Google recently started allowing users to hide a face from appearing in their featured memories carousel in its Photos app. This tool will also remove the blocked faces to appear even in group photos. The company announced this feature earlier this week and has started appearing for users.
How this feature works
In a support document, the Google Photos team explains: “If you don’t want to find a certain person in your featured memories, you can Block or Show less of their face.
If you choose to block a person, they won’t appear in memories, including group photos with others. If you choose to show less of a person, you won’t get memories about them, but they may still appear in group photos included in memories.”
How to hide a face from Google Photos Memories tab
- Open the Google Photos app.
- At the top right, tap your Profile photo or Initial and then Photos settings.
- Under “Show less” or “Blocked,” tap Select faces.
- Choose who you want to hide.
- Tap Done.
The company also noted that face hiding works well, but it isn’t always perfect. So, Google Photos allows users to hide photos based on a particular date if they can’t choose faces. When enabled, this feature will block the photos taken particularly on that date in their featured memories carousel
To hide someone from the Google Photos app:
- Open the Google Photos app.
- At the top, tap your Profile photo or Initial and then Photos settings.
- Tap Preferences then Memories and then Hide dates.
- Add dates you want to hide.
- Tap Hide
Source: indiatimes
