# Young filter: see yourself as a younger adult

> The young filter on Age Filter shows an adult as a younger adult. Upload one photo, choose 10 years younger or a target age such as 25, and Nano Banana 2 smooths lines and restores hair color and fullness while keeping your features, pose and clothes. It stops at about 20: requests for a child or teen look become a young adult, and photos of minors are not allowed. Each photo costs 20 credits.

Turn back the clock on a photo: fewer lines, fuller hair, your natural hair color. The young filter goes back as far as a young adult of about 20, never to childhood.

## At a glance

- **What you upload:** One clear photo of an adult face: yours, or of someone who agreed (PNG, JPEG or WebP, up to 10 MB)
- **Price per photo:** 20 credits, at 1K or 2K
- **Cost in dollars:** About $0.19–$0.25 a photo; packs from $4.99
- **Youngest look:** A young adult of about 20; never a child or a teenager
- **Account:** Free account; every photo uses purchased credits

- 10 or 20 years younger
- Never younger than about 20
- Your features, not a beauty filter

[Try the young filter](https://agefilter.app/create)

## What the young filter does

- **Smoother, natural skin**: Fine lines and wrinkles fade, and the brief asks the model for natural skin texture rather than an airbrushed look.
- **Hair as it was**: Gray turns back to a natural color and thinning hair fills in, with your hairstyle kept unless you ask for another.
- **Your features stay**: The brief asks the model to keep your face shape, eye color, skin tone and expression, and not to slim or beautify your face.
- **An adult floor**: Nobody is shown younger than about 20. Asking for a teen or child look gives a young adult instead.

## How to use the young filter

1. **Upload one photo**: Use a clear photo of an adult face: yours, or that of an adult who agreed.
2. **Pick how much younger**: Tap 10 years younger or Younger, about 25, or type any age of 20 or more.
3. **Compare and download**: Keep the variation that looks most natural and download it.

## Young filter vs beauty filter

A beauty filter smooths skin, enlarges eyes or slims a face while keeping your age. A young filter changes age: it brings back hair color and fullness and softens lines, and it keeps your features as they are.

That makes it good for throwback jokes, birthday posts and story characters, and a poor choice for a profile or dating photo, which should show you as you look today.


## Why the young filter stops at adulthood

Making adults look like children is easy to misuse, so this filter does not do it. Every request is wrapped in a brief that keeps people at about 20 or older and fully clothed, and the terms forbid uploading photos of anyone under 18.

If you want to see yourself as a child, a real photo from your family album is the honest answer; the model has never seen how you looked back then.


## Tips for a natural younger look

Younger looks are subtle, so small details in the request matter:

- Ask for 10 years younger before trying 20
- Name your natural hair color if you have gone gray
- Say keep my glasses or keep my beard if you want them
- Use soft front light; harsh light reads as lines

## More from Age Filter

- [Age filter](https://agefilter.app/): Older or younger from one photo.
- [Face age AI](https://agefilter.app/face-age): What the AI changes in each decade.
- [Old age filter](https://agefilter.app/old-age-filter): The other direction: 70, 80 or 90.
- [Aging prompts](https://agefilter.app/prompts): Younger-adult presets to copy.

## Age Filter pricing: credit packs, no subscription

- Starter: $4.99, 400 credits
- Party: $12.99, 1,200 credits
- Album: $27.99, 3,000 credits

## Young filter FAQ

### Can the young filter make me look like a child?

No. It stops at a young adult of about 20. Requests for a baby, child or teen look are shown as a young adult instead, and photos of anyone under 18 are not allowed.

### Is the young filter free?

Signing up is free; each photo uses purchased credits (20 a photo, about $0.19–$0.25). There are no free trial photos. Packs start at $4.99.

### Will I look like I really did when I was younger?

Not exactly. The model draws a believable younger version from today's photo; it has never seen your old photos. Your own albums show the real you.

### Can I use it for a dating or profile photo?

We do not recommend it. A profile photo should show how you look today, and a younger AI version can mislead people. Use it for fun posts and labeled throwbacks.

## See a younger you

Upload one photo and pick 10 years younger. Never younger than about 20; credits per photo.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_