While searching for anything on Google, our tendency is to search with keywords. What if we need to search something similar to an image we say a few moments ago? This is where the benefit of reverse image search comes in.
The reverse image search feature will let you check Google for the complete list of all the pages where that image appears on the web. In other words, you can search Google using an image.
In this blog today, we are going to share the complete guide on reverse image searches on multiple search engines like Google, Yandex, Bing, and TinEye.
Let’s start with the basics first.
What is reverse image search?
In short, reverse image search is just like a simple Google search, but this time with images. It not only lets you explore the image in-depth but also gives you the details on the image size and where can you get it online.
Why should you choose reverse image search?
A reverse image search is extremely useful and You can use it for the following reasons:
- Seek interesting facts about a particular image you like.
- Get to know about the copyright status of the image before using it.
- Check the copyright violations on the images that you are using already
- Check out if other people are already using your images
How to perform reverse engine search on major search engines?
How to do Reverse image search on Google (desktop)
Let us show you the reverse image search on Google (desktop).
Firstly, you have to open Google. The reverse image search works on Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.
Secondly, open Google images. Go to the right side of the Google search bar and click on the ‘camera’ icon. Upload your image.
However, if you don’t have the image saved, then you can get the URL of an image. Open the Google camera icon once again and paste the URL of the image.
Lastly, click on the search. You will see the uploaded photo along with keywords. Next to the image, Google will tell you whether other sizes of images are available or not.
How to do reverse image search on Google Chrome app on mobile?
Now, let us try reverse image search through the Google Chrome app on mobile. Open Google image search on the Chrome app.
At first, search for your image by typing the image you were looking for. Click enter and a list of photos will appear. Save your desired image.
Now, when you open the image again, long-press it for a few seconds. You will see a drop-down menu with multiple options. One option will be to “search Google for this image”.
Select that option and a new tab will show you where this image is present and its different sizes as well.
How to do reverse image search on Google? (mobile browser)
Open Google images on your web browser. Get rid of the mobile view. To do this, you have to change the website settings to desktop view.
Click the three dots at the end or the top right corner of the browser. Choose the option of “request desktop website”. Now you will see Google as you see it on your computer.
Upload an image in the same way you would upload it on your computer. If you have the image saved you can upload it directly and if not then you can paste the URL.
Click on search to explore the results. Google will show you the related searches and also the images available with other sizes. You can check the other websites with the same picture.
How to do reverse image search on Google using iPhone?
Open the browser and then go to images.google.com. If you are using Safari, click on the ‘AA’ icon on the left.
If you are using Chrome, then look at the bottom-right of the screen for the three dots and click on it.
Select “request desktop site” and upload the images in the same way. Click ‘search’ to see the results.
Reverse image search on Bing
Click on the “images” option on the left-hand side of Bing’s homepage. Choose “search using an image” on the search bar.
You will get options like drag an image into the search bar, upload images, paste a URL, and take a photo. Unlike Google, in Bing, you can drag more than one image into the search bar.
You can do any of the above-mentioned actions and click on “search”. Click on the tabs to check the pages where the image comes up. You will find similar images and related searches.
How to reverse search for images on Yandex?
On Yandex, click on the images on the top left corner of the search bar. Then click on the camera icon.
You will have the option to enter the image URL or upload the picture from the desktop. If you decide to save and then upload the images from the desktop, you will find the results with all the available image sizes.
There is a “recognize text” button which will help you in searching or translating the words in the image.
How to perform reverse image search on TinEye?
TinEye is a search engine that offers a quick reverse image search option. Click on the upload button on the left side of the search bar to browse from the desktop’s saved images.
You can also paste the image’s URL into the search bar. You can also drag & drop the image from the browser tab right into the TinEye homepage.
The best part is, you can use a filter to search according to the newest or oldest post, image size, best match, and most changed. You will also have the option to filter by domain to get specific results.
In conclusion, it can be said that the reverse image search is easy to do on any mobile or desktop. Be it Mac or PC, Android or iPhone, you can still reap the benefits of it.
However, sometimes the reverse image searches might not work at one go. As a result, even if you upload the photo on the search bar, you will get zero results.
Such incidents happen because the websites prevent the images from getting indexed. Sometimes the data centers could be slightly out of sync. Thus, some users can find the image with reverse image search while others can’t.
