Back up photos & videos

About dorsum upwardly 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 be accessible from any device where you are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Any photos yous take from a device with fill-in enabled will be saved to your Google Business relationship.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits you make or photos you have volition be accessible across any device that y'all sign in to. If y'all edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo will look the aforementioned on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You lot tin search your photos past the people (when you've enabled face group), 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 support photos & videos

  • Good cyberspace connection.
  • File sizes that can be backed upward.  Your files won't be backed upwardly 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 exist backed up if you 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 dorsum up a file type not listed here, information technology may not piece of 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 lot won't exist able to back up new files.

Types of RAW files you tin back up

Canon
EOS-1D Ten Mark III, EOS-1D X Mark Ii, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Mark Ii, EOS-1D Marking Iv, EOS-1D Marker 3, EOS-1D Marking II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D Marking IV, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Mark 2, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Marking Two, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Marking Two, 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 Insubordinate T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Buss 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 Kiss X10 (EOS REBEL SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D Ii), EOS Kiss 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 Osculation X3 (EOS REBEL T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Osculation X90 (EOS Insubordinate T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Osculation X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Buss X50 (EOS Rebel T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Buss F (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Buss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital N (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Mark Two, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 Ten Marker III, PowerShot G7 Ten Mark II, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Mark 2, PowerShot G5 10, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 Ten Mark Iii, PowerShot G1 X 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
East-M1, E-M5, East-M10, Due east-P1, East-P2, 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 Marking II, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Marking 2, 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 Two, RX100, RX100 Mark 2, RX100 Mark Three, RX100 Mark 4

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn support & sync on or off

Earlier you commencement, make sure yous're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back upward photos and videos: Under "Backup account", tap the account proper noun.
  • Alter your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more about upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Back up device folders and select the folders you want to dorsum up.
  • Back up on mobile data: If yous don't want to wait 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 Cell data usage and plough on Back up while roaming.

Dorsum 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 US. If y'all apply ane of these operators, yous may see an option that enables fill-in for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

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

Set a daily dorsum up limit

Troubleshoot bug with auto backup

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

Turn off battery optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed upwards

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the tiptop right, tap your account profile photo or initial.
  4. Y'all can view if backup is complete or if you have items in wait to support. Learn how to set up fill-in bug.

Costs to support

As of June one, 2021, whatever new photos or videos you back up in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Express quality volition 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 photo and video fill-in options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with xv GB of storage.

Cheque your Google Business relationship storage.

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

Related resources

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

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