How to Find Every Image You Created in Image Playground

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The Image Playground feature in the Messages app also has a standalone app called Playground. The Image Playground library, which contains all your saved generated images, can be accessed from the Playground app, but also directly from the Messages app. Learn how to find all the images you’ve created using Image Playground.

Why You’ll Love This Tip:

  • Find all the images you’ve created using the Image Playground Apple Intelligence features in one place.
  • Learn how to access your Image Playground library directly from the Messages app.

How to Access Images Created in Image Playground

System Requirements

This tip works on the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, and iPhone 16 Pro, running iOS 18.2 or later with Apple Intelligence enabled. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.

We’ve already covered how to use Image Playground to generate unique images or artwork, but where does it go once you save it? You can access all your images via the standalone Apple Image Playground app (free) or from within the Messages app.

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  1. Open Playground.

    Open Playground.
  2. You’ll be taken to your Image Playground library. Scroll down to see your images. You can long-press an image to edit, share, copy, duplicate, add caption, or delete it.

    You’ll be taken to your library, scroll down to see your images. You can long-press an image to edit, share, copy, duplicate, add caption, or delete it.
  3. Next, open the Messages app and start a new message thread or navigate to an existing one. Tap the plus icon.

    Next, open the Messages app and start a new message thread or navigate to an existing one. Tap the plus icon.
  4. Select Image Playground, you may need to scroll to see more options if you don’t see Image Playground right away.

    Select Image Playground, you may need to scroll to see more options if you don’t see Image Playground right away.
  5. Tap the x icon in the top left corner.

    Tap the x icon in the top left corner. 
  6. Select Library.

    Select Library.
  7. Below the text field, you’ll see all your generated images.

    Below the text field, you’ll see all your generated images.
  8. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to see more images.

    Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to see more images.

Now you know where the Image Playground generations go once you save them! To return from viewing your images to creating a new image, just tap the plus icon. Next, learn how to use ChatGPT in Visual Intelligence, another neat Apple Intelligence feature.

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Olena Kagui is a Feature Writer at iPhone Life. In the last 10 years, she has been published in dozens of publications internationally and won an excellence award. Since joining iPhone Life in 2020, she has written how-to articles as well as complex guides about Apple products, software, and apps. Olena grew up using Macs and exploring all the latest tech. Her Maui home is the epitome of an Apple ecosystem, full of compatible smart gear to boot. Olena’s favorite device is the Apple Watch Ultra because it can survive all her adventures and travels, and even her furbabies.