My photo book was due to be received on 23rd June but it did not arrive on that day. Since that day …
My photo book was due to be received on 23rd June but it did not arrive on that day. Since that day it says "No scheduled delivery date available at this time." What should I do?
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Question: How to disable contact suggestions when sharing files?
This feature is a burden, I do not want suggestions as they are often irrelevant, not to mention an …
This feature is a burden, I do not want suggestions as they are often irrelevant, not to mention an invasion of privacy, I don't want people to see my contacts when I want to share things as simple as memes in the share menu.
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Hi Y B,
>>> I don't want people to see my contacts when I want to share things as simple as memes in the share menu.
I don't think that there is a perfect solution for you (other than editing screenshots or not letting people watch over your shoulder). However, the following might help if you want to eliminated specific contacts from being displayed.
- Sign in to Google Contacts.
- On the left, select Other contacts.
- Click or tap a contact.
- From here you can:
- Change info: On the top right, select Add to contacts
. Make the changes you want. At the bottom, select Save.
- Remove a contact: On the top right, select More
Delete. To stop them from getting added back, follow the steps to stop saving automatically.
- Change info: On the top right, select Add to contacts
Good luck,
Dougsap (volunteer Google Photos user)
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Question: none of my today photos are restored can you please help me
My all photos are deleted by mistake none of any photos are restored can you help me
Hi, Anika Negi
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Had you backed up the pics to Google Photos?
Can you please verify that by visiting the link https://photos.google.com ?
Enter the link in any browser on your phone & then log into your Google account to view the photos backed up on Cloud.
If you do not find anything, then there are two possibilities.
Either, the items have moved to the bin.
The Bin icon
becomes visible through the library view in the phone app.
Tap on the icon & then restore everything visible there.
Or, your backup was incomplete, so nothing got uploaded to the cloud.
The Google Photos app acts like a portal viewer showing everything from our phone and also the content backed up to the cloud,
Then, that creates a impression of everything getting backed up perfectly.
However, we need to check the status of backup periodically and look for the messages on "Backup and Sync" menu.
Further, we have to ensure every folder on our device is included in the backup & none shows a cloud symbol with slash.
If nothing was backed up to the cloud in the first place, regretfully, there is no way to recover those pics through Google Photos.
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Question: How do i downsize my printer
Downsize font to print a document
@Charlene
A Word-document or PDF?
These can't be changed.
But if you mean a picture shooted from a document, you can open that picture in the Google Photos app and then choose Print after hitting the 3 dots.
Good luck or come back and be more clear.
Good luck or come back and be more clear.
PS: you must have installed a printer-app which is compatible with your type of wireless printer.
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Question: Help understanding backup process
Hello, I am new to this and not very good on the Internet, I have set Google photos to back up photo…
Hello, I am new to this and not very good on the Internet, I have set Google photos to back up photos and videos of my grand children. It has been 3 days and it keeps saying backing up and giving the amount left, when it gets down to a couple left it then starts adding on and going back to over 1500 left. I have turned backup and sync off and then restarted my phone 4 or 5 times. When I look on Google photos I can see the photos and videos, but are they backed up. I have a San disc memory card in my phone and my phone is saying memory card error. Also I have pressed to free up space but the photos are still on my phone gallery as well, is this right?. I am sorry to be such a nuisance but I have no one to help and I am housebound, any help greatly appreciated, Lucy.
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Question: I accidentally took a video with slow motion, I want to share on my social media, but I can't remove
My video is in slow motion, I want to remove it. I'm able to change where I want to have slow motion…
My video is in slow motion, I want to remove it. I'm able to change where I want to have slow motion, but I can't save the video as. Even tried filter and save as. The slow motion still applies.
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Question: My Google Lens isn't working go to the page says I'm signed in as myself page freezes what to do
Trying to use Google Lens
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Question: phone states only 15 GBs photo storage, but I'm paying $1.99 ea/m to have 100 GB! Who do I contact?
My phone states I only have 15 GB of photo storage, but I pay monthly for 100 GB storage. Who can I …
My phone states I only have 15 GB of photo storage, but I pay monthly for 100 GB storage. Who can I call and what is the number to fix this? Please help. Thank you.
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Hello Sarah Joel,
Welcome to the Google Photos Community.
What do you see at https://one.google.com/storage If it is correct there it is just a matter of the app catching up which it will do soon.
Regards,
Peter
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Question: Rear camera capturing images very slowly
Hi, AYESHA ayesha
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
However, regretfully, your query is not related to any feature in the Google Photos app
.
I suggest, you please look into the documentation provided by your phone's manufacturer.
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Question: Delete book draft and everything bout a MAKING ME A BOOK
DO NOT MAKE ORDER OR SAVE PICS TO MAKE A BOOK OR TRYING TO THINKING I'M GONNA BUY 1 STOP IT
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Question: I haven't been able to use my clear up space button in at least 8 months, how can i speak with some
I am trying to use the clear up space option on this app and I have reached out go Google for help f…
I am trying to use the clear up space option on this app and I have reached out go Google for help for at least 8 months now with no response. I have more than enough space left in my Google photo storage to last for 4 more years so I don't understand what is the issue. O I have Uninstalled and reinstalled the app countless times with no success of resolving my issue with the back up button. I am pissed off that I pay for a service that isn't fully functional.

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Question: my videos are showing up as pictures
my videos are not showing up as pictures its saying that its a picture when its not and ive tried to reduce the quality and it still didint work please help
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Question: Permanently deleted photos
Please support Unfortunately trash my photos Kindly recover my photos It's very urgent of my life cu…
Please support
Unfortunately trash my photos
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Question: I just made a movie from photos but can't find it! Help
Made a movie but can't find it anywhere
Hello Jo Anne,
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I see the same issue. I created a movie on my Samsung Galaxy S8 using Google Photos. I was able to edit which images and how long they would appear in the animation. I then modified the theme music and hit save. It then spun for a couple of seconds then disappeared. I waited for 10 minutes and I couldn't find it. After an hour I went back and created another movie (following the same steps) and had the same result. I can't find either movie I created in Google Photos or anywhere in my storage on my phone. Are there any workarounds? It appears this same issue is happening to other people as well.
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Not sure if this will help or not. I created a movie using the Google photos Android app. After making the edits and pressing save, I saw the looping arrow, which I figured it was saving. On my phone I couldn't find the movie.
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Not sure if this will help or not. I created a movie using the Google photos Android app. After making the edits and pressing save, I saw the looping arrow, which I figured it was saving. On my phone I couldn't find the movie.
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I just stumbled upon the exact same issue and found the solution... Apparently the video is created under Videos, BUT its date is according to the *latest photo in the video's date*, and not when you created the video.
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Question: My what's app video didnot show in gogle photos but picture were seen but no video
My what's app video didnot show in Google photos gallery
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Question: This app problem I'm continues not watching image and photos
I'm not watching continue photos skip this app again and again
Answer:
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Question: My photo not set google account
Not set my photo in Google account
Could you please elaborate the issue or your query for me to assist you better?
Also, please share a few screenshots of the issue you're experiencing. Ensure you don't include any of your personal and/or account information in the screenshots that you share.
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Question: मेरी गलती से मेरे फोटो डिलीट हो गई और 60 दिन से अधिक का समय हो चुका है अब मैं अपनी फोटो कैसे प्राप्त
कुछ समय के लिए
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Question: Remove Google Photos
I downloaded Google Photos on my phone at some point, and now all my phone's photos were automatical…
I downloaded Google Photos on my phone at some point, and now all my phone's photos were automatically uploaded to Google Photos and I have no more storage space on my Google account. How can I reverse this? If i manually delete photos from Google Photos, will it also remove the photos from my phone's photo library? Thanks.
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Question: Exporting photo files; what does it mean when it says export 4 of 6 will start on July 1?
Trying to export my photos from Google so will not fill up my email box; either that or get a differ…
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The question I had was 'is each takeout or download the same content?'. Why 6 takeouts? On the last download it did appear to be all my photos but perhaps other content will appear in the next download. Thanks.
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Question: রিমুভ ফটো কি ভাবে ফিরে পাবে
আগের ফটো
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Question: How do you delete Google/Apple Photo Syncing?
10 years ago when I still used Android phone but had gotten an iOS device, a sync was created I gues…
10 years ago when I still used Android phone but had gotten an iOS device, a sync was created I guess between Apple and Google. I now have an iPhone and want to delete that sync because if I delete photos from Google, they disappear from my Apple Photos as well. I'm almost at my Google storage max and dont want to be paying for 2 backups. I dont see anything in the current settings besides managing favorites on Apple Photos and that toggle is OFF. I saw some steps online but they dont match what I see on my iPhone or iPad. And as usual,Google support is non existent.
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Question: I want to add another catagory to my google photos. How do I do that?
Add another catagory to my google photos. I want a truck catagory.
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Question: Question on unsupported languages
I was wondering if Google had any plans to support other languages. I would like to make photobooks …
I was wondering if Google had any plans to support other languages. I would like to make photobooks from Google photo using my native language (Korean) but it seems that they only support English.
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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: cropping a photo and saving it
I don't know where to crop my photo on my laptop. I have enlarged the photo. I don't know how to sav…
I don't know where to crop my photo on my laptop. I have enlarged the photo. I don't know how to save it. I got it to what I needed and don't know where to go next. I need to attach this photo to a file the size I have now. Once again, don't know how to save it. I am using Chrome. I transferred the photo from my android phone. Hope some one can help me.
Kindly recover my photos
It's very urgent of my life current situation.
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Hi alert thiru,
First of you should check the Trash; any photos that were previously backed up and deleted less than 60 days ago will be in there.
Once you delete them from the trash they are permanently deleted; they are only recoverable in 60 days if they are still in the trash.
You could try using a third party photo recovery app at this point to try to recover some of what was lost from your phone - just type photo recovery into the play store and see what options are available.
Also see Help article: See if you can restore deleted photos & videos
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Question: I just made a movie from photos but can't find it! Help
Made a movie but can't find it anywhere
Hello Jo Anne,
Welcome to the Google Photos Help Forum.
It can be possible that the movie wasn't saved completely. Do you get an error message?
Meanwhile, could you please try creating a movie and saving it again.
Let me know how it goes.
Keep me posted.
Regards,
Amanda
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I see the same issue. I created a movie on my Samsung Galaxy S8 using Google Photos. I was able to edit which images and how long they would appear in the animation. I then modified the theme music and hit save. It then spun for a couple of seconds then disappeared. I waited for 10 minutes and I couldn't find it. After an hour I went back and created another movie (following the same steps) and had the same result. I can't find either movie I created in Google Photos or anywhere in my storage on my phone. Are there any workarounds? It appears this same issue is happening to other people as well.
Thanks!
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Not sure if this will help or not. I created a movie using the Google photos Android app. After making the edits and pressing save, I saw the looping arrow, which I figured it was saving. On my phone I couldn't find the movie.
I went to photos.google.com and looked at the different albums (people, places, etc) and noticed it had movies folder. I went in to that and saw my newly created movie was in there, but being rendered. Later, I was able to download the video file
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Not sure if this will help or not. I created a movie using the Google photos Android app. After making the edits and pressing save, I saw the looping arrow, which I figured it was saving. On my phone I couldn't find the movie.
I went to photos.google.com and looked at the different albums (people, places, etc) and noticed it had movies folder. I went in to that and saw my newly created movie was in there, but being rendered. Later, I was able to download the video file
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I just stumbled upon the exact same issue and found the solution... Apparently the video is created under Videos, BUT its date is according to the *latest photo in the video's date*, and not when you created the video.
So for example if you created a video out of photos where rhe latest one was created on November 2015, that's where and when you will find it
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Question: My what's app video didnot show in gogle photos but picture were seen but no video
My what's app video didnot show in Google photos gallery
Hi, Gopal krishna Mahapatra
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
In what format is the WhatsApp video?
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Question: This app problem I'm continues not watching image and photos
I'm not watching continue photos skip this app again and again
Hi, AMIT VISHVAKARMA
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Can you try to do so through another route? Please enter the link https://photos.google.com in any of the web browsers available on your phone. Log into your account & then see whether the photos become visible.
Once you confirm, you can see the pics through this route, please revert.
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Hi, AMIT VISHVAKARMA
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Can you try to do so through another route? Please enter the link https://photos.google.com in any of the web browsers available on your phone. Log into your account & then see whether the photos become visible.
Once you confirm, you can see the pics through this route, please revert.
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Question: My photo not set google account
Not set my photo in Google account
Hello Tilak,
Welcome to the Google Photos Help Forum.
Keep me posted.
Regards,
Amanda
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Question: मेरी गलती से मेरे फोटो डिलीट हो गई और 60 दिन से अधिक का समय हो चुका है अब मैं अपनी फोटो कैसे प्राप्त
कुछ समय के लिए
Hi, अमितानंद बिहारी
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Nevertheless, when you tap the delete icon in the Google Photos app, a warning appears telling you what will happen if you proceed. On your phone, that message asks, "Remove from Google account & synced devices?"
Even after that, the app allows a sixty days window to review your decision
If you let that go, there is nothing that any of the volunteers in this forum can do to help you recover your pictures.
Even after that, the app allows a sixty days window to review your decision
If you let that go, there is nothing that any of the volunteers in this forum can do to help you recover your pictures.
However, you may install to your Android device a deleted photo recovery app (be sure to not pick one that requires rooting) https://play.google.com/store/search?q=recover%20deleted%20photos&c=apps;
and run a scan for anything to recover.
But, within the last sixty days, the OS must have overwritten on the emptied space. That brings down the chances of recovery through the scanning route to nil.
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Question: Remove Google Photos
I downloaded Google Photos on my phone at some point, and now all my phone's photos were automatical…
I downloaded Google Photos on my phone at some point, and now all my phone's photos were automatically uploaded to Google Photos and I have no more storage space on my Google account. How can I reverse this? If i manually delete photos from Google Photos, will it also remove the photos from my phone's photo library? Thanks.
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Question: Exporting photo files; what does it mean when it says export 4 of 6 will start on July 1?
Trying to export my photos from Google so will not fill up my email box; either that or get a differ…
Google Photos has no live help. We are all volunteer users trying to help. I guess that no one knows the answer.
"Export 4 of 6 will start on July 1"
I assume that you used Google Takeout to download photos/videos from Google Photos. There are some limitations on how many you can ask or download. Let us know when anything changes. We can only learn from each other.
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The question I had was 'is each takeout or download the same content?'. Why 6 takeouts? On the last download it did appear to be all my photos but perhaps other content will appear in the next download. Thanks.
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@Gary,
You must have selected the multiple export option - See screenshot online:-

The next output will be a full download including any additionally backed up photos.
This does not move any photos out of Google Photos so will not affect your storage.
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@Gary,
You must have selected the multiple export option - See screenshot online:-

The next output will be a full download including any additionally backed up photos.
This does not move any photos out of Google Photos so will not affect your storage.
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Google Photos has no live help. We are all volunteer users trying to help. I guess that no one knows the answer.
"Export 4 of 6 will start on July 1"
I assume that you used Google Takeout to download photos/videos from Google Photos. There are some limitations on how many you can ask or download. Let us know when anything changes. We can only learn from each other.
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Question: রিমুভ ফটো কি ভাবে ফিরে পাবে
আগের ফটো
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Question: How do you delete Google/Apple Photo Syncing?
10 years ago when I still used Android phone but had gotten an iOS device, a sync was created I gues…
10 years ago when I still used Android phone but had gotten an iOS device, a sync was created I guess between Apple and Google. I now have an iPhone and want to delete that sync because if I delete photos from Google, they disappear from my Apple Photos as well. I'm almost at my Google storage max and dont want to be paying for 2 backups. I dont see anything in the current settings besides managing favorites on Apple Photos and that toggle is OFF. I saw some steps online but they dont match what I see on my iPhone or iPad. And as usual,Google support is non existent.
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Question: I want to add another catagory to my google photos. How do I do that?
Add another catagory to my google photos. I want a truck catagory.
Hi Christopher,
>>>> Add another catagory to my google photos. I want a truck catagory.
Actually, the Truck category works for me (albeit with a small number of positives).

You can also put whatever identifier you want in the Description field of the Info Panel or put your truck photos in an Album (this does not increase the amount of space consumed in your Google Account).
Best regards, Dougsap (volunteer Google Photos user)
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Question: Question on unsupported languages
I was wondering if Google had any plans to support other languages. I would like to make photobooks …
I was wondering if Google had any plans to support other languages. I would like to make photobooks from Google photo using my native language (Korean) but it seems that they only support English.
Answer:
Hi Hoeyun,
We unfortunately don't know whether or when photo books may support new languages as this is a user-to-user help community and Google doesn't share its product plans or roadmap.
I recommend that you send your feedback and suggestions to the Google Photos team as these instructions explain under "Send feedback to the Google Photos team" https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6156065
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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: cropping a photo and saving it
I don't know where to crop my photo on my laptop. I have enlarged the photo. I don't know how to sav…
I don't know where to crop my photo on my laptop. I have enlarged the photo. I don't know how to save it. I got it to what I needed and don't know where to go next. I need to attach this photo to a file the size I have now. Once again, don't know how to save it. I am using Chrome. I transferred the photo from my android phone. Hope some one can help me.
Thanks
Deedee
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And you can download the cropped version from photos.google.com to your computer via the 3 dots for what you have in mind to do with that file.
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I am trying to find the similar option on my android device but not able to find it please guide me where to edit the picture on android?
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Question: I want to empty my trash
I want to delete my trash under photo
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Question: My photos was erased without my knowledge. And i have tried everything
Hello, Yet another post about missing photos. About a week ago i signed in to Photos just to notice …
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Hi, Donna Newman
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
I am trying to explain the steps as below.
Still, I suggest, please take help of someone who uses the computer routinely.
- On a computer, go to photos.google.com.
- Open the photo you want to edit.
- At the top right, click Edit
. Tip: While you edit, click and hold the photo to compare your edits to the original.
- To crop , click on
. To crop the photo, drag the edges with the mouse.
- Once you achieve the desired size reduction, click done. The menu Done will appear once again. Click on that once again. Then, the modified picture will save automatically.
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And you can download the cropped version from photos.google.com to your computer via the 3 dots for what you have in mind to do with that file.
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I am trying to find the similar option on my android device but not able to find it please guide me where to edit the picture on android?
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@Mero
Just open a picture in the Google Photos app and you will see the edit-button at the bottom.
Be aware: shared pictures can't be edited unless you download them into your own library.
Good luck
PS: if the original picture still is present on your phone, you only can save your edits as a copy-file.
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Question: I want to empty my trash
I want to delete my trash under photo
Hi, NARESH SWAIN
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
To empty the "Trash" or "Bin" in the android app, tap the library view.
Next, tap the bin.
Tap the three dots.
Tap on "empty bin".
However, I do not understand the need to empty the bin.
Are you trying to recover some space on Google drive?
Otherwise, once we delete something, the content stays in the bin for sixty days, which gives us a chance to review our decision during that period.
However, once we empty the bin, that action becomes irreversible.
There wouldn't be any backup anywhere.
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Question: My photos was erased without my knowledge. And i have tried everything
Hello, Yet another post about missing photos. About a week ago i signed in to Photos just to notice …
Hello,
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Question: Both my partner and I are unable to make comment on anything. This wasn't an issue a week ago. Help!
Setting
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Question: Lost my photos and videos from 2019 to now fro google photos
Tried to back up my Google photos
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Question: How to get hiden photos
Didn't show hiden photos again
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Question: Multiple uploaded photo's are damaged. They show partly or fully a grey surface. What happened?
I downloaded one of the damaged photo's but the problem remains. I uploaded the photo's without any …
I downloaded one of the damaged photo's but the problem remains. I uploaded the photo's without any problem's. We would like to trust google photo's, but apparently we still have to backup our photo's on an external harddisk.![]()
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Question: Missing photos in audio maneger
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Question: Just changed my phone and now can't sign into my account. It has made me a new one instead. Help
I'm trying to get on to my account. But it doesn't recognise my email or phone number. On recovery i…
I'm trying to get on to my account. But it doesn't recognise my email or phone number. On recovery it has just made me a new account. I fear I've lost all my photos
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Question: I remember there was a box next to a photo you could check to select the photo, but I cannot find it
How can I select a photo or more - there used to be a box nearby to check
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Question: My account got deleted and I want my fotos back so I really hope you can give me my account back ty
??
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Question: I'm unable to see my uploaded profile pic on google pictures and some other platforms as well.
I'm unable to see my uploaded profile pic on google pictures and some other platforms as well.
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Question: Incorrectly calculated used capacity in Google Photos - ALL photos are counted instead June 1st
Google reports that my account has run out of capacity: Google photos 17,06 GB However, this is inco…
Google reports that my account has run out of capacity: Google photos 17,06 GB
Yet another post about missing photos.
About a week ago i signed in to Photos just to notice that more than 90% of my photos are missing. I don't know why or how, they just disappeared.
Now I have read all posts here and tried all the different solutions suggested. I only have one account, I haven't deleted these photos and the missing photos are not in the trash, I haven't archived anything and there is nothing in my archive or album archive. I have never used Google Drive and there are no files in my Drive.
Can someone please help me?
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Question: Both my partner and I are unable to make comment on anything. This wasn't an issue a week ago. Help!
Setting
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Question: Lost my photos and videos from 2019 to now fro google photos
Tried to back up my Google photos
Hello Nitasha,
Are you sure you have uploaded photos on google photos?
please see to it that you're on the same google account which was used to upload the photos?
Look at the archive and trash folder in google photos.
Thanks.
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Question: How to get hiden photos
Didn't show hiden photos again
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Question: Multiple uploaded photo's are damaged. They show partly or fully a grey surface. What happened?
I downloaded one of the damaged photo's but the problem remains. I uploaded the photo's without any …
I downloaded one of the damaged photo's but the problem remains. I uploaded the photo's without any problem's. We would like to trust google photo's, but apparently we still have to backup our photo's on an external harddisk.
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"They show partly or fully a grey surface."
That looks like a corrupt photo, one of the risks with digital photos. I have had some (not many) in my own master collection on a computer, but I had backups.
"Apparently we still have to backup our photo's on an external hard disk."
I would say: of course. Not necessarily a disk, it can be anything which is not synced with or on the same device as the original collection, like another cloud collection.
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Question: Missing photos in audio maneger
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Question: Just changed my phone and now can't sign into my account. It has made me a new one instead. Help
I'm trying to get on to my account. But it doesn't recognise my email or phone number. On recovery i…
I'm trying to get on to my account. But it doesn't recognise my email or phone number. On recovery it has just made me a new account. I fear I've lost all my photos
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Question: I remember there was a box next to a photo you could check to select the photo, but I cannot find it
How can I select a photo or more - there used to be a box nearby to check
Hi,
If you select one photo, I think you will be able to select the round dots to select multiple photos.
Regards,
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Question: My account got deleted and I want my fotos back so I really hope you can give me my account back ty
??
Hi,
If you have a question about recovering deleted photos/videos on Google Photos :
Please check in the Google Photos trash, maybe there are the photos/videos you are looking for. (Open Google Photos --> Trash)
If the photos/videos are permanently deleted, I think you cannot restore them.
Please see this article: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6128858
Regards,
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Question: I'm unable to see my uploaded profile pic on google pictures and some other platforms as well.
I'm unable to see my uploaded profile pic on google pictures and some other platforms as well.
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Question: Incorrectly calculated used capacity in Google Photos - ALL photos are counted instead June 1st
Google reports that my account has run out of capacity: Google photos 17,06 GB However, this is inco…
Google reports that my account has run out of capacity: Google photos 17,06 GB
However, this is incorrect! Almost all the photos and videos had been uploaded BEFORE June 1st 2021.
It obviously computes the capacity used by all the photos EVER UPLOADED!

Please note that for the accounts of my parents and my sisters, the used capacity is computed correctly - E.g. 70MB out of 15 GB used.
Seriously, I did not uploaded 17.06 whithin June. The calculation is obviously WRONG. How to fix it?
It looks like a defect. How to report a defect?
Thanks!
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Hi Peter,
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Question: why did it start doubling some of my photos?
just started doubling out of nowhere
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Question: My pictures loading withiut showing
My photos are not coming up,it keeps loading endlessly without showing
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Question: I want to recover permanently deleted files from Google photos
By mistake I deleted some photos from trash, I want to recover them. Please help!
When you attempt to manually empty the trash/bin in Google Photos, another warning appears that explains the consequences of permanently deleting those pictures and videos.
If you choose to proceed anyway, there is nothing that any of the volunteers in this forum can do to help you recover your pictures.
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Hello Neli,
You may have uploaded Original size photos which do count. Only High Quality uploads qualified for free storage.
Storage may be reduced by going to https://photos.google.com/settings and using the Recover storage option.
Head over to https://photos.google.com/quotamanagement This should give a clue on where the storage is being used. Large photos and videos >5MB are listed and can be reviewed by tapping on the thumbnail to open then select the (i)nfo icon to see more detail about files.
If you need to subscribe to Google One you can Create a family group then share the storage between members and it can be used in addition to their own 15GB
Review backup settings on Mobile
- Open Google Photos
.
- At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial
Photos settings
.
- Tap Back up & sync.
- Check your settings:
- Back up & sync: Make sure "Back up & sync" is turned on.
Review your upload size to the web
- On your computer, open photos.google.com/settings.
- Select High quality or Original quality for future uploads.
Review backup settings for the Backup and Sync computer app
- On your computer, download and install Backup and Sync.
- Sign in to the Google Account that you use for Google Photos.
- Select to back up only photos or videos, or all files.
- Select any folders you want to back up.
- Under “Photo & video upload size,” select your upload size
Regards,
Peter
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Hi Peter,
Thank you very much for your quick and detailed reply. It's really appreciated.
However, this will be a rather bug than a real problem with the used capacity.
- The setting on the phone has been always: "Storage Saver: Store more at a slightly reduced quality"
- Yesterday, I tried to "compress" photos & videos to be absolutely sure that everything is in "reduced quality". It is that there was a small gain. Today, the used capacity shows 16.8 GB (yesterday it was 17.6 GB)
- Quota management shows:
- 16.3 GB in Google Photos
- 536 MB in Disk + Gmail
- Large photos & videos shows 8.1 GB - there are only videos ranging from 5 MB to 184 MB (only 5 videos uploaded after June 1st, in total 176 MB)
- Checking for unsupported videos - no such videos
- Mobile phone backup - the only information is that I've run out of capacity (16 GB of 16GB used)
- Backup & Sync on the computer was used a coupe times in the past to upload family photos ("reduced" quality)
Special things about the account which might have some influence:
- Partner account is set to my sister's account. My sister's acocunt and my acccount have a lot of the same photos. My sister's account shows 30 000+ photos however her capacity shows ONLY 78 MB! My sister set as a partner account my other sister's account
- My daddy created a dynamic album with my photos and the album is included in my albums
Thank you for the tip to create a family group. It is very helpful and we plan to use it.
However, until I find the reason for such a huge consumption of capacity or a bug is acknowledge, I do not plan to purchase additional storage. It feels very WRONG and UNFAIR that with only dozens of photos and videos uploaded in June, I'm told that I used all the free capacity.
Thank you,
Neli
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Could you investigate some of the large photos and videos by clicking on the thumbnail and looking at the (I)nformation to see where they originated.
The problem with reporting a bug without comprehensive proof is that the Google Photos team do not provide individual user support and response time could be measured in months, if at all.
Some of the questions will be
What was the storage used on May 31
Exactly what activity happened from June 1
Deleted any legacy folders from Google Drive for example
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Hello Neli,
You may have uploaded Original size photos which do count. Only High Quality uploads qualified for free storage.
Storage may be reduced by going to https://photos.google.com/settings and using the Recover storage option.
Head over to https://photos.google.com/quotamanagement This should give a clue on where the storage is being used. Large photos and videos >5MB are listed and can be reviewed by tapping on the thumbnail to open then select the (i)nfo icon to see more detail about files.
If you need to subscribe to Google One you can Create a family group then share the storage between members and it can be used in addition to their own 15GB
Review backup settings on Mobile
- Open Google Photos
.
- At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial
Photos settings
.
- Tap Back up & sync.
- Check your settings:
- Back up & sync: Make sure "Back up & sync" is turned on.
Review your upload size to the web
- On your computer, open photos.google.com/settings.
- Select High quality or Original quality for future uploads.
Review backup settings for the Backup and Sync computer app
- On your computer, download and install Backup and Sync.
- Sign in to the Google Account that you use for Google Photos.
- Select to back up only photos or videos, or all files.
- Select any folders you want to back up.
- Under “Photo & video upload size,” select your upload size
Regards,
Peter
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@User 13660170450088913107
Similar is not quite enough to continue in this thread, head over to https://photos.google.com/quotamanagement This should give a clue on where the storage is being used. Large photos and videos >5MB are listed and can be reviewed by tapping on the thumbnail to open then select the (i)nfo icon to see more detail about the files.
Also note that Original size uploads are not included and will use full storage, along with any uploads direct to the web.
Storage may be reduced by going to https://photos.google.com/settings and using the Recover storage option.
If you still have an issue please raise a new question by going to https://support.google.com/photos/thread/new and fill in as much information as you can, including type of device, and software version,
Regards,
Peter
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Question: why did it start doubling some of my photos?
just started doubling out of nowhere
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Question: My pictures loading withiut showing
My photos are not coming up,it keeps loading endlessly without showing
Hi, Sima Ateloye
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Can you try to do so through another route? Please enter the link https://photos.google.com in any of the web browsers available on your phone. Log into your account & then see whether the photos become visible.
Once you confirm the pics are visible, pleas revert.
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Question: I want to recover permanently deleted files from Google photos
By mistake I deleted some photos from trash, I want to recover them. Please help!
Hi, Sambhavi Dhingra
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Nevertheless, when you tap the delete icon in the Google Photos app, a warning appears telling you what will happen if you proceed. On your phone, that message asks, "Remove from Google account & synced devices?"
When you attempt to manually empty the trash/bin in Google Photos, another warning appears that explains the consequences of permanently deleting those pictures and videos.
If you choose to proceed anyway, there is nothing that any of the volunteers in this forum can do to help you recover your pictures.
However, you may install to your Android device a deleted photo recovery app (be sure to not pick one that requires rooting) https://play.google.com/store/search?q=recover%20deleted%20photos&c=apps;
and run a scan for anything to recover.
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