Back up photos & videos

About 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 are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Whatsoever photos you take from a device with backup enabled volition be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automated sync: Whatever edits you make or photos you take volition exist accessible beyond any device that you sign in to. If you edit and salve a photo on your phone, the photo volition look the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You tin search your photos past the people (when you've enabled face 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 lot get started

What you need to dorsum upwards photos & videos

  • Good net 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 10 GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 x 256.
  • File types that can be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos can be backed upwardly if yous 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 back up a file type not listed here, it may not work with Google Photos.

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

Types of RAW files you can back upwards

Canon
EOS-1D X Mark III, EOS-1D X Marking II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark 3, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1D Marker Four, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Mark Ii, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Marking II North, EOS 5D Marking Four, EOS 5D Marker III, EOS 5D Mark Two, 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 2, 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 REBEL T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS REBEL T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss 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 Kiss X9 (EOS Rebel SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS REBEL SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS Rebel T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Kiss X4 (EOS Insubordinate T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS Rebel T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Buss X90 (EOS REBEL T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Buss X70 (EOS Insubordinate T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Kiss X50 (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS One thousand, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Mark Ii, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 Ten Mark Iii, PowerShot G7 X Mark II, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Mark Two, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 X Marking III, PowerShot G1 10 Mark Two, PowerShot G1 10, 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, Due east-M5, Eastward-M10, Due east-P1, E-P2, East-P3, East-P5, Eastward-PL3, East-PL5, E-PL7, OM-D Due east-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 Mark II, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-seven, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark Two, RX100, RX100 Marking II, RX100 Marker 3, RX100 Mark Iv

DNG files
All .dng files

Plough back up & sync on or off

Before you start, make sure you lot're signed in.

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

Back up with unrestricted data

Some mobile operators provide access to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is information 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 United states. If you use one of these operators, y'all may see an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

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

Gear up a daily back up limit

Troubleshoot issues with motorcar backup

Important: Back up & sync might not piece of work well if yous have bombardment optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you lot have this issue, you can plow off battery optimization.

Plow off bombardment optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed upwardly

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the peak right, tap your business relationship contour photo or initial.
  4. You can view if backup is complete or if you have items in wait to back up. Larn how to set up fill-in problems.

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 Business relationship storage. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more nigh photograph and video backup options.

Each Google Account comes with xv GB of storage.

Check your Google Business relationship storage.

Important: Any photos or videos y'all've backed up in Loftier quality or Express quality before June 1, 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

Was this helpful?

How tin can we better it?