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View photos and videos in Photos on iPad

Use the Photos app to find and view all of the photos and videos on your iPad.

On the left side of a screen in Photos is a sidebar; Library is selected. The rest of the screen shows the Photos library in All Photos view. At the top left of the library is the date and location where the photos were taken. In the top center are options to view photos by Years, Months, Days, and All Photos; Days is selected. In the top right of the screen are the Select and More buttons.

How photos and videos are organized in Photos

Swipe from the left edge of the screen, or tap the Show Sidebar button, to open the sidebar and navigate Photos. Tap an item in the sidebar to see photos organized in different ways.

Browse photos in your library

To browse your photos and videos by when they were taken, tap Library, then select any of the following:

  • Years: Quickly locate a specific year in your photo library.

  • Months: View collections of photos that you took throughout a month, organized by significant events—like a family outing, social occasion, birthday party, or trip.

  • Days: View your best photos in chronological order, grouped by the time or place the photos were taken.

  • All Photos: View all of your photos and videos.

Tip: When viewing All Photos, pinch the screen to zoom in or out. You can also tap the More button to zoom in or out, view photos by aspect ratio, filter photos, or show photos on a map.

The Photos Library displayed in Days view. A selection of photo thumbnails fills the screen. In the top left of the screen is the Show Sidebar button to open the sidebar. Below the Show Sidebar button is the date and location where the photos on the screen were taken. In the top center are options to browse photos by Years, Months, Days, or All Photos; Days is selected. In the top right of the screen are the Select and More buttons.

Years, Months, and Days views are curated to show your best shots, and visual clutter like similar photos, screenshots, whiteboards, and receipts aren’t shown. To see every photo and video, tap All Photos.

View individual photos

Tap a photo to view it in full screen on your iPad.

Double-tap or pinch out to zoom in on the photo—drag to see other parts of the photo; double-tap or pinch closed to zoom back out.

The Photos app showing a photo in full screen. At the bottom of the screen are thumbnails of other photos from the library.

Tip: When viewing a Live Photo , touch and hold the photo to play it.

Tap the Favorite button to add the photo to your Favorites album. See Use photo albums in Photos.

Tap the Back button or drag the photo down to continue browsing or return to the search results.

See photo and video information

To see saved metadata information about a photo or video, open it, then tap the Info button or swipe up. Depending on the photo or video, you see the following details:

  • People identified in the photo

  • A caption field to describe the photo or video, and make it easier to find in Search

  • Items detected by Visual Look Up

  • Whether the photo was shared with you in Messages or another app, or iCloud Shared Photo Library

  • The date and time the photo or video was taken; tap Adjust to edit the date and time

  • Camera metadata such as lens, shutter speed, file size, and more

  • Where the photo or video was taken; tap the link to view the location in Maps; tap Adjust to edit the location

The Photos app showing a photo in full screen. At the top of the screen, the following photo information is displayed: the date and time, the filename, the device and camera settings used to take the photo, and a map showing where the photo was taken.
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