Find photos and videos by date on iPad
You can find photos and videos taken on a particular date—year, month, or day—in the Photos app.
![Days is open in the Photos app, showing collections of photos from each day arranged in a grid.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6758C0F05C38883A170CE6F4/6758C0F55C38883A170CE700/en_US/6f66335113d50f47e57cf6061b782c2e.png)
View the photos and videos you took on a recent day
You can find the photos and videos you took on a particular day in the Recent Days collection below the photo library.
Go to the Photos app
on your iPad.
Scroll down to Recent Days, then tap a day to see all the photos and videos from that day.
Swipe left or right to quickly move to other days.
When you open a day from Recent Days, you see a summary of the best photos from the day. To see all the photos you took that day, tap , then tap All.
Browse through your library by year or month
Go to the Photos app
on your iPad.
Swipe down to scroll through your library, then select one of the following:
Years: Quickly locate a specific year in your photo library.
Months: View collections of photos that you took throughout a month, organized by significant events—like a family outing, social occasion, birthday party, or trip.
Years and Months views are curated to show your best shots, and visual clutter like similar photos, screenshots, whiteboards, and receipts aren’t shown. To see every photo and video, tap All.
You can also search for a specific date. See Search for photos and videos.