Learn how to find a person by photo

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In today's article, learn how to find a person by photo using online tools for free.

You can use platforms like Google Images and TinEye to search by photo and find a person easily.

Sites using the reverse search method, which is the comparison of the image with others online, bringing the best results to the user.

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Therefore, the user will only need to click a few times for the search to be carried out.

It will be much easier to find the person in the search if they have publicly available photos online, especially on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Find a person using Google Images

This platform can only find the person in the search if they have photos online, publicly, such as on social networks.

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Another feature of Google Images is that the site can only be used from a computer.

Here are the steps to search and find a person using Google Images:

  1. From your computer, go to Google Images;
  2. Click on the camera icon, which is the “Search by image” option;
  3. Upload to the website, a photo from the gallery or enter your URL;
  4. If you choose to send a photo from the gallery, go to the “Send an image” option and then to the “Choose file” option;
  5. If the result returns “No results found for the selected area”, go to the option “Find image source”. This action will show the online pages where the photo is located.

With the cell phone, the user can use the application Google Lens for this type of search by photo.

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You can also search through the Photos app.

Find a person using TinEye

With the second platform that we present, it is also possible to search and find a person by photo, although it shows less results than the previous platform.

As an advantage, TinEye can be used on tablets and cell phones.

The platform's search method is also reverse search, comparing images and showing the most similar ones.

This platform even shows in the results, when such an image was found online for the first time, as well as the link to the website where it is.

These features make TinEye a great site to search by photo.

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Check out the steps to search by photo and find a person using TinEye:

  1. In the browser, go to the website tineye;
  2. Enter the URL of the image or send it from the gallery, using the “Sending” option;
  3. Wait for the site to complete the search, in a few seconds, and then show similar photos and your information.
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