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How to Add or Remove People in Photos App on iOS 12

Add or Remove People in Photos App

The photos app in iPhone does an intelligent search about which photos can be modified to look better. Plus, the shared suggestion feature recognizes when something meaningful has occurred. As such, it can suggest you share those memories with the people found in those photos. So, if you would like to Add or Remove People in Photos App in iOS 12, here’s a tutorial explaining how to do it.

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Add People to Photos App

1] To add people in the Photos app, open a photo of the person you want to add to Photos app under ‘Camera roll’.

2] Next, swipe up a photo and images of the individual, alongside some related images will be visible to you in People.

3] Tap on the face of the person you want to add to People.

4] Instantly, ‘Add Name’ link should appear in the upper right corner of your iPhone screen. Type the name of the person and hit the ‘Next’ button.

5] Confirm some additional photographs of the individual added to ‘people’.

6] In the end, hit ‘Done’ button.

Photos App

That’s it, the person you added recently will appear under the list of ‘People’. If required, you can mark them as a favorite by tapping on heart icon seen under the photograph.

Note: The people you favorite or name in the Photos App stay up to date on all of your devices.

Remove People from Photos App

Now, if you would like to remove the person from People in Photos, follow the instructions given below.

1] Open Photos app and go to ‘People‘.

2] Select the photo of the person you would like to remove from People category.

3] After selecting, tap on ‘Remove‘, given at the bottom left and then tap on Remove from People Album.

4] When done, the selected person will automatically be removed from People.

Please note that although the person will be removed from the ‘Photos’ app his/her images would still reside under ‘Photos’ app. Hope, this post makes it easy for you to Add or Remove People in Photos App on iOS 12

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Hemant Saxena

The author Hemant Saxena is a post-graduate in bio-technology and has an immense interest in following technology developments. Quite by nature, he is an avid Lacrosse player.