Apple's Photos app includes a People & Pets album that makes it easy to find every picture of the same person or furbaby, organized into separate sub-albums. Here's how to tag iPhone photos to add a friend, animal, or family member to the People album if the Photos app hasn't already included them automatically.

Why You'll Love This Tip:

Keep photos of friends, pets, and family properly organized in your iPhone's People & Pets album by tagging them manually.
Easily find all the pictures of the important people or animals in your life in one convenient location

How to Add Photos to People Album: Manually Tag Individuals

System Requirements

This tip was performed on an iPhone 16 Pro Max running iOS 18.5. Learn how to update to the latest operating system.

If there's someone you're not seeing in the People & Pets album who you'd like to add, it's quick and easy. For more great ways to organize photos, check out our free Tip of the Day. Heres how to tag people in Apple photos on iPhones and iPads:

Open the Photos app.
Open the photo of someone you'd like to include in your People & Pets album.
Swipe up on the photo.
Tap the question-mark icon that appears at the lower-left of the photo. If there are multiple people or pets you will see several icons.
Tap Edit Name and Photos.
Tap the Name This Person field.
Type the person's name.
Under RESULTS you will see any contacts with the same name, tap the contact to link it to the photos or tap Done.
You'll have to tap Done again to confirm.
Now navigate to the People & Pets album in the Photos app and you will see the new person there.

If you don't see the People & Pets album in the Photos app, scroll to the very bottom and tap Customize & Reorder to make sure you have easy access to this album collection.

If you know you have more photos of the person you just added that aren’t showing up, we have a tip on how to add photos to the People album. Next, learn how to turn off location on iPhone Photos.