Back up photos & videos

About back up and sync

Back upwards and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos volition be attainable from any device where you lot are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a retentivity: Any photos you take from a device with backup enabled will be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits you brand or photos you take will exist accessible across any device that you sign in to. If you edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo will look the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos by the people (when you lot've enabled face up grouping), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automatic creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Before you get started

What you need to back upward photos & videos

  • Skilful net connection.
  • File sizes that tin can exist backed up.  Your files won't exist backed upwardly if they are:
    • Photos larger than 200 MB or 150 MP
    • Videos larger than x GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 x 256.
  • File types that tin be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos can be backed up if you lot utilise the Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
    • Videos: .mpg, .mod, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files.

If you try to support a file type not listed here, it may non work with Google Photos.

Important: Your Google Account storage is shared across multiple products like Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. If yous have used all of your storage, you won't be able to back up new files.

Types of RAW files you lot can back up

Canon
EOS-1D X Mark Three, EOS-1D 10 Marking II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark 3, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1D Marking Four, EOS-1D Marker Three, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Marker Two Northward, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark 3, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Marking Ii, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Mark II, EOS 7D, EOS 90D, EOS 80D, EOS 70D, EOS 60D, EOS 60Da, EOS 50D, EOS 40D, EOS 30D, EOS 20D, EOS 20Da, EOS 9000D (EOS 77D), EOS 8000D (EOS REBEL T6S/EOS 760D), EOS Buss X10i (EOS Insubordinate T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Osculation X9i (EOS Rebel T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Buss X7i (EOS Rebel T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Osculation X10 (EOS Rebel SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Buss X9 (EOS Insubordinate SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS REBEL SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Osculation X5 (EOS REBEL T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Buss X4 (EOS Insubordinate T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Osculation X3 (EOS REBEL T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Osculation X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS Rebel T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS Rebel T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Osculation X70 (EOS Rebel T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Osculation X50 (EOS Rebel T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Buss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Buss Thousand (EOS M50), EOS M6 Marker II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Mark II, PowerShot G9 Ten, PowerShot G7 X Mark III, PowerShot G7 X Mark II, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Marking II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 X Mark III, PowerShot G1 X Marking 2, PowerShot G1 X, PowerShot G16, PowerShot G15, PowerShot G12, PowerShot G11, PowerShot G10, PowerShot S120, PowerShot S110, PowerShot S100, PowerShot S95, PowerShot S90, PowerShot SX70 HS, PowerShot SX60 HS, PowerShot SX50 HS, PowerShot SX1 IS

Fuji
X100

Nikon
1AW1, 1J1, 1J2, 1J3, 1J4, 1S1, 1S2, 1V1, 1V2, 1V3, D3, D3X, D4, D4S, D40, D40X, D50, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D90, D200, D300, D300s, D600, D610, D700, D750, D800, D800E, D810, D3000, D3100, D3200, D3300, D5000, D5100, D5200, D5300, D5500, D7000, D7100, D7200, Df
Coolpix: A, P7800

Olympus
E-M1, Eastward-M5, Eastward-M10, Eastward-P1, Eastward-P2, Due east-P3, E-P5, East-PL3, E-PL5, Eastward-PL7, OM-D East-M5 Marking II

Panasonic
CM1, FZ300, G70, GF1, GF3, GF5, GF7, GH3, GH4, GM1, GM5, GX1, GX8, LX5, LX7, LX100

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Marker Ii, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Mark Two, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark Ii, RX100, RX100 Mark II, RX100 Mark III, RX100 Marking IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Plough support & sync on or off

Before yous start, make sure yous're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back up photos and videos: Under "Backup account", tap the account name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more than about upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Support device folders and select the folders you lot desire to support.
  • Back up on mobile data: If you don't want to wait for Wi-Fi to back upwards your videos, under "Cellular information usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may apply if you lot upload using your mobile network.
  • Back up while roaming: In Photos, open up Settings and tap Back up & sync and then Cell information usage and turn on Support while roaming.

Back up with unrestricted information

Some mobile operators provide access to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is data that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This option is currently available to some users on operators like Verizon and AT&T in the US. If you apply ane of these operators, you may run across an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

Important: Access to unrestricted information may exist limited to 5G.

Set a daily back upward limit

Troubleshoot bug with auto backup

Important: Back up & sync might not work well if you lot have bombardment optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you lot take this effect, you can plough off battery optimization.

Turn off battery optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the top right, tap your business relationship contour photo or initial.
  4. You tin can view if backup is complete or if y'all have items in wait to dorsum up. Acquire how to set up backup bug.

Costs to back up

As of June 1, 2021, whatsoever new photos or videos you dorsum upwards in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Limited quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed upwardly in Original quality will proceed to count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more most photograph and video fill-in options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with fifteen GB of storage.

Check your Google Account storage.

Important: Any photos or videos you've backed up in High quality or Express quality before June one, 2021 won't count toward your Google Account storage.

Related resources

  • Download photos or videos to your device
  • Stop syncing Google Drive files with Backup and Sync
  • How your Google storage works

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