Support photos & videos

Well-nigh 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 retentiveness: Whatever photos you take from a device with backup enabled volition be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits yous make or photos you take will be attainable across any device that you sign in to. If you edit and salvage a photo on your telephone, the photo will look the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You tin can search your photos past the people (when you've enabled face up grouping), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automated creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Earlier y'all get started

What you demand to back up photos & videos

  • Proficient internet connection.
  • File sizes that tin 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 ten 256.
  • File types that can be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Alive photos can be backed up if you apply 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, information technology may non work with Google Photos.

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

Types of RAW files y'all tin can back up

Catechism
EOS-1D X Mark Three, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Mark Two, EOS-1D Marking IV, EOS-1D Marker III, EOS-1D Mark Ii, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark Ii N, EOS 5D Mark Iv, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark Two, 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 Osculation X10i (EOS REBEL T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS REBEL T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Kiss X7i (EOS Insubordinate T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Buss X6i (EOS Insubordinate T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Osculation X10 (EOS Rebel SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Osculation X9 (EOS Rebel SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS Rebel SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Osculation X5 (EOS Rebel T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Osculation X4 (EOS REBEL T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Buss 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 Buss X50 (EOS Rebel T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Buss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital Due north (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark 2, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 10 Marker Two, PowerShot G9 10, PowerShot G7 Ten Mark Three, PowerShot G7 Ten Marker 2, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Mark 2, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 X Marker 3, PowerShot G1 10 Marker II, 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, E-M5, E-M10, E-P1, East-P2, Due east-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, E-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-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Marking II, RX100, RX100 Mark II, RX100 Mark III, RX100 Marker IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Plow back up & sync on or off

Before you starting time, make certain you're signed in.

  • Cull the Google Business relationship to back up photos and videos: Nether "Fill-in account", tap the account name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more nigh upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Back up device folders and select the folders y'all desire to back upwards.
  • Back up on mobile data: If you don't desire to look for Wi-Fi to support your videos, under "Cellular information usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may apply if you upload using your mobile network.
  • Back up while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Back up & sync and then Prison cell information usage and plow on Support while roaming.

Support 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 lot utilise one of these operators, you may see an option that enables fill-in for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

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

Fix a daily dorsum upwards limit

Troubleshoot bug with machine backup

Of import: Dorsum upwards & sync might not piece of work well if y'all have bombardment optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you have this issue, yous tin turn off battery optimization.

Turn off battery optimization on other Android devices

Cheque if your photos are backed upwardly

  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 profile photo or initial.
  4. You can view if backup is complete or if you have items in look to support. Larn how to fix backup issues.

Costs to dorsum upward

Equally of June 1, 2021, whatsoever new photos or videos you dorsum up in Storage saver quality (previously named Loftier quality) or Express quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more about photograph and video backup options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with 15 GB of storage.

Bank check your Google Account storage.

Important: Any photos or videos yous've backed upwards in High quality or Express quality before June 1, 2021 won't count toward your Google Business relationship 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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