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    Turn On or Off Face Detection and Recognition in Windows 10 Photos app

    Turn On or Off Face Detection and Recognition in Windows 10 Photos app

    How to Turn On or Off Face Detection and Recognition in Windows 10 Photos app
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    02 Sep 2018
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    How to Turn On or Off Face Detection and Recognition in Windows 10 Photos app


    The Photos app included in Windows 10 is a universal app that allows you to enjoy, organize, edit, and share all your digital memories. It brings together photos and videos from all your devices, enhances them to make great photos even better, and organizes them into beautiful albums for you.

    By default, the Photos app uses face detection and recognition technology to group pictures of people together for you, from your added folders, to help you tag and organize them. The data will be stored on your device.

    This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off face detection and recognition in the Photos app for your account in Windows 10.


    EXAMPLE: Face detection and recognition turn on and off in Photos app
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    Here's How:

    1. Open the Photos app from the Start menu .
    2. Click/tap on the See more button Name: See_more.png Views: 6059 Size: 341 Bytes, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)

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    3. Under the Viewing and editing settings, turn On (default) or Off People for what you want. (see screenshot below)

    Name: Photos_app_Face_detection_and_recognition-2.jpg Views: 6361 Size: 57.3 KB

    4. You can now close the Photos app if you like.


    That's it,
    Shawn


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       New 13 Aug 2018 #1

    Feel like an idiot for not thinking to look in settings. I thought it was something new from one of the updates.
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       New 13 Aug 2018 #2

    Hello Clayton,

    If Photo's is opening automatically, then the issue below may not be related to this.

    yesterday win 10 presented me with a photo album that I don't want​
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       New 13 Aug 2018 #3

    Good morning Shawn. Should have noted this, it's only happened when I opened the app that I'd get a new album.
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       New 13 Aug 2018 #4

    Ah, in that case, hopefully this will sort it for you.
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    or maybe ?
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  7. sunberg

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       New 16 Aug 2018 #6

    This feature seems to be bugged on the latest version. Photos with faces are recognized and listed in the "tag list" under search box, but "People" tab is empty. Tested on another device with exactly the same result...

    edit: Well, I figured it out. Gallery must contain at least 3 photos of a person to show up on "People" tab.
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    Learn something new every day.
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