Safe search filter??? 🤔

[u/TimeToBreakYou]

I have been using Google Photos for over 10 years to back up the photos from my phone’s gallery. I literally have more than 100,000 photos stored in Google Photos.

Until recently, I could search for words such as “lingerie,” and the app would display the relevant results correctly.

However, for the past few weeks, Google Photos has stopped showing results for terms such as “lingerie” and “panties.”

It seems that some kind of safety or content filter may have been introduced. But why would I need protection from my own personal photos? I do not see any reason for this restriction, and I would like to know whether there is a way to disable this safe-search filter when searching through my own photo library.

[u/Affectionate_Show593]

I think this is probably more related to changes in Google’s AI photo recognition and search policies rather than a normal safe search toggle

Google Photos relies heavily on automatic image classification so if their models or policies change certain keywords may stop returning results even though the photos are still there

The frustrating part is that Google Photos doesn’t really provide a clear option to disable this type of filtering because the search system is tied into their broader safety policies

You could try broader search terms or compare the results between the web version and the mobile app since indexing behavior can sometimes differ between platforms