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 will be 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.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits you make or photos you take will exist attainable across whatever device that you sign in to. If you edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo will expect the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos by the people (when you lot'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 become started

What yous need to dorsum up photos & videos

  • Good internet connection.
  • File sizes that can be backed upward.  Your files won't exist 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 can be backed upward.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos tin can be backed upwards if you use the Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
    • Videos: .mpg, .modernistic, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files.

If you lot endeavor to back up a file blazon not listed hither, information technology may non work with Google Photos.

Important: Your Google Business relationship 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 back up new files.

Types of RAW files you tin support

Catechism
EOS-1D 10 Mark III, EOS-1D X Marking Ii, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark 3, EOS-1Ds Marker II, EOS-1D Marking Iv, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Marking II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Marking 2 Due north, EOS 5D Marker 4, EOS 5D Mark Three, EOS 5D Mark Ii, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark 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 Kiss X10i (EOS REBEL T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS REBEL T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Osculation X8i (EOS Insubordinate T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Kiss X7i (EOS REBEL T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Buss 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 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 REBEL T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Buss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Buss X70 (EOS Insubordinate T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Osculation X50 (EOS Rebel T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss 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 Grand, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Mark Ii, PowerShot G9 10, PowerShot G7 X Marking III, PowerShot G7 10 Marking Two, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Marker II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 Ten, PowerShot G1 10 Marker 3, PowerShot G1 Ten Mark Two, PowerShot G1 Ten, 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, East-P1, E-P2, Due east-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, Due east-PL5, E-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 Two, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Mark Two, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-five, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Marking II, RX100, RX100 Mark 2, RX100 Mark Iii, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back upward & sync on or off

Modify your fill-in settings

  • Choose the Google Business relationship to back up photos and videos: Nether "Fill-in account," tap the business relationship proper name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more than about upload sizes.
  • Support on mobile data: If you don't desire to wait for Wi-Fi to back up your photos, nether "When to support," tap Use cellular data to back up photos or Use cellular information to back up videos. Charges from your service provider may utilise if you upload using your mobile network.

Bank check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. In the pinnacle correct, tap your Google Account contour picture show.
  4. You tin can view if backup is complete or if you accept items in wait to dorsum up. Learn how to fix backup issues.

Costs to dorsum up

As of June 1, 2021, any new photos or videos yous support in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Express quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality will keep to count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Acquire more about photo and video fill-in options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with 15 GB of storage.

Check your Google Account storage.

Important: Whatever photos or videos you've backed up in Loftier quality or Limited 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 Backup and Sync
  • How your Google storage works

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