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title: "How to search iPhone photos by date range"
description: "To find iPhone photos between two dates, type both dates joined by a hyphen into PicWay’s search, like 20240801-20240921. Add a place or a type to narrow it."
url: "https://picway.app/guides/search-photos-by-date-range-iphone/"
lang: "en"
type: "guides"
updated: "2026-11-01"
published: "2026-11-01"
keywords: "search iPhone photos by date range"
---

# How to search iPhone photos by date range

URL: https://picway.app/guides/search-photos-by-date-range-iphone/
Markdown: https://picway.app/guides/search-photos-by-date-range-iphone/index.md
Last updated: 2026-11-01

To search iPhone photos by date range, open PicWay, tap Search, and type the two dates joined by a hyphen, like 20240801-20240921. You get every photo from the first day through the last. The Photos app searches by month or year; PicWay also takes exact days and ranges, and every search runs on your iPhone.

## How to do it {#steps}

1. **Open Search**: In PicWay, tap Search, the round button at the right end of the bottom bar.
2. **Type the two dates**: Join the first and last day with a hyphen, like 20240801-20240921. Two years work too, like 2019-2021. You get every photo from the start of the first through the end of the second.
3. **Narrow it down if you like**: Add a place or a type after the dates, like Live or video. Searching a place shows your journeys there first.
4. **Nothing found?**: Try fewer conditions, or write the date another way. PicWay doesn’t widen the search on its own.

## Other ways to write a date {#date-formats}

- **One day**: May 1, 2025 or 1 May 2025.
- **The same day every year**: leave out the year. May 1 finds May 1 in every year of your library.
- **A whole year**: 2024.

## Can the Photos app do this? {#photos-app}

The Photos app on iPhone searches by month or year, and also by place, category, and text in your photos ([Apple’s guide](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/iph392d77d5f/ios), iPhone User Guide for iOS 27). For an exact day or a range of days, use PicWay. See [everything PicWay’s search can find](https://picway.app/search-iphone-photos/).