Reverse image search by face
Who is this face? Find out from one photo.
Upload one photo. We search across social profiles, news sites, forums, blogs and public records, then hand you the source links and a confidence score for each one.
Faces indexed1,482,438,214
- Faces indexed
- 1,482,438,214
- Search engine
- Online
- Sources
- Social, news, forums
Platforms searched
We look for a face in the profiles on these platforms
One search reads across every one and returns the public profiles and pages where that face appears, each with its direct link. A match can come from any platform — and none of them is guaranteed.
How it works
Four steps, one photo
Step 01
Upload a photo
One clear photo of one face. We keep it only as long as your report exists, and you can delete it any time.
Step 02
We map the face
The photo is reduced to a mathematical signature of the facial geometry. That signature, not your photo, is what gets compared.
Step 03
Unlock the report
A single payment runs the search against every indexed face. No subscription, and nothing renews.
Step 04
Read the sources
You get the pages where the face appears, each with a direct link, a thumbnail and a confidence score.
Common questions
What people ask before they search
- How do you find someone from a photo?
- The fastest free route is Google Images or Yandex reverse image search, which show where the same photo has been published elsewhere. They stop working the moment the picture is cropped or it is a different shot of the same person — that is where face search comes in, because it looks for the facial geometry rather than the file. detsherlock does that from a single photo.
- How long does a search take?
- Usually under a minute. The report page updates itself, so you can leave it open and walk away. At busy moments a search can queue behind another one; the page still resolves on its own without you doing anything.
- Are my card details safe?
- Payment goes through Stripe and your card details go straight to them — they never touch detsherlock's servers, and we neither see nor store them. All we keep is the amount, the currency and Stripe's reference for the transaction.
- Can I get back to my report later?
- Yes. The report is tied to your account and opens from "My searches" whenever you want, at no further charge. If you would rather it were gone, deleting it removes the report and the photo together.
- Is my photo stored, and who else sees it?
- Your photo is kept only for as long as your report exists, and you can delete it from your account at any time. detsherlock never adds it to an index and never sells it. Running a search passes it to the matching infrastructure that performs the comparison — beyond that it goes nowhere.
- How is this different from Google reverse image search?
- Google reverse image search looks for copies of the same file. Crop it slightly and it finds nothing. detsherlock searches facial geometry instead, so it can find a completely different photo of the same person.
- What happens if the search finds nothing?
- Your report says so plainly. The search genuinely ran against the full index and cost us a credit, so it is not refunded — but no result is information too: that face is not in any source we index. If a search fails for a technical reason, we re-run it at no charge.
- Is face search legal?
- It depends what you use it for. Searching your own face, searching with someone's permission, or verifying who you are talking to online are legitimate. Stalking someone, or using results for hiring, housing or credit decisions, is not — the detsherlock terms forbid it, and every search is logged.
- Which photo gives the best results?
- A sharp, well-lit, front-facing photo where the face fills a good part of the frame. Glasses, masks, side angles and heavy filters all reduce accuracy. One face per photo: in a group shot there is no way to say which face you meant.
Guides
How to check who you are dealing with
Plain guides to verifying someone online, finding where your own photos have been used, and understanding what face search can and cannot tell you.
Is the person you're talking to real? How to spot a catfish
Practical ways to verify who you are actually talking to on a dating app or social media, before it costs you.
Where are my photos published online?
How to find where your own photos are being used without your permission, and how to get them taken down.
How does face search work?
What facial recognition search engines actually do, what they can find, and where they fall down.
Is there a free face search?
Which face search tools are genuinely free, which only look free, and when the free ones are enough.
How to choose a face search service
The five things that actually matter when comparing face search services, and the warning signs worth walking away from.
How to spot a fake Instagram account
Concrete ways to tell whether an Instagram account is real, and how to report one that is not.
How to do a Google reverse image search
Step by step, on desktop and phone, how to find where a photo has been used online with Google Images and Lens — and where it stops working.
How to use Yandex for face search
Why Yandex image search finds faces better than Google, how to use it, and what to know before you upload a photo.
What is Det Sherlock AI?
The answer behind the viral Det Sherlock AI searches: what face search is, whether you need an app, and which similarly named product is us.
Step 01 — Evidence