What you find when you search
Your results can include:
- Search results for objects in the image
- Similar images
- Websites with the image or a similar image
Compatible browsers
You can do a reverse image search on most browsers, like:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari
Upload a picture
- On your computer, open a web browser, like Chrome or Safari.
- Go to Google Images.
- Click Search by image .
- Click Upload an image Choose file or Browse.
- Select a picture from your computer.
- Click Open or Choose.
Drag and drop a picture
Important: To drag and drop pictures, you’ll need to use Chrome or Firefox.
- On your computer, open a browser, like Chrome or Firefox.
- Go to Google Images.
- On your computer, find the file with the picture you want to search with.
- Click the picture.
- Hold down the mouse, drag the picture, and then drop it into the search box.
Search with a URL
- On your computer, open a web browser, like Chrome or Safari.
- Go to the website with the picture you want to use.
- To copy the URL, right-click on the picture.
- Click Copy image address.
- Go to Google Images.
- Click Search by image .
- Click Paste image URL.
- In the text box, paste the URL.
- Click Search by image.
The URLs you search with aren't saved in your browsing history. Google may store the URLs to make our products and services better.
Search with a picture from a website
- On your computer, open the Chrome browser.
- Go to the website with the picture you want to use.
- Right-click the picture.
- Click Search Google for image. You’ll see your results in a new tab.
Search with an image from search results
- Go to images.google.com.
- Search for an image.
- Click the image.
- At the top right, click Visually search this image .