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How to view your memories in Photos on iPad

The Memories collection in the Photos app includes personalized collections of photos and videos that feature a significant person, pet, place, activity, or event from your photo library.

In a memory, you can filter and sort the photos and videos, view all of them, or search for photos and videos. You can share a memory, delete it, show its location on a map, or play the memory movie, and you can add a memory to Favorites to make your favorite memories easier to find.

The Photos app is open to the Memories collection. The All tab is selected, with a list of memories below.

View your memories

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Collections.
  3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
  4. Select a memory to view all the photos and videos included in that memory.
  5. As you view a memory, you can do any of the following:
    • Filter and sort the photos and videos in the memory: Tap the Sort and Filter button.
    • View all the photos and videos in the memory: Tap Show All.
    • Search for photos and videos in the memory: Tap the Search button.
    • Share the memory, delete the memory, or show the memory location on a map: Tap the More button.
    • Share specific photos and videos in the memory: Tap Select, tap the photos and videos you want to share, and then tap the Share button.
    • Play the memory movie: Tap the Play button.
  6. Tap the Back button to close the memory and return to Collections.

Add a memory to Favorites

Identify your favorite memories to make them easier to find.

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
  2. Tap Collections.
  3. Touch and hold a memory and tap Add to Favorite Memories.

To view your favorite memories, tap Collections, tap Memories, then tap Favorites.

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