Find high-quality images when you search the Flickr community. Use the search option to look for interesting photos, followers, and groups by typing in keywords or applying the advanced filters.
How to search in Flickr
Desktop web browser
- Click into the Search field at the top of any page.
- Enter your search keywords.
- Press the Return key.
- Click between search results:
- Photos - Your albums, your photos, and photos from everyone on Flickr.
- People - People you follow and all Flickr members.
- Groups - Groups you've already joined and all Flickr groups.
Flickr App (iOS & Android)
- Tap the Search icon.
- Enter your search terms at the top.
- Tap between search results:
- Photos - Your albums, your photos, and photos from everyone on Flickr.
- People - People you follow and all Flickr members.
- Groups - Groups you've already joined and all Flickr groups.
Advanced search filters (Desktop only)
Filter your search results
1. From the basic search results, click Advanced.
2. Choose from a variety of filters:
- Color - Pick the colors you want to see at the top.
- Orientation - Pick from portrait, landscape, square, and panorama.
- Minimum size - Pick the smallest size you want to see.
- Date - Limit results by when they were taken or posted.
- Content - Refine by photos, videos, or both.
- Search in - Limit the search by only tags or include the description and title.
- License - Pick what types of licensed content you want to see.
- SafeSearch - Enable or disable SafeSearch.
- Relevant - Filter results by date uploaded, date taken or interest
Note: The search results will update instantly as you apply or remove filters.
Search within groups
You can limit your search to only show you photos from a specific group you follow.
- Hover over You, Groups.
- Click the group you want to search in.
- Click Photo Pool.
- Click the Search icon.
- Enter your search keywords.
Important: Only photos matching your search terms from within the group's pool will show.
Search within your Photostream
You can limit your search to only show you photos that you have uploaded.
- Hover over You, Photostream.
- Click the Search icon.
- Enter your search keywords.
Important: Only photos matching your search terms from within your photostream will show.