Struggling with the organisation of Photos

Would copy the complete Photos Library to an external drive. Your Photos Library will by default be in your Pictures folder. Name the copy on your external drive "Photos Library Archive.photoslibrary".

Test, if this copied library is working properly. Then open again your current library by double-clicking it in the Finder.

If you have many photos of your former partner, you should be able to the photos with recognized faces in the People Album.

Open the People album with his photos and either hide them (select all photos, then enter the key combination ⌘L to hide the photos. Or enter ⌘⌫ to delete them completely from your current library.

If you added titles and descriptions to your photos, you may also be able to search for the name - either using the search field or a smart album with the rule (text contains ....)

use the People section, identify him in as many photos as you can and then select his album and the select all o export (file menu) export to the desired location and delete (command delete) to move to the recently deleted album and then then open the recently album and delete form there - beyond that it requires you looking at each photo and making a decision - People is the only automated way to identify people

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You are welcome

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