Your Photos app has a facial recognition search feature that is used to identify different people and animals in your life. These are then automatically turned into Memories and show up as suggestions in the People & Pets album. If you notice that your iPhone is incorrectly identifying certain loved ones or not including them in your Memories, doing a quick reset can fix the issue!

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Your iPhone can automatically recognize people and animals that you frequently photograph, but sometimes it makes incorrect identifications.
Resetting the suggestions lets you fix incorrect identifications or missing contacts in Memories.

How to Reset Suggested Memories and People & Pets in the Photos App

System Requirements

The screenshots in this tip are taken on an iPhone running iOS 18 or later. Steps may differ on older software versions. Learn how to update to the latest OS.

If you want to start fresh and help your iPhone better identify the loved ones in your life and in your Photos app, resetting suggestions will show any hidden people from Memories and improve the accuracy of suggested individuals. For more tips like this, don’t forget to sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter.

Open the Photos app.
Tap on your photo in the top right corner.
Scroll to the very bottom and tap Reset Suggested Memories and/or Reset People & Pets Suggestions.
You will have to confirm that you wish to Reset them.

Now you know how to improve the iPhone People and Pets album in the Photos app and the person picture search when it comes to Memories and correct identification. Once you reset these, you should notice suggestions that will help you improve the facial recognition search in the Photos app. Next, learn how to remove people from Photos by hiding them from Memories or by using the AI Clean Up feature.