, tap Select, tap each instance of the person, then tap Merge.

Remove a misidentified person. Tap a person in the Photos album, then tap Show All to see all photos they appear in. Tap Select, tap Show Faces, tap the misidentified face, tap the Share button, then tap Not This Person.

Name a person. Tap Albums, tap People, tap a person, tap Add Name, then enter the name, or tap it in the list if you see it (names in the list are from your Contacts app).

View photos that contain a person. Tap Albums, tap People, then tap the person.

Mark people as favorites. In the People album tap Select, tap one or more people, then tap Favorite. You can also drag a person to the Favorites area.

To remove favorites, tap Select, tap the people who you want to remove, then tap Unfavorite.

Hide and unhide people. Tap Albums, tap People, tap Select, tap the people you want to hide, then tap Hide. To unhide people, tap Show Hidden People, tap Select, tap people, then tap Unhide. Photos that contain hidden people don’t appear in Moments, Collections, Years, and Memories but are visible in albums.

Show hidden people. Tap Albums, tap People, swipe up, then tap Show Hidden People. To view all photos with hidden people, tap Albums, then tap Hidden.