iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customize and use the homepage tiles
- Apple Invites
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Find your photos or videos
- Hide your photos and videos
- Upload and download photos
- Add star ratings, captions, and keywords
- Organize photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favorites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows device
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright and trademarks

Add star ratings, captions, keywords, and more in Photos on iCloud.com
In Photos on iCloud.com, you can view and edit metadata about a photo or video, such as the title, date, time, and location. You can also add captions, keywords, and star ratings to make it easier to search for items.
Add or edit the title, caption, location, and more
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Tap or double-click the photo or video you want to see more information about.
Select
.Select Add or Edit next to any of the following:
Title and caption: Enter text in the field.
Date and time: Select anything in the Adjusted field, then specify the new date or time. To discard any changes, select Revert to Original.
Location: Enter a location in the field, then choose an option. To remove the location, select Remove Location.
Select Save.
The title appears in the Photos toolbar when you view a photo. You can also see it from the thumbnail view.
Add or edit keywords
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Tap or double-click the photo or video you want to see more information about.
Select
.Select Add Keywords or Edit.
You can use the search field to find items by keyword if you allow Data Access and Search on iCloud.com.
Add or edit star ratings
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Tap or double-click the photo or video you want to see more information about.
Select
.Next to rating, select a number of stars, or select the current rating to remove it.
If you add or edit a caption, keyword, or star rating for an item in your iCloud Shared Photo Library, all participants see the changes.