By Leanne Hays
Updated 01/03/2024
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Apple's Photos app shows a key photo or thumbnail for each person included in the People album on your iPhone or iPad. Here's how to change that thumbnail in a few easy steps.
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- Pick your favorite photo as the thumbnail for each person in your People album.
- Change up the featured photo as people switch up their style and age.
How to Change a Featured Image in the People Album on iPhone
Can you change the thumbnail for a person in the People album on your iPhone or iPad? Of course! Here's how to change a featured image in the People album super quickly. For more great Photos app tutorials, check out our free Tip of the Day.
- Open the Photos app.
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- Tap the People album, then tap a person.
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- Tap Select.
![tap select to see thumbnail options]()
- Tap Show Faces.
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- Tap the photo you’d like to use as the key photo, or Show More if you don’t see a picture you like.
- Tap the photo you want, then tap the Share icon.
![tap the photo, then the share icon]()
- Tap Make Key Photo.
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