Google photo QA: Google chrome

Question: Google chrome

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Question: All my stuff is public! I want files photos private. I forgot how to change it. I didnt vhange it!!!

Need help securing my stuff again!!! Memory problems!

Doreen,

None of the pictures you upload to Google Photos will be visible to the public or to anybody else unless you manually and intentionally choose to share them.

Also, even if you do share some pictures, none of the subsequent pictures you upload will be shared unless you again add them to a shared album. This does not happen automatically, you must do it step by step yourself. This is on purpose to prevent accidental or unintentional sharing of private photos.

You can see all of the albums you're sharing by tapping on the Sharing tab at the bottom of the Google Photos app screen. You'll see a list of all shared albums, both your own as well as albums you've joined that belong to someone else.

If you no longer want to share the albums you've created, you can open the album, tap the 3-dot icon in the upper right corner, then choose to stop sharing. From that point forward, nobody will be able to see the pictures that are in that particular album.

You can see the official Google Photos Help page about this by following the link below:

Stop sharing an album & manage settings

Let me know if you have more questions about this.

Regards,

~ Greg

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Thank you so much Greg!!! I've had some problems with someone accessing my account etc. And I see that a few profile pictures are made public which doesn't really bother me but I do not want all of archive public. In fact I have to read how to to save them but first can you tell me are those private too. The only reason the profile pictures are public is because they were public on my facebook I'm guessing? Thank you for your help in advance!

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If that person does not reshare without asking your permission or download some of your pictures for use outside her own computer, sharing is safe.

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Doreen,

None of the pictures you upload to Google Photos will be visible to the public or to anybody else unless you manually and intentionally choose to share them.

You can see the official Google Photos Help page about this by following the link below:

Stop sharing an album & manage settings

Let me know if you have more questions about this.

Regards,

~ Greg

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Question: have photos in storage i want to keep them can i extract them?

can i extract photos from storage?

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Question: Google resizes photos from one camera different from others

Google resizes the pictures from my old 20D differently from those of my other cameras. For example …

Google resizes the pictures from my old 20D differently from those of my other cameras. For example I use a Nexus 5 and I Google saves them at a pretty decent size. Google also saves my iPhone photos taken on my phone at a pretty decent size. However the photos from my 20D are saved at very small files sizes (e,g. 500KB). Does anyone know why it does this with this one camera?

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The 20D is an old 8 MP camera, so its normal jpg-files wil be between 2-3 MB and uploaded in high quality setting (see https://photos.google.com/settings in your browser), they generally will be compressed to a value around 1 MB.

But that value also can be 0,5 MB or 1,5 MB depending on the image-contents.

So nothing strange.

Perhaps your mobile-cameras are uploading in original quality in the Photos-app: look into its settings.

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There is nothing necessarily wrong with 500k as the algorithm used is very efficient. What you need to do is download an original and a HQ then compare how they look side by side. I agree with Rinus in that it is simply because the age of the camera. It isn't the same standard as today's mobile phones can offer.

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I don't agree Peter, but people always come with one extreme example instead of taking some average over at least 10 randomly chosen pictures.

For example: I just saw an example from a modern 24 MP Samsung smartphone with produces files around 8 MB. But uploading in HQ-mode downsizes to 16 MP and further jpg-compression downsized to 0,5 MB. But the same owner did not share an album with at least 10 quite different pictures with me, so I even can't do any averaging. Because then I would have found something like 2 MB and that feels better :-)

Goodnight / Rinus

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Goodmorning from here

This graphics shows that the Google-compression changes largely per file resulting in 11-62% of the original filesize (35% on average):

Any discussion about visual losses in quality is quite complicated and confusing, because then you should upload at least 10 sharp pictures in original quality in order to able to view them in the same browser on the same HD monitor and almost nobody is doing that.

Thereby any conclusion based on one filesize only is useless and we should take the words "High Quality" seriously. To pay or not to pay: that is the real question.

PS: at the same time the same users use the extreme heic-compression on their iPhones :-)

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Thanks for your help. I am pretty happy with Google photo for the most part. Google photo also drastically reduces photos that I scanned from the old film days but not all of them. For example one scanned image was downsized to 212KB and one that was 8.3 MB! So I can't figure out why it downsizes some photos so small and leaves others in near original quality. I use the free version so I still like this product but I am thinking of going to a pay service that allows me to upload original quality photos (for a fee).

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"For example one scanned image was downsized to 212KB and one that was 8.3 MB!"

Can you tell us how many pixels the uploaded 8.3 MB photo had ? If more than 16MP Photos would reduce it to 16MP and also compress the 16MP photo. 212 kb is low for a 16MP photo, but I think not excluded when the photo has large areas in about the same color/brightness like this one (284 KB).

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It makes no sense to pay unless you are using Google Photos as your single backup which is unsafe. Because for viewing only, even pictures upload in original quality are shown compressed - else the site would become by far too slow to be of any practical usability.

Then you also should realise that you have to remove everything already uploaded for free, because all these file are more or less compressed. That's no problem for a few hundred, but a large problem for tens of thousands, because you only can delete per about 500 at a time.

PS: there always are unexplainable things at Google - if I upload my 14 MP originals in HQ-mode, they are not compressed either. But "14" is a very holy number (2x7), so google does not dare to touch them :-)

PS: think about Google One - see https://one.google.com/storage

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I love Google as a simple viewing program. I like the free version because I don't have to think about how much storage I have left. As for backup, I will use another site as my cloud backup for full resolution pictures.

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For a "simple" viewing program free Google Photos is good enough - so just go on like usual and don't look to the megabytes anymore :-)

It is much more important to upload neatly edited pictures.

Best / Rinus

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As an added note: I uploaded a photo from the 20D. It was 8.2 MP 3504 X 2336 and it sized it at 597 KB. Part of it is I don't understand the algorithm. A photo taken with my iPhone was 12.2 MP 4032 x 3024 and it was sized at 3.4 MB. This is a curiosity for me. I plan on getting a brand new DSLR. It will be interesting to see how its pictures are sized. I'll keep you posted.

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@R Cas

Did you upload in "High Quality" in both cases ?
Note that the setting HQ must be done in each app on each device.
Can you share an example of both ?

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Question: Error: B94EF307

Using MacBook Pro synced Google Photo. And I changed "Photo library" place to external HDD this time…

Using MacBook Pro synced Google Photo. And I changed "Photo library" place to external HDD this time. After that, "Backup and Sync from Google" show message "Something went wrong. Backup and Sync needs to quit. Error: B94EF307" every time then need to quit. What went wrong?

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Please reach out to Google by right clicking the taskbar icon:> 3 dots:> Help - to reach the general Support Page.

If you can't see anything in help forum you can raise support tickets or chat with Support.

Regards,

Peter

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Question: Mohamod mijan

Mohamodmijan6@gmail.com

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Question: Will deleting backed up photos from PC remove it from Google Photos online?

Hi, I've got a folder set to sync with google photos at high quality (not original). If i delete tho…

Hi, I've got a folder set to sync with google photos at high quality (not original). If i delete those photos, will they also be deleted from my Google Photos Library?

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Hi, it depends on the Removing items option in Preferences, if it set to Don't remove items everywhere it should not. Please test with a small batch and double check the photos are still online and do not also appear in Google Photos trash, Regards, Peter

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Question: Audio manager photos recover help me

Pls help recover all deleted photos and videos

Hi Appu Appu 28,

if the deleted photos and videos are still in the Google Photos Trash you might be able to restore them as explained in these instructions https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6128867?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco=1

Otherwise it’s not possible to recover photos permanently deleted from the Trash. However, you may install to your Android device a deleted photo recovery app https://play.google.com/store/search?q=recover%20deleted%20photos&c=apps and run a scan for anything to recover.

In addition I recommend that you contact the Google Drive support team to see if any deleted files may be recovered. Just open the Google Drive https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en&authuser=0#topic=14940&contact=1 contact form, click Missing or deleted files, select a contact option, and be sure to tell them you permanently deleted files in Google Drive.

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I'm an astronomy and space popularizer, a Google enthusiast, and a co-host of the first Italian space podcast since 2007.Having been fully in the Google ecosystem since the start I have extensive experience with its products. I was an early adopter of the search engine in 1998 and Android in 2009. As a member of the Top Contributors, and later Product Experts Program, I have been helping users in the official support forums since 2013.

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Question: Help restoring deleted video and pics

Cant find deleted photo and video

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Question: How can I take a screen shot on phoenix 3?

Trying to figure out how to take a screen shot

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Question: Why does Photos rename my photos? This should NEVER happen!

Trying to sort photos by date taken. Names and dates are changed constantly on all devices creating …

Google Photos does not rename - unless Google creates an addition - then "Collage" or "Effects" is added to the original name.

Please give an example, else we just think that you are doing something wrong yourself.

PS: Google Photos can't sort on filenames or numbers - on dates only.

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Bob,

Rinus is correct in that Google Photos does not change the names or dates on any of your pictures or videos. If you're seeing multiple copies of the same picture but with different file names or creation dates, you should look closer at the file details and EXIF metadata to find the program responsible for making that particular file. At least then you'll have a better idea about where to look to fix this problem.

Regards,

~ Greg

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Bob,

Regards,

~ Greg

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Question: How do I rotate my wallpaper photo?

Rotate my wallpaper photo

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Question: Missing Pics

Hello i am not able to find my photos from october. They were all in my google photos app and now i …

Hello i am not able to find my photos from october.

They were all in my google photos app and now i dont see any of them. i did not delete them, if i go in my trash there is some pictures that i deleted but not the ones i am looking for. PLEASE HELP!!!

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Hi,

Thanks for posting in the Google Photos Community.

On your phone, can you check to see in Google Photos if there are any folders not syncing with Google Photos. These would be under Albums in Photos. Depending on the phone, some times albums like "Gallery" or "DCIM" where these photos could be do not sync. To do so, just open that album, then use the menu to enable syncing.

Also, if your phone has a Gallery or other Photos app, are the photos in there?

Thanks,

Clinton

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Hi,

Thanks for posting in the Google Photos Community.

Also, if your phone has a Gallery or other Photos app, are the photos in there?

Thanks,

Clinton

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Question: Photos Missing

Hello, The pictures that I recently took all disappered. I can see that I took them, as they were di…

Hello,

The pictures that I recently took all disappered. I can see that I took them, as they were displaying in the circle on bottom right side of the google camera app. I took around 100+ pictures. When I got home, the back up was saying pending backup of 100+ photos. I pressed backed up and it completed. However, I'm still not seeing them in the google photos app. I can confirm that I took them as the Google Photos as suggested a Stylized photo that I took that is missing. Help please!

Dax

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Question: How do I get the photos off my google photos app on my iPhone to an iPhone flash drive?

My iPhone got full. So I put them on google photo app. But I want them on a iPhone USB flash drive I…

My iPhone got full. So I put them on google photo app. But I want them on a iPhone USB flash drive I bought so I can delete the app. When I plug the duo link flash drive I can't figure out how to move the photos off google photo app onto the flash drive

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Hi Desirae, the photos are not in the app, they are either backed up online or are in the Camera roll. You need Apple expertise to find out how to move or copy photos from the camera roll to the flash drive, Regards, Peter

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Question: What i was thinking it would be even better if i can find app that is photography and something like Facebook

Okay first of all I'm trying to learn photography so i can gan good experience and think about to st…

Okay first of all I'm trying to learn photography so i can gan good experience and think about to start making money and about Facebook because all my friends are pretty much there but i don't want to download Facebook i hope that helps

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Question: How can I get the photos on this google iPhone app off and onto a iPhone USB flash drive I just got?

Google photo iPhone app has no instructions to to move them to an iPhone USB flash drive. How do I d…

Hi Desirae, the photos are not in the app, they are either backed up online or are in the Camera roll. You need Apple expertise to find out how to move or copy photos from the camera roll to the flash drive, Regards, Peter

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Question: How do you create multiple slow motion sections in a slow motion video in Google Photos?

I'm trying to create multiple slow motion sections within a single slow motion video. In other words…

I'm trying to create multiple slow motion sections within a single slow motion video. In other words, I'd like to have slow motion video followed by normal speed video, finally followed with slow motion speed video, all in one clip. This was possible with the default editor on my Galaxy S8 but I don't see the option on my Pixel 2 XL.

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Michael,

it sounds like your past editor had a nice, simple way to do that. Google Photos does not. Here's what I would do:

start with 2 videos, one regular speed, one slo mo
make a movie with those 2
Use the trim tools to choose the portion you want visible from each. So, now you have Slo-mo clip1, Normal speed clip 1
Duplicate Slo-mo clip 1 (tap the 3-dots to the right - duplicate) and re-trim
Duplicate Normal speed clip 1 and re-trim
Repeat

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Chris and her husband Jim tour the US in an RV and present seminars "teaching old dogs new tricks with technology." Her specialty is Google Photos. She's written books on Picasa and Google Photos.

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I think that will work for me, but I can't figure out how to start with one slow motion and one regular video. I have a single slow motion video, not two separate videos. How do I go from a single slow motion video to two copies: one as slow motion and one as regular speed?

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hmmm, I don't think you can. When you said you wanted slow motion followed by regular speed, I just assumed you had both. So - your old editor must have had a tool to speed up or slow down any video clip? That would be nice. I think you'll need another app for that. You might want to look into WeVideo, or Quik. Quik is a free, very simple Android app and it does include a clip speed tool. I demonstrate a simple movie using Quik on a Chromebook inthis video.

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Chris and her husband Jim tour the US in an RV and present seminars "teaching old dogs new tricks with technology." Her specialty is Google Photos. She's written books on Picasa and Google Photos.

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Really good question, Chris. I'm switching from a Galaxy S8 to Pixel 3. While the Pixel 3 Camera is 1000x better than the Galaxy S8, I'm missing the stock Samsung Video editing feature that lets you create multiple "Slow-Mo" editing within a single clip.

I've been looking through the App Store to find something comparable but no luck :/

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Someone filmed me with my phone today as i was doing jumps on my bike at a pumptrack. The video is regular speed with slowed down parts. I don't even know how he did it and can't seem to figure it out

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hmmm, I don't think you can. When you said you wanted slow motion followed by regular speed, I just assumed you had both. So - your old editor must have had a tool to speed up or slow down any video clip? That would be nice. I think you'll need another app for that. You might want to look into WeVideo, or Quik. Quik is a free, very simple Android app and it does include a clip speed tool. I demonstrate a simple movie using Quik on a Chromebook inthis video.

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Chris and her husband Jim tour the US in an RV and present seminars "teaching old dogs new tricks with technology." Her specialty is Google Photos. She's written books on Picasa and Google Photos.

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Question: I am trying to transfer the 24,000 (approx) pictures that i have on my photos app on my MacBook Pro

I have used the BackUp and Sync program, but it just keeps going and tells me that it's downloading …

I have used the BackUp and Sync program, but it just keeps going and tells me that it's downloading over 200,000 photos. I don't have that many on my computer. I let this go on for about 2 days, and it said it was downloading xxx of over 200,000 items. What am I doing wrong???

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Question: recover my google photo

2017/18

Hi,

Thanks for posting in the Google Photos Community.

Can you give a bit more detail on what happened to your photos and what device you are using (iPhone, Android?).

Thanks,

Clinton

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Hi,

Thanks for posting in the Google Photos Community.

Can you give a bit more detail on what happened to your photos and what device you are using (iPhone, Android?).

Thanks,

Clinton

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Question: Deleted photos from web but phone app will not sync.

Wow. I have deleted many photos from the google photos folder in google drive and the changes are re…

Wow. I have deleted many photos from the google photos folder in google drive and the changes are reflected on the web platform. However, this is not the case on my phone. All the deleted photos are still showing. This is incredibly frustrating and I've spent hours trying to fix it. Please don't recommend the following:

1. Phone has been restarted
2. Signed out and back in on the phone app

3. Re-installed the phone app

4. Gone into app settings and cleared data

5. left it overnight, sync is turned on.
6. Trawled all the forums for answers.

7. Checked for update, running the latest version.

That is the first problem.

Two other problems are deleted photos from phone app re appearing and phone app continually getting stuck on 'getting photos'. It's really pathetic to be honest.

What can I do to fix these issues?

Thank you.

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Question: Even though 3.65 gb is avilableand another 15.50gb is avilable in the extenal sd card photos and vedios ware. Unable yo see and forward towattsspp or. F,,b?

I am trying to see the vedio& photos taken for the last 5days

Even though 3.65 gb is avilableand another 15.50gb is avilable in the extenal sd card photos and vedios ware. Unable yo see and forward towattsspp or. F,,b?

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Question: How to find last uploaded photos?

Is there a way to find last uploaded photos? Search for _tra_ no longer works.

Hi Dan,

do you have more than one Google account? Can you see the recently uploaded photos here https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_ on the Google Photos website?

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I'm an astronomy and space popularizer, a Google enthusiast, and a co-host of the first Italian space podcast since 2007.Having been fully in the Google ecosystem since the start I have extensive experience with its products. I was an early adopter of the search engine in 1998 and Android in 2009. As a member of the Top Contributors, and later Product Experts Program, I have been helping users in the official support forums since 2013.

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In the Google Photos app for Android there's unfortunately no direct way of view recently uploaded photos. However, as a workaround, you may visit https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_ with a mobile browser on your device.

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I'm an astronomy and space popularizer, a Google enthusiast, and a co-host of the first Italian space podcast since 2007.Having been fully in the Google ecosystem since the start I have extensive experience with its products. I was an early adopter of the search engine in 1998 and Android in 2009. As a member of the Top Contributors, and later Product Experts Program, I have been helping users in the official support forums since 2013.

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Hi Dan,

do you have more than one Google account? Can you see the recently uploaded photos here https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_ on the Google Photos website?

Btw, I saved them to mine collection, but how can I mark them as Favourites.

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@Dan

Liking (the heart icon) in the shared album is relevant (or irritating) for the owner only.

When saved to your own library, you should open them individually and star them, because that star is visible.

But hélas there is no filter yet to show your starred only.

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Question: Can i playback 4k videos that i have uploaded to Google Photos in 4k? (Im using Android and PC)

4k playback

Yes, 4k plays in the PC browser at https://photos.google.com/ please do not delete any original videos until they have been established online and are seen to work at full 4k It is early days with a few teething problems possible. They must be backed up at Original size as HQ will convert them to 1080p

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Question: I have put together a number of photos in "sharing". How do I upload these together to Photobox?

upload photos

Sorry Lesley, I don't think you can share to Photobox at the album level, you might need to selrct each photo and select the share icon individually. I will install and check how it works.

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Question: Delete duplicate

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Question: How to fix pictures in google drive cutting off at the bottom when zooming in?

It appears that the image is made squared instead of maintaining its original shape, causing it to b…

It appears that the image is made squared instead of maintaining its original shape, causing it to become cropped. A black bar appears on the right but will go away if the photo is reopened. Still, it remains cropped if I attempt to zoom in.

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Amber,

Can you provide some more details about exactly what you're doing? I'm having some trouble understanding what's happening here.

Are you attempting to edit the picture, or are you just zooming in temporarily?

~ Greg

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Hello,

I am trying to temporarily zoom into the photos that I have in a google drive. Hope that clarifies a bit more.

Thanks

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Question: When I go to empty my trash the photos delete. when I restart the app the same photos reappear trash

Trash keeps reappearing

Hello Brian,

do you have iCloud enabled and/or also have Backup and Sync running on a Mac or Computer,

Peter

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Question: For some reason I am entirely unable to share a google photo albums with another google user.

I and this other person are completely unable to share albums with one another in either direction. …

I and this other person are completely unable to share albums with one another in either direction. We have both tried it from the app and both tried it from the a laptop. If we share using email the emails are never received by the other person. If we send links to each others phone number then it comes up with a notification of "Can't find Link This link has been deleted or the URL is invalid" and shows a flashlight. If we send them just as links to one another we get a 404 error when we click the link that says "404. That's an error. The requested URL was not found on this server."

Dont know if this helps but even though we both have each other in our gmail contacts it doesnt seem to be acknowledging that in google photos maybe? When we type in their email it never suggests the other person and when you type it out completely it may show their name but it doesnt show their picture or aknowledge their google account.

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Can you both check in https://myaccount.google.com/blocklist whether one of you did not block the other accidentally ?

Also: check whether you can see the album in an incognito window. If not there may be a problem with the album (deleted or unshared).

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Question: All of my photos have disappeared.

I've been using this app for a little while now and all my photos have suddenly disappeared from the…

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Question: I want to "Hide" certain local folders from google photos? This issue is not about stopping backup

Hide folders

Hi,

Thanks for posting in the Google Photos community.

Can you please clarify your question. Google Photos by default will only look at the camera roll on your phone and back up that folder. Are you referring to that folder or another?

Thanks,

Clinton

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Question: What is gif

Hi Susan,

Welcome to the Google Photos Product Help Forum!

>> What is animation used for?

Some samples (not necessarily created with Google Photos):

https://giphy.com/

A couple of articles:

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photos-update-763821/
https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/11/hands-motion-photos-googles-version-apples-live-photos/

Best regards, Dougsap (volunteer Google Photos user)

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Question: When I open the app after some time it show that media not responding why

Hey Shrived,

Thanks for posting in the Google Photos Support Community.

I understand and I'm be happy to help you further. Please give the below steps a try in a sequence to help resolve the issue:

Check your internet connection (mobile data).
Close the Google Photos app and re-launch it.
Sign out and sign back in to Google Photos with the same Google Account.
Clear App data:

Open your device's Settings app (not the Google Settings app).
Touch Apps.
Select Google Photos in the list.
Touch Clear data.

Update the Google Photos app on your Android phone:

Visit the Google Play Store.
Open Google Photos.
Touch on Update.

Let me know how it goes.

Regards,

Amanda

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Question: Format

Hello Ramesh,

Welcome to the Google Photos Support Community.

Could you please elaborate the issue or your query for me to assist you better? Are you referring to an issue with Google Photos?

Also, please share a few more screenshots of the issue you're experiencing (if possible). Ensure you don't include any of your personal and/or account information in the screenshots that you share.

Keep me posted.

Regards,

Amanda

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Question: ' Library encountered an unknown error, can't be saved.'

When saving pictures from shared album, an error occurs. ERR Mesge : Library encountered an unknown …

Hey YH Maeng,

Thanks for posting in the Google Photos Support Community.

I understand and I'm be happy to help you further. Please give the below steps a try in a sequence to help resolve the issue:

Check your internet connection (mobile data).
Close the Google Photos app and re-launch it.
Sign out and sign back in to Google Photos with the same Google Account.
Clear App data:

Open your device's Settings app (not the Google Settings app).
Touch Apps.
Select Google Photos in the list.
Touch Clear data.

Update the Google Photos app on your Android phone:

Visit the Google Play Store.
Open Google Photos.
Touch on Update.

Let me know how it goes.

Regards,

Amanda

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Question: How do I backup my hidden photos folder

hidden mywant I

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Question: Uploading an photo from my desktop won't show under the "photos" tab.

When I upload a photo via the website, it simply won't show up under the Photos tab, I have to creat…

When I upload a photo via the website, it simply won't show up under the Photos tab, I have to create an album or put it into an existing album in order to see it. Even when I search for the name, it simply won't show up.

Answer:

Usually, this kind of thing happens when the "creation date" of the image file is way in the past.

Google Photos organizes your pictures by the date they were taken or created, not by the date the files were uploaded. Ifyou upload a picture that was taken a long time ago, Photos will put it much lower in the Photos view, so you will have to scroll down to find it.

If you have a lot of pictures uploaded, finding an older picture that you recently uploaded can be difficult this way, but there is an easy solution. Click in the search box at the top of the screen, then click on "Show More" in the middle section below Favorites, Videos, Selfies, Movies, etc. At the bottom of the expanded list you'll see "Recently Added" and choosing that will show you your pictures in the order you uploaded them. It's much easier to quickly find a picture with a creation date when you look for it this way.

Let me know if you have more questions about this.

Regards,

~ Greg

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Usually, this kind of thing happens when the "creation date" of the image file is way in the past.

Let me know if you have more questions about this.

Regards,

~ Greg

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Question: What if I upload a different pictures with the same file name?

I have been using iPhone So the file name of the pictures is saved as 'img0001'. So I have a lot of …

I have been using iPhone So the file name of the pictures is saved as 'img0001'.

So I have a lot of different pictures with the same file name.

What happens if I upload these to Google Photos?

Is it overwritten? (Is the same file name recognized as the same picture so one disappears?) Or do you recognize it as a different picture?

After uploading a photo with the same name but another photo to Google Photos, I want to know if the two photos are safely downloaded when I download it again.

I wonder how Google Photos judges the same picture.

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@SY S,

Google Photos creates a unique identifier based on the contents of the photo file. Filename is ignored and if subsequently downloaded to the same folder (at least in Windows) a new name will be created, for example img0001, img0001 (1), img0002 (2), etc.

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Question: Device Folders not showing up in WebApp

I created some folders on my phone and added photos to it from the camera album. I've turned backup …

I created some folders on my phone and added photos to it from the camera album. I've turned backup and sync for these new folders in google photos app. But it is not showing up in the web app (photos.google.com). I wanted to remove those photos from my phone for space issues (~5gb). But I can't delete it from my phone without being absolutely sure that it is been backed up.
In short, I can see the folders in google photos app (android) listed as device folders, but they are not showing in the web app.

Answer:

Hi Subhendu,

Google Photos doesn't preserve any folder structure when uploading photos, all of them are instead uploaded in chronological order in the photo library and you have to manually sort the photos into albums if you want. You should see the uploaded photos here on the Google Photos website:

https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_
https://photos.google.com

If you do see the photos there, do not delete them from the Google Photos app. The safe and recommended way of removing the local device copies of the photos without affecting the online ones is the Free up space option of the app's main menu.

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I'm an astronomy and space popularizer, a Google enthusiast, and a co-host of the first Italian space podcast since 2007.Having been fully in the Google ecosystem since the start I have extensive experience with its products. I was an early adopter of the search engine in 1998 and Android in 2009. As a member of the Top Contributors, and later Product Experts Program, I have been helping users in the official support forums since 2013.

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I can see the images in there. Actually I had moved them from my camera folder.
Is it possible to use the same folder structure as in my device to show up in google photos? I know that i can create a new album in google photos and then move every photo there (too much work), but is there a automatic way to do that?

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I'm an astronomy and space popularizer, a Google enthusiast, and a co-host of the first Italian space podcast since 2007.Having been fully in the Google ecosystem since the start I have extensive experience with its products. I was an early adopter of the search engine in 1998 and Android in 2009. As a member of the Top Contributors, and later Product Experts Program, I have been helping users in the official support forums since 2013.

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