Issue with naming people on photos after removing previous name

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Issue with naming people on photos after removing previous name

I named a person incorrectly (person 'B') on a photo (of person 'A'), which then incorrectly identified person A as person B on all of their photos.

I went into "person B" on "people and pets", selected all photos and clicked 'this is not person B".

This removed all of the link between person B and person A's photos, however I now cannot name anyone on the photos that were selected to remove person B from.

How can I correct this?

iPhone 14

Posted on Nov 18, 2024 2:20 AM

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Answer 1

léonie

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Nov 18, 2024 3:50 AM in response to Buddy_Mosley

You may want to name the photos temporarily with completely different names from the ones you have used before.

use some new nicknames for them that are not yet in your contacts.

Name the photos of person A now "nickname A" and the photos of person B now temporarily "nickname B", until Photos has forgotten that the two persons are supposed to be the same.

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Answer 2

Buddy_Mosley Author

Level 1

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Nov 18, 2024 6:06 AM in response to léonie

Hi. Thanks for the reply. However I cannot name the person in the photos at all - the circle portrait has disappeared on them all so I can’t do anything with them.

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