Does Target Take Passport Photos in 2026? No — Here's What Replaced It

If you searched “does Target take passport photos” because you were hoping to drive to a Target this weekend and walk out with photos, here’s the short version: you can’t. Target closed every in-store Photo Center in January 2022 and hasn’t reopened them. As of May 1, 2026, that’s still true.

This is one of those cases where the search engine, the older blog posts, and Target’s own website all gently imply something the stores no longer do. It’s confusing on purpose — Target redirects passport photo searches to a partner called Ezprints, which delivers prints by mail. So technically Target “offers” passport photos. Practically, the in-store thing you’re picturing isn’t there.

Wait, So What Actually Happens If I Drive to Target?

Nothing useful for passport photos. Target Photo Centers — the kiosk areas where the passport photo machine used to live — were removed across all stores in early 2022. The space mostly got reabsorbed into other departments. Some Target locations still print regular 4×6 photos through a Walgreens-style upload service or an in-aisle kiosk, but none of those do passport photo cropping or compliance checking. You’d be ordering a generic print of whatever you uploaded, sized however your phone took it.

Don’t drive to Target for this. That’s the honest answer.

What’s the Ezprints Thing Then?

Ezprints is Target’s online passport photo partner — a separate company that handles everything by mail. You upload a photo to Target’s site, Ezprints prints it, and it ships to your home. The pricing is straightforward but the math gets ugly fast:

• $9.99 for 4 printed 2×2 photos
• $5.50ish for standard shipping (about 10 days)
• ~$25 for express if you actually need them this week

So you’re realistically looking at $15.49 to $34.99 depending on how fast you need it, with zero in-store pickup option. Cross-referenced this against five independent guides on May 1, 2026 — see the source compilation in evidence/target-passport-photo/discontinuation-research-2026-05-01.md — and the price has been stable for at least the last few months across all of them.

If you have time and want printed photos by mail, this works. If you need photos this week, it doesn’t.

When Is Ezprints Actually the Right Call?

Honestly, narrow set of cases. If you specifically want printed photos delivered to your house, you don’t have a working printer at home, you don’t have a CVS or Walgreens nearby, AND you have at least 10 days before you need them — Ezprints fits. The brand familiarity (you trust Target enough to give them the order) is real value for some people.

For everyone else — if you have time pressure, OR you can pick up at a nearby store, OR you need a digital file for an online passport renewal — there’s no scenario where Ezprints is the better choice. CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, USPS, AAA, and a phone-based workflow all beat it on at least one of speed, cost, or digital availability.

So What Should I Actually Do?

Depends on your timeline.

Today: Most CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart locations do passport photos in 10-15 minutes for $7.44 to $16.99. Walk in, walk out. Or use 1 Dollar Passport Photo on your phone for $1 — auto-cropped to the 2×2 US spec, background-removed, compliance-checked — then print at any nearby photo kiosk for around $0.35. Total ~$1.35. NOT right if you don’t have a phone with you, or want a person to visually check the photo before it gets printed.

This week: Same options, plus AAA if you’re a member (some clubs include it free).

Two weeks out and want printed photos by mail: Ezprints via Target works.

Online passport renewal (DS-82): None of the in-store options give you a digital file by default, and Ezprints definitely doesn’t. You need a digital-first workflow — either pay extra at a service that includes the digital file, or use a phone-based workflow that gives you the file directly.

What was your timeline?