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iPad User Guide

Use Apple Intelligence in Photos on iPad

With Apple Intelligence,* you can find just about anything in the photos and videos you capture, create memory movies of stories you want to see, and focus on the most important parts of your photos by removing distracting objects.

👁 An iPad showing photos in the Photos app. A search bar with a description appears at the top right of the screen.

Note: Apple Intelligence is not available on all iPad models or in all languages or regions.** To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of iPadOS and have Apple Intelligence turned on.

Search for specific photos and videos with Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence makes it even easier to find a specific photo or a key moment in a video—just describe what you want to find.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap 👁 the Search button
    ,     then enter a description using natural language—“Maya skateboarding in a tie-dye shirt,” or “Sadie cartwheeling on the grass,” for example.

    Note: For more information on naming people and pets in photos, see Find and name people and pets in Photos.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • See all search results: Tap See All.

    • Select specific search results: Tap Select, then select the photos and videos you want to share or add to an album.

    • Sort search results: Tap 👁 the Sort and Filter button
      ,       then tap Sort by Recently Added or Sort by Date Captured.

    • Filter search results: Tap 👁 the Sort and Filter button
      ,       tap Filter, then tap an option—like Favorites or Edited.

  4. When you’re finished, tap Done.

Create a memory movie

You can create a custom memory movie of a story you want to see, right in Photos. Just type a description, and Apple Intelligence finds the best photos and videos, crafts a storyline with unique chapters and a narrative arc, and sets it to music.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap 👁 the Sidebar button
    ,     tap Collections, tap Memories, then tap Create.

  3. Enter a description of the movie you want to create from your library, then tap 👁 the Close button
    .

Remove distractions from your photos

You can use the Clean Up tool to remove distracting objects in the background of a photo.

Note: Clean Up is not available in all languages or regions. For more information, see the Apple Support article Requirements to use Clean Up in Photos.

  1. Go to the Photos app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Open a photo, tap 👁 the Edit button
    ,     then tap Clean Up.

    Note: After you tap Clean Up, some items may be highlighted automatically so you can quickly tap to remove them.

  3. Tap, brush, or circle what you want to remove.

    Use two fingers to pinch to zoom or pan the image.

    Note: If you brush over a person’s face, the face may become blurred with a pixelated effect.

  4. When you’re finished, tap Done.

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