Back upwards photos & videos

Virtually back up and sync

Back up and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos will exist accessible from any device where you lot are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Any photos y'all take from a device with backup enabled volition be saved to your Google Business relationship.
  • Automated sync: Any edits you make or photos y'all accept will exist accessible across whatever device that you sign in to. If you edit and save a photograph on your phone, the photograph will await the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos by the people (when you lot've enabled confront 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 y'all get started

What you need to back up photos & videos

  • Adept internet connection.
  • File sizes that can be backed up.  Your files won't be backed up if they are:
    • Photos larger than 200 MB or 150 MP
    • Videos larger than ten GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 x 256.
  • File types that tin exist backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos tin can be backed upwards if you lot use 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 not work with Google Photos.

Important: Your Google Business relationship storage is shared across multiple products like Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. If you take used all of your storage, you won't be able to support new files.

Types of RAW files y'all can back up

Catechism
EOS-1D Ten Marker III, EOS-1D X Marking II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark 3, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Marker II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark Two N, EOS 5D Marking Iv, EOS 5D Marker III, EOS 5D Mark 2, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark 2, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Marker 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 Insubordinate T6S/EOS 760D), EOS Kiss X10i (EOS REBEL T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS REBEL T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Osculation X8i (EOS Rebel T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Osculation X7i (EOS REBEL T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS Insubordinate SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Osculation X9 (EOS REBEL SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS Rebel SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS Insubordinate T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Kiss X4 (EOS Rebel T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS Rebel T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS Insubordinate T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Kiss X50 (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital 10 (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation 1000 (EOS M50), EOS M6 Marker II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS Chiliad, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Mark II, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Mark Iii, PowerShot G7 10 Marking II, PowerShot G7 Ten, PowerShot G5 X Mark II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 Ten, PowerShot G1 Ten Mark Iii, PowerShot G1 Ten Mark II, 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, E-P1, E-P2, East-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, Due east-PL5, Due east-PL7, OM-D E-M5 Mark II

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

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Mark II, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Marker Two, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-v, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-six, NEX-seven, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark II, RX100, RX100 Mark 2, RX100 Mark Iii, RX100 Marker IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back up & sync on or off

Earlier you start, make certain you're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back up photos and videos: Nether "Backup account", tap the account proper noun.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Acquire more than near upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Back up device folders and select the folders you desire to back up.
  • Dorsum upwardly on mobile information: If y'all don't want to wait for Wi-Fi to back up your videos, under "Cellular data usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may utilise if you lot upload using your mobile network.
  • Support while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Back up & sync and then Cell information usage and plough on Back up 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 choice is currently available to some users on operators like Verizon and AT&T in the US. If yous utilise i of these operators, you may see an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

Important: Access to unrestricted data may be limited to 5G.

Fix a daily back up limit

Troubleshoot issues with motorcar backup

Important: Dorsum upwards & sync might not work well if you have bombardment optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you have this issue, you lot tin can turn off battery optimization.

Turn off bombardment optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the height right, tap your account profile photo or initial.
  4. You can view if backup is consummate or if you accept items in expect to back up. Larn how to gear up fill-in issues.

Costs to support

As of June 1, 2021, any new photos or videos you back up in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Limited quality volition count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality will go along to count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Larn more than virtually photo and video backup options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with 15 GB of storage.

Bank check your Google Business relationship storage.

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

Related resources

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

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