What happens if I turn face recognition off?

Turning face recognition off for a space deletes the face data from the photos you added there: the face measurements and the groupings Rico built from your uploads. Your photos aren't touched. Every picture, album, and comment stays exactly where it is.

To turn it off:

Open your Profile and tap Privacy.
Find the space. Each space has its own switch.
Tap the switch, then tap Turn off and delete face data to confirm. Two taps, and it's done.

What's deleted: the face data from the photos you added to that space.

What stays: every photo, album, and comment, and every other member's own choice. In People, someone found only in your photos disappears. Someone also found in other members' photos stays, without the faces from yours.

This can't be undone. If you turn face recognition back on later, Memrico asks for your agreement again, and Rico starts fresh from that point. Names you'd given aren't restored, and photos you added earlier aren't looked at again. If you'd like Rico to go through those earlier photos too, email support@memrico.com and we'll take care of it.

Deleting just one person. You don't have to turn everything off. Open People, tap the person (or tap Select to choose several), then tap Delete face data. This is permanent too, and it removes them from People. While face recognition is on, the same person may turn up again as a new, unnamed face in photos other members add later. The confirmation reminds you of that.

Even if you never turn it off, face data is deleted no later than 24 months after you last use Memrico. The full timing is in our Biometric Data Retention and Destruction Schedule.

What happens if I turn face recognition off?

What's deleted, what stays, and how to confirm