# FaceSearch > FaceSearch is a reverse face search engine that finds where a person's face appears online. Upload one photo and it scans social, dating, and public web sources for matches. ## Key facts - Category: Reverse face search engine - Input: one photo of a face. There is no text-query search. - Credits per search: 3 - Free credits on signup: 3, no credit card required - Uploaded images are deleted within 24 hours of search completion - Interface languages: 10 (en, zh, es, fr, de, ja, ko, pt, ru, ar) - Support: support@facesearch.net ## Topics covered - Reverse face search - Facial recognition search - Reverse image search - Catfish and romance scam detection - Online identity verification - Social media profile discovery - Image privacy and unauthorized photo use ## Core - [FaceSearch - Free Reverse Face Search | Find Anyone by Photo](https://facesearch.net): FaceSearch is a free reverse face search engine. Upload one photo to find matching faces across social, dating and web sources, verify identities and spot catfish. - [About FaceSearch | What Reverse Face Search Is and How It Works](https://facesearch.net/about): FaceSearch is a reverse face search engine. Learn what it does, how face matching works, what it deliberately does not do, how uploaded photos are handled, and who to contact. ## How reverse face search works - [What Is Reverse Face Search? How It Works and When to Use It](https://facesearch.net/reverse-face-search): Reverse face search finds where a person's face appears online by comparing facial geometry, not filenames. How it works, how it differs from image search, and its limits. - [Face Search vs Reverse Image Search: What Is the Difference?](https://facesearch.net/face-search-vs-reverse-image-search): Reverse image search finds copies of your file. Face search finds the person in it. What each one matches on, when to use which, and why results differ so much. - [Is Reverse Face Search Legal? Rules by Region, Explained](https://facesearch.net/is-face-search-legal): Whether reverse face search is legal depends on where you are and what you do with the result. How GDPR, BIPA and US state law treat face data, explained. - [How to Spot a Catfish: 9 Signs and How to Verify a Photo](https://facesearch.net/how-to-spot-a-catfish): Catfish profiles follow patterns. The warning signs in a profile and in conversation, how to verify a photo with reverse face search, and what to do once you know. - [Face Search Returned No Results: What It Means and What to Try](https://facesearch.net/face-search-no-results): An empty face search result is information, not a failure. What no results actually tells you, the photo problems that cause it, and what to change before searching again. - [Face Search Glossary: The Terms Explained Plainly](https://facesearch.net/face-search-glossary): Embedding, confidence score, false positive, biometric identifier, liveness. The vocabulary of reverse face search, defined in plain language with why each one matters. - [How Facial Recognition Works: Embeddings, Thresholds, Limits](https://facesearch.net/how-facial-recognition-works): Facial recognition turns a face into a list of numbers and compares distances. What a face embedding holds, what a match threshold decides, and what the technology cannot do. - [How to Remove Your Face From Face Search Results](https://facesearch.net/remove-face-from-search): FaceSearch keeps no face index to remove you from. Here is how removal actually works: the source sites, the face-search indexes, and your legal right to erasure. - [How Accurate Is Reverse Face Search?](https://facesearch.net/face-search-accuracy): What a face match accuracy figure means, what a confidence score measures, and why an accurate matcher still returns the wrong person at web scale. - [How to Find Someone Using a Photo](https://facesearch.net/how-to-find-someone-by-photo): The steps to find someone from a single photo: which image to use, what a face search can and cannot return, and how to check a match before acting on it. - [Reverse Video Search: Find Someone From a Video](https://facesearch.net/reverse-video-search): No engine searches a video file for a person. The working method is to take one clear frame and run a reverse face search on it. Here is how to pick that frame. - [How to Verify Someone You Met Online: A Step-by-Step Check](https://facesearch.net/verify-someone-you-met-online): A reverse face search is one check, not proof of identity. The steps that actually verify someone you met online, what a face match proves, and what it cannot. - [Reverse Face Search on a Phone: iPhone and Android](https://facesearch.net/face-search-on-phone): You can run a reverse face search entirely from a phone, from the camera roll or a screenshot. The steps on iPhone and Android, and why a phone search comes back empty. - [How Much Does a Reverse Face Search Cost?](https://facesearch.net/pricing): What a face search costs, what a credit buys, whether a genuinely free reverse face search exists, and how to choose between a monthly plan and a credit pack. ## Platform face search - [TikTok Face Search - Find TikTok Users by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/tiktok-user-finder): Find matching TikTok profiles from any photo. FaceSearch identifies creators, verifies influencers, and detects catfish accounts across platforms. - [Instagram Face Search - Find Users by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/instagram-user-search): Find matching public Instagram profiles from any photo. FaceSearch's Instagram face search identifies users, verifies influencers, and protects your brand. - [Facebook Face Search - Find Profiles by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/facebook-user-search): Uncover matching Facebook profiles from a single photo. FaceSearch scans public posts, Groups, and linked platforms to verify identities and expose fakes. - [Twitter/X Face Search - Find Profiles by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/twitter-user-search): Identify Twitter/X accounts from a photo. FaceSearch reads avatars and Spaces covers to attribute viral clips and track impersonators in seconds. - [LinkedIn Face Search - Find Profiles by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/linkedin-user-search): Verify a LinkedIn presence from any photo. FaceSearch confirms candidate and executive identities, flags duplicate accounts, and speeds compliance checks. - [Snapchat Face Search - Find Users by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/snapchat-user-search): Identify Snapchat users from a selfie or screenshot. FaceSearch matches faces across platforms to protect teens and expose copycat accounts. - [YouTube Face Search - Find Channels by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/youtube-face-search): Discover YouTube creators by face. FaceSearch scans thumbnails, channel art, and video frames to match any photo to the right YouTube channels. - [Social Media Finder - Find Anyone by Photo | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/social-finder): Find a person across all social media by photo. FaceSearch matches faces on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, and 100+ platforms instantly. - [FaceSearch - Reverse Face Search Engine](https://facesearch.net/facesearch-ai): Upload a photo and FaceSearch scans 100+ social, dating, and web sources with neural facial recognition to link identities and flag risk in seconds. - [Cheater Finder by Photo - Catch a Cheater | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/cheater-finder): Suspect infidelity? FaceSearch's cheater finder scans dating sites, social media, and the web by photo to uncover hidden profiles and reveal the truth. ## Policies and support - [Contact Us | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/contact): Reach the FaceSearch team for support, billing, partnership, or privacy questions. We're here to help with any request about reverse face search. - [Support Policy | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/support): How FaceSearch handles support requests, billing questions, technical issues, and account help: response times, contact channels, and what to expect. - [Refund Policy | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/refund-policy): FaceSearch refund rules for credits, subscriptions, completed searches, technical failures, and payment disputes: what qualifies and how to request one. - [Privacy Policy | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/privacy): How FaceSearch collects, uses, stores, and protects your data, including photo handling, biometric processing, data retention, and your privacy rights. - [Terms of Service | FaceSearch](https://facesearch.net/terms): The terms governing your use of FaceSearch: acceptable use, account rules, billing and credits, liability, and the responsible-use policy for face search. ## Optional - [Full text](https://facesearch.net/llms-full.txt): every page description, key facts, and the full FAQ in one file. - [Sitemap](https://facesearch.net/sitemap.xml): all 31 pages across 10 locales, with hreflang. - Other languages: [zh](https://facesearch.net/zh), [es](https://facesearch.net/es), [fr](https://facesearch.net/fr), [de](https://facesearch.net/de), [ja](https://facesearch.net/ja), [ko](https://facesearch.net/ko), [pt](https://facesearch.net/pt), [ru](https://facesearch.net/ru), [ar](https://facesearch.net/ar)