Find photos by text or date

You can quickly find a photo by searching for associated text, such as the photo title, description, or date.

For information about how to search using keywords assigned to photos, see Find photos by keyword.

You can search your entire Photos library, or select a specific album, slideshow, or project and search within it.

  1. Click the search field in the toolbar.

  2. To search for a photo by a word, phrase, title, or description, type the text in the search field.

    As you type, photos that have the text you entered appear in the window. You can type multiple words separated by a space to search based on multiple criteria. For example, entering “California March” locates all photos that have both the word “California” and the word “March” associated with them.

    Search field with search criteria

    To display all your photos again after a search, click Cancel.