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Q: How can I reset the Faces database so I can start all over again

I want to clear the Photos Faces database because I want to start from scratch. When I want to put a name to a face, it gives me all these other names that are similar but are not even in my contact list. Please help!

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 3, 2015 12:31 AM

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Q: How can I reset the Faces database so I can start all over again

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  • by léonie,Apple recommended

    léonie léonie May 3, 2015 12:54 AM in response to izua
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    May 3, 2015 12:54 AM in response to izua

    You can delete the Faces stacks from the Faces tile.

    Open the Faces album from the sidebar, the select each stack of recognised Faces and delete it by pressing "Remove":

    Screen Shot 2015-05-03 at 09.49.05CEST.png

    That will delete all references to that person's name from Photos.

    Quit Photos and restart your Mac after you delete the assigned faces.

    This will ensure, that the modified Faces list will be saved to the Photos library.

  • by David Weaver3,

    David Weaver3 David Weaver3 May 6, 2015 6:39 AM in response to léonie
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    May 6, 2015 6:39 AM in response to léonie

    I'm having a similar issue. I was tagging my daughter (Amanda) and accidentally typed 'Ama' and hit enter before selecting her name from the list. So it put the picture as "Ama", and I deleted that from the Faces album fine, but still after quitting and restarting the Mac, when I try tagging a face, this Ama person comes up in the quick dropdown list. It's more annoying than a problem, but I'd like to get rid of it from that list too.

     

    Screen Shot 2015-05-06 at 9.22.20 AM.png

  • by rdelfgou,

    rdelfgou rdelfgou May 19, 2015 12:36 AM in response to David Weaver3
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    May 19, 2015 12:36 AM in response to David Weaver3

    Having the same issue, but can't find a solution. And after a while it gets really annoying.

  • by andersF,

    andersF andersF Jun 15, 2016 3:41 AM in response to rdelfgou
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    Jun 15, 2016 3:41 AM in response to rdelfgou

    I have the same problem. Just 2 faces are shown on the Faces collection. But when I search, alot more names for Faces is in the database.

     

    When I go to detailes for a photo, that photo does not have the name shown in the information popup.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 15, 2016 3:59 AM in response to andersF
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    Jun 15, 2016 3:59 AM in response to andersF

    Right now, the only way to remove the wrong entries from the list of suggested faces is to start over with a complete new photos Library.

    This bug has been around for more than a year.  I hope, the next release of Photos macOS Sierra will finally fix it.