# Find any old family moment in your photos by just asking

> Ask what costumes you've worn on Halloween and it finds every year's costume photo without any tags or albums.

Type a plain question into Ask Photos in Google Photos, like which Halloween costumes you've worn, and it pulls up the matching memories from years of pictures. Then make a collage of the best ones.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/find-old-family-moments-with-ask-photos/
- Category: Upgrade your everyday
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: Gemini
- Time: About 2 minutes
- Effort: Just copy and paste
- Note: Ask Photos is in the Google Photos app and is only for eligible users in select countries.
- Published: 2026-10-31

## How do I find old photos by describing them in plain words?

Open Google Photos, tap Ask Photos and type your question the way you'd ask a person, for example which costumes you've worn on Halloween, as of October 2026. It suits families with years of untagged pictures who want one occasion pulled together fast. If Ask Photos isn't in your country yet, the regular search bar still finds photos by simple words like a place or a thing.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
Find the photos from every [THE OCCASION, e.g. Halloween] in my library and show me what [WHO OR WHAT, e.g. the kids dressed up as] each year. Put them in order from oldest to newest and tell me the year for each one. If a year is missing or I can't tell what's in a photo, say so. Then pick the one best photo from each year, the clearest and happiest one, so I can make a collage of them to send to [WHO TO SHARE WITH, e.g. the grandparents].
```

## Step by step

1. Open the Google Photos app and tap Ask Photos
2. Paste the question below and fill in the brackets
3. Tap the photos it finds to check the dates
4. Pick your favorites and make a collage to share with family

## What you'll get

Your matching photos pulled from years of pictures, in order by year, with one best pick per year ready for a collage.

## Good to know

**How do I find old photos by describing them in plain words?** Open Google Photos, tap Ask Photos and type your question the way you'd ask a person, for example which costumes you've worn on Halloween, as of October 2026. It suits families with years of untagged pictures who want one occasion pulled together fast. If Ask Photos isn't in your country yet, the regular search bar still finds photos by simple words like a place or a thing.

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in Gemini. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. Ask Photos is in the Google Photos app and is only for eligible users in select countries.

**How long does it take?** About 2 minutes. It's rated "Just copy and paste". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 3 blanks: the occasion, who or what and who to share with. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** Your matching photos pulled from years of pictures, in order by year, with one best pick per year ready for a collage.

Idea spotted on the official docs, shared by Google: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/photos/halloween-tricks-2026/. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.