Google photo QA: How do i use google photo without account

Question: How do i use google photo without account

Hi, Magma Blast

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

Google Photos is a free service provided with every Google Account.

You need to have a Google account to enable the use of Google Photos app.

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Question: My frnd share me doccument photos but why is not open in my phone

My frnd share me doccument me photos by i phone but its not open in my Android phone Why?

Hi, Pushkar Bhaswar

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

In which format your friend has shared photos?

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Question: Will Google Family members be able to save Photos taken by my Pixel 5 and shared with them?

To excuse myself from the storage change coming up on June 1st, I plan to buy a new Pixel 5. But, I …

To excuse myself from the storage change coming up on June 1st, I plan to buy a new Pixel 5. But, I take a lot of pictures of my daughter. She is a Google Family member of mine. I would like to ask you if I can take pictures of her and share them with her, and she can save them and they won't count against my Family storage?

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Hello Steven,

All photos, regardless of origin will count against daughter’s 15GB allowance and subsequently against the Family storage once the 15GB is full,

Regards,

Peter

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Hello Steven,

All photos, regardless of origin will count against daughter’s 15GB allowance and subsequently against the Family storage once the 15GB is full,

Regards,

Peter

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Question: Why can't you upload AVI format video from SD card

my device pixel .If I upload from photo.Google.com, will my Google storage(15g) space be used? I saw…

my device pixel .If I upload from photo.Google.com, will my Google storage(15g) space be used?

I saw from the official website that Google Photos supports AVI format, but it is not possible to upload AVI format on the mobile phone. This is definitely a bug.

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AVI is not a native Android device format, the help article doesn't mention it in the Android section.

Google Photos supports AVI uploads using the desktop Backup and Sync or direct uploads to photos.google.com

If you upload Pixel photos from photos.google.com your storage space will be used.

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So what format does Google photo support for video upload. Since the Google photo app cannot upload the avi format, I suggest that the format supported by the app should be stated on the official website.

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I guess the app supports any formats it is expected to encounter in normal use.

Please reach out to Google using the feedback option--> Leave Feedback (click here to see full article)

I can assure you this feedback goes directly to the Google Photos team and is used in management reports to drive the roadmap for new or modified features

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Question: I dont know what i did wrong,?. I am Noreen Coe

Hi, Noreen Coe

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 contact Facebook support.

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Question: How to see hidden text/pics inside of pics

Find hidden objects inside my photos I've used lens but I don't see anything or understand

Find hidden objects inside my photos I've used lens but I don't see anything or understand

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It's not clear exactly what you're talking about here. What kind of hidden text or pictures are you trying to find? What makes you think there is hidden text inside one of your pictures?

Regardless, this isn't the kind of thing that Google Photos is designed for. If there are hidden elements inside an image, you'll need software that was made for just that purpose (it's called steganography).

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Question: Lost photos

I backup my photos in Google Photos and delete them off my Apple photos once they have been backed u…

I backup my photos in Google Photos and delete them off my Apple photos once they have been backed up. I checked my Google photos today to find that I am missing photos from the last month that I backed up weeks ago. Where did they go and how do I recover them?

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Question: Asking about my old photos stored in Google photos as original images after June 2021

I have 10 gb of images backed up in Google photos with original quality. If I switch now to high qua…

I have 10 gb of images backed up in Google photos with original quality. If I switch now to high quality for backup, what will happen to the images that I necked up before after June 2021?

Please answer me

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Hi Aniketh,

If you switch to High Quality (now renamed as Storage saver), any photos previously uploaded at original quality won't be affected unless you use the "Recover storage" option as explained here under "Reduce the size of your photos & videos" https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6220791?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco=1 Therefore, be sure not to activate the "Recover storage" option if you want to keep those photos at original quality.

Yes, original quality photos do take up storage space in your account, also after June 1, 2021. For more information on the changes to how your Google Photos storage works see:

I have uploaded 14 gb of my photos.

I just deleted cache memory after uploading.

After that the photos app is not working.

Neither it is showing my all photos no uploading other photos.

I want my photos.

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Question: restore permanently deleted photos

I accidently emptied my trash photos, but i actually wanted to recover it.

Deleted Photos are stored in Trash for up to 60 days, if you delete Photos again from trash, that's two times deletion.

Unfortunately, once Photos are deleted from trash there is no way to retrieve them back :(

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Question: My delet photo recovery

My photo recovery

Hi Pankesh Bhai meva Bhai Malupera,

Once your photos have been permanently deleted then you won't be able to get them back from Google Photos, first you'll need to check to see if they're still in your bin. You can find out how to do this by following the instructions at this link here.

Android

There are apps that you can use on Android that may be able to restore deleted files, if you click this link here it'll take you a Play Store search for restoring deleted photos, you'll be able can find the highest rated apps to see if they help.

iOS

When you delete photos from your iOS photos library, iCloud usually conveniently keeps them in a Recently Deleted album in the iOS photos app. You might be able to restore your deleted photos by following these instructions:
Open the Apple photos app (not Google Photos)
Tap Albums at the bottom
Tap Recently Deleted
Select all the photos you’d like to restore
Tap restore at the top right

As a final attempt to get them back, you could follow these instructions and contact the Google Drive Team:
https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKUsl-F_t0TUyIXrkfObI--uJtlfnEqPpLbeAP2-6U45llAcvRDGpWldi39hQWLt01HdYzieEvV2WG2_dY6lzxpovqAlFkWYvfVa_x0mC8kDUnz7r2AGs_-A5J1fULgzXWGY2iheDap39g

I hope you manage to find your photos, good luck.

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Question: Backup and Sync resyncing all files unnecessarily

Due to running out of SS drive space, I relocated my 'pictures' system folder to a larger drive. I h…

Due to running out of SS drive space, I relocated my 'pictures' system folder to a larger drive. I have about 80GB of photos in 16,000 files.

I had previously read that I should untick the 'pictures' folder on the backup and sync preferences before moving the folder.

I later returned to preferences and ticked it again. Backup and sync stopped working and restarted like a fresh installation. I selected the folders again and clicked on done.

Backup and sync is now counting upwards of 98000 files it is preparing to sync. I only have about 22000 files on the PC.

I think it is going to resync everything again. Last time it did that it took 2 weeks to complete. I obviously want to avoid going through that.

Any suggestions, please?

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If you are on Mac, you picture-library also contains a terrible amount of facethumbnails etc.

So that may explain the 98000 and hopefully this excessive metadata is excluded in your settings under Change in the folderselection window.

But the app just needs to compare what is online already before it really starts to sync what is new only.

So the only thing you can do is: let it run and check what you get on recently added at https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_

If it really is going to produce duplicates, you are in trouble and should stop the machine immediately.

Hard to say more about now.

Good luck

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Thanks, this is a Windows 10 PC which I should have stated.

I have allowed it to run and got a pop up asking to continue to merge with some 2000 odd files that will sync and 85 conflicts that will save as separate files.

It sounds like it might be OK. I'll see what happens and post the outcome.

Thanks for your help.

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Still a bit mysterious then.

Maybe your former photoediting software (Picasa perhaps?) has produced hidden files which were neglected by a foregoing version of Backup & Sync, but not in the recently updated version anymore.

But you can check regurarly what you get on Photos and on Drive under the computer tab.

Good luck

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Good to hear, but do you understand these 3000 ???

Were they forgotten in the old situation?

Or are they on Drive only because of being non-compatible for Photos?

We like to learn also :-)

Have a nice weekend.

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If you are on Mac, you picture-library also contains a terrible amount of facethumbnails etc.

So that may explain the 98000 and hopefully this excessive metadata is excluded in your settings under Change in the folderselection window.

But the app just needs to compare what is online already before it really starts to sync what is new only.

So the only thing you can do is: let it run and check what you get on recently added at https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_

If it really is going to produce duplicates, you are in trouble and should stop the machine immediately.

Hard to say more about now.

Good luck

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Question: Jonny is aad close friend

Jonny add to close friend

Hi, Rohit Yadav 1847

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

However, your query doesn't appear to be related to Google Photos?

Can you please clarify?

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Question: Photos ret

Photos

Hi, Annu Awana

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

However, your query is unclear.

Can you please provide some more details?

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Question: If my internal memory is getting full can I put 3/4 of it on my SD card ?

Nothing cuz I don't want to mess anything up until I talk to you.

Hi, Mark Bro

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

If your phone has provision for an SD card, you can very well transfer your photos on to that.

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Hi, Mark Bro

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

If your phone has provision for an SD card, you can very well transfer your photos on to that.

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Question: Why are the videos now blurry??

All of a sudden all my videos in google photos are blurry. They were clear on my phone and the app o…

All of a sudden all my videos in google photos are blurry. They were clear on my phone and the app originally but now the quality is bad. (I have had the extra data purchase through google for months now to have extra room for the photos and videos. )

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Question: Help photos

Transfer photos to one drive

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Question: Back up and restore all my delete photos and videos

Find all my recent delete photos and videos

Hi Aindrila Ghosh,

Once your photos have been permanently deleted then you won't be able to get them back from Google Photos, first you'll need to check to see if they're still in your bin. You can find out how to do this by following the instructions at this link here.

Android

There are apps that you can use on Android that may be able to restore deleted files, if you click this link here it'll take you a Play Store search for restoring deleted photos, you'll be able can find the highest rated apps to see if they help.

iOS

When you delete photos from your iOS photos library, iCloud usually conveniently keeps them in a Recently Deleted album in the iOS photos app. You might be able to restore your deleted photos by following these instructions:
Open the Apple photos app (not Google Photos)
Tap Albums at the bottom
Tap Recently Deleted
Select all the photos you’d like to restore
Tap restore at the top right

As a final attempt to get them back, you could follow these instructions and contact the Google Drive Team:
https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKUsl-F_t0TUyIXrkfObI--uJtlfnEqPpLbeAP2-6U45llAcvRDGpWldi39hQWLt01HdYzieEvV2WG2_dY6lzxpovqAlFkWYvfVa_x0mC8kDUnz7r2AGs_-A5J1fULgzXWGY2iheDap39g

I hope you manage to find your photos, good luck.

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Question: Photos and videos missing

My photos and video are missing please help me to recover those photos please🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hi PhotosRecoveY,

I recommend that you look for your photos here, signing in with all your Google accounts if you have more than one:

photos.google.com
photos.google.com/archive
photos.google.com/trash
get.google.com/albumarchive
drive.google.com
other online photo or file storage platforms you use (e.g. Dropbox, OneDrive, Samsung, Amazon)

I also recommend that you go through these steps for troubleshooting missing photos https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6306652

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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: Please I mistakenly deleted some photos from my phone permanently please can you restore it for me

I tried check my but is not there and tried using your procedure to recover but didn't work.

Hi Esi Rockson,

Once your photos have been permanently deleted then you won't be able to get them back from Google Photos, first you'll need to check to see if they're still in your bin. You can find out how to do this by following the instructions at this link here.

There are apps that you can use on Android that may be able to restore deleted files, if you click this link here it'll take you a Play Store search for restoring deleted photos, you'll be able can find the highest rated apps to see if they help.

As a final attempt to get them back, you could follow these instructions and contact the Google Drive Team:

https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFnwnKUsl-F_t0TUyIXrkfObI--uJtlfnEqPpLbeAP2-6U45llAcvRDGpWldi39hQWLt01HdYzieEvV2WG2_dY6lzxpovqAlFkWYvfVa_x0mC8kDUnz7r2AGs_-A5J1fULgzXWGY2iheDap39g

I hope you manage to find your photos, good luck.

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Question: Google photos lost

In August month 2020, I was having very important documents.

Hi Rahul,

I recommend that you look for your photos here, signing in with all your Google accounts if you have more than one:

photos.google.com
photos.google.com/archive
photos.google.com/trash
get.google.com/albumarchive
drive.google.com
other online photo or file storage platforms you use (e.g. Dropbox, OneDrive, Samsung, Amazon)

I also recommend that you go through these steps for troubleshooting missing photos https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6306652

Hi, Rishi Kumar 8548

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

Had you backed up the pics to Google Photos?
Are you not finding the deleted pictures there?

If so, did you delete the pics through Google Photos? or using some Gallery app on your phone?
If you have deleted through Google Photos, then you may still find those in the bin.
The Bin icon becomes visible through the library view.

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Question: Sir I'm mistekly delete my personal videos plz recovery my video files

Sir I'm mistekly delete my personal videos plz recovery my video files

Hi Sathish,

if the deleted 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 unfortunately not possible to recover videos or photos permanently deleted from the Google Photos 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: What is this does anybody no Google didn't give me not even one clue .let me no as soon as possible

I Google lensed the pic and no results and another person has went to the Dr and their not sure eith…

I Google lensed the pic and no results and another person has went to the Dr and their not sure either I think it's contagious but want to no what it is

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Question: I accidentally deleted photo video audio from my file , just wants to get back the screen shots plz

I want to recover my permanently deleted photos from my honor 9n mobile

Hi, Jaynanda

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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Question: How i can recover photos deleted permanently from Google photos

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Question: I need separate folder for screen shot and

No Google and Samsung here, so use the feedback option under your profile.

You are not the only one, so maybe they will listen some unknown day in future.

For the time being I would suggest you to hide your screenshots from the mainstream by archiving them.

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Question: I have permanently deleted photos from Google photo how can I received them back

I have permanently deleted photos from Google photo of the date of 3 October 2018 how can I get them…

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Question: I have deleted some files

Please recover my phptos

Hi, Cr1031 Shiv Sagar Chouhan

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

Had you backed up the pics to Google Photos?
Are you not finding the deleted pictures there?

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Question: मेरे दोस्त के मेरे फोन् में बहुत फोटो है लेकिन gogle photo पर show नहीं करता Hide भी नहीं है मैंने

Hide bhi nhi photo uske photo bhut sare hai mere phone me

Hide bhi nhi photo uske photo bhut sare hai mere phone me

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Question: Aligning Google Photos with Desktop PC

A number of years ago I used Google Drive to store a replica of my PC photo's folder structure which…

A number of years ago I used Google Drive to store a replica of my PC photo's folder structure which then copied and synched with Google Photos. I think I started doing this when I used Picasa. Folder structure is under "My Drive". I stopped doing this 4 or 5 years back and the synching fell into a state of disrepair. I'm now trying to get back to a form of alignment (which doesn't have to be 100% perfect) up to the current date- so that I can develop a workflow to maintain alignment going forward.

To summarise where I'm at currently:-

1- My PC folder structure is along the lines of folders for each year, with sub folders and sometime sub-sub folders by subject matter. The JPEG images are predominately from digital cameras but there are also some photos which may have been added from Android smartphones in there as well.

2 - Looking at my G-Drive folder structure there is alignment between the PC and G-Drive and eyeballing the content between the two it seems that the JPEGS are pretty much aligned as well, however I have gone through a re-naming process on the PC so that pictures from different manufactures have the same naming convention (based on date and time of picture). This renaming has not been reflected in the JPEGs stored in G-Photos.

3 - Over the past couple of days I've uploaded to G-Photos the missing years - with a couple of folders using a direct upload to G-Photos (using the Upload Photos icon) one folder taking photos which had been uploaded to G-Drive (again using the Upload Photos icon), but most of the missing years have been done using Google Backup & Sync (which is set to Photos and Videos - and not G-Drive, I also switched off the options for Desktop, Documents and Pictures shortly after installation ).

4 - Looking at G-Drive I have a number of folders under the "Computers Node

My Computer (which contains some folders that I do not know how they got there - but think it may be from Desktop/Documents/Pictures in 3 above).

My Computer (which contains some folders that I do not know how they got there - but think it may be from Desktop/Documents/Pictures in 3 above).
My Computer(1) - containing folders 2017 & 2018 (along with JPEGS)
My Computer(2) - containing folders 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 (along with JPEGS)

Between My Computer (1) & (2) there are some, but not all of the pictures which are in the source folders on my PC.

My questions (which I hope someone will be able to assist with are:-

A - If I rename a JPEG which already exists in G-Photos will it be uploaded a second time through Backup and Sync - a couple of tests I have done seems to indicate that it will not?

B - What are the folders and files in G-Drive and how can I clean them up so that they more accurately reflect the source folder structure on my PC?

C - Currently I have set Backup and Sync for individual year folders - they all exist under a higher level folder (Digital Pics) - at some stage can I blow this setup away and just have a single folder (Digital Pics) - which will then re-sync but not load any photos (unless I have added photos into say 2004 - which has not been sync'd under 4 above, and are there any risks to this.

D - Once I'm happy can I then blow away all the photos contained under My Drive (since this is a partial replica of what I have on my PC (with non Google backups) thus saving G-Drive storage space.

My understanding is that if I am able to complete the Backup and Synch process before 1 June (I think it's mostly done) then I will have all of my photos (Android, Pixel and Uploaded) without eating into my Google storage allowance.

Finally sorry if this is a long post but you do ask for as much info as possible and I hope that I've outlined everything as clearly and succinctly as possible.

Thanks in anticipation of your help.

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Sorry you haven’t had a reply to date, for some reason I didn’t see this yesterday.I will read through in more detail this afternoon and let you know what I think.

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Hi Malcolm,

A - You are correct that renamed JPEGs will not be uploaded a second time if there are no other changes made.

B - The folders in G-Drive could have been created by using G-Drive sync or the legacy 'sync Google Photos to Google Drive' setting which was discontinued in 2019 In the second case they may not use storage, but if you delete the G-Photos copy they will inherit the MB value from G-Photos even if they were uploaded at HQ They are best deleted as the default for all G-Drive files is to use storage, after double checking G-Drive sync is set at Don't sync to this computer

C - I would then

disconnect all the folders in preferences so that My computer has 0 connected folders
Delete My Computer and the other two instances then empty the trash
Choose Digital Pics and let it loose

A couple of pointers if you don't use Favourites

https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_ shows recently added uploads. If you bulk select and use the 3 dot option to Favourite it will help to resolve any reuploads.

You can Recover storage at https://photos.google.com/settings but only once per day so compressing any stragglers from previous uploads is best done ASAP

Regards,

Peter

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Hi Peter

Thanks for your quick and helpful response - sorry I've been a bit tardy in replying, but I actually typed up the answer twice and got called away each time, and by the time I returned the PC had gone to sleep and I'd lost the lot. I've learned my lesson and prepared this in G-Docs and copy / pasted into communities!

I was able to successfully upload all my photos on my PC to G-Photos using Backup & Synch before the 1 June cut off date - so that was pretty successful.

What I've now got is:

On my PC

Folder structure along the lines of folders for each year, with sub folders by subject matter.

On G-Drive

I've blown away the replica of the PC folder structure in My Drive which replicated the PC folder structure (saving quite a few GB of drive storage) - no effect on images stored in G-Photos.
In G-Drive under Computers I have three My Computer sub folders (0), (1) & (2) - where (in the case of My Computer 1 & 2) I used G-Backup & Synch for individual year folders just before 1 June.

What I think I need to do now to the whole set up is:-

In G-Drive Blow away the folders My Computer (1) and My Computer (2) - this will not delete any of the photos in G-Photo's (nor on my PC as I've chosen not to Synch G-Drive to my computer & not to remove coth copies unger the G-Drive settings in preferences).
Add a new folder into G-Backup&Synch for the folder structure on my PC (above) ie MyPics / YYYY / subject matter 1; subject matter 2 etc.(around 30 images / 100GB). If I am correct in my thinking and from your previous response they synch process should start, but no additional photos will actually be uploaded as they're already in G-Photos.

Would I be correct in thinking that the synching process will not actually upload a photo unless it actually needs it in G-Photos nd the initial part of the synch only compares the relevant metadata between what's on the PC and in G-Photos and if there is a match then skip any physical upload.

Thanks for your help & the time you spent responding. I also found https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_ showing recently added uploads helpful in tagging uploads by day of upload for later review. One thing I found was that the bulk select was not quite as easy as I though. Selecting the checkbox at the top right was limited to a selection of 500 images only - but I did discover that paging down several screen gave the opportunity to select another 500 images & so on until all for the day had been selected. One of the things I think Google could improve on in G-Photos would be to have an advanced search capability - so for example I could select all images in my library which had been taken with a Nikon D3500 for example. I would not be surprised if Google did not suck in every bit of metadata associated with each uploaded image - so it must be available, and hence possible.

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Hi Malcolm,

I think I would go a step further and remove My Computer (0) which I assume is the very first My Computer as the same photos in different sub folders may cause confusion with skipped files.

Starting with a fresh canvas and Choosing My Pics / YYYY / etc will recreate My Computer

Backup and Sync will scan the chosen folders
Each file is checked to see if it already exists in Google Photos and a storage free stub file is created under https://drive.google.com/drive/computers building a mirror hierarchy matching the source computer's folders
The stub file is linked to the existing photo in Google Photos

I am not sure about the physical upload being skipped or not, but your description would be the logical way of dong it.

Regarding searching and selecting.

You can search by camera type as per the screenshot online.

For selecting in the search results.

Select the first photo
Press the End key
Press and hold down shift - move the mouse - wait until the photos are shaded blue - Click om the last photo - release the shift key - press the End key
If the End key doesn't work, press page down to regain focus
Repeat step 3 to the end, maximum 20,000

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Hi Malcolm,

I think I would go a step further and remove My Computer (0) which I assume is the very first My Computer as the same photos in different sub folders may cause confusion with skipped files.

Starting with a fresh canvas and Choosing My Pics / YYYY / etc will recreate My Computer

Backup and Sync will scan the chosen folders
Each file is checked to see if it already exists in Google Photos and a storage free stub file is created under https://drive.google.com/drive/computers building a mirror hierarchy matching the source computer's folders
The stub file is linked to the existing photo in Google Photos

I am not sure about the physical upload being skipped or not, but your description would be the logical way of dong it.

Regarding searching and selecting.

You can search by camera type as per the screenshot online.

For selecting in the search results.

Select the first photo
Press the End key
Press and hold down shift - move the mouse - wait until the photos are shaded blue - Click om the last photo - release the shift key - press the End key
If the End key doesn't work, press page down to regain focus
Repeat step 3 to the end, maximum 20,000

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Hi Malcolm,

A - You are correct that renamed JPEGs will not be uploaded a second time if there are no other changes made.

C - I would then

disconnect all the folders in preferences so that My computer has 0 connected folders
Delete My Computer and the other two instances then empty the trash
Choose Digital Pics and let it loose

A couple of pointers if you don't use Favourites

https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_ shows recently added uploads. If you bulk select and use the 3 dot option to Favourite it will help to resolve any reuploads.

You can Recover storage at https://photos.google.com/settings but only once per day so compressing any stragglers from previous uploads is best done ASAP

Regards,

Peter

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Question: 請問可以協助復原Google相簿中永久刪除的重要相片嗎?

請問可以協助復原相片日期為110年5月12日至5月17日的相片嗎?(使用手機拍照後同步備份於GOOGLE相簿中，遭家人誤刪除(家人已將垃圾桶中的相片永久刪除)，因相片相當重要，希望貴單位可以協助復原相…

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Question: Did not found all photos of screenshots after doing backup and restore in Google photos

Did not found all photos of screenshots after doing backup and restore in Google photos and gallery.

Such questions can't be answered.

Did you check before if all were on photos.google.com if they all were there?

You still can do that probably.

Sorry

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Question: Network security key

Can't find my network security key?

Hi, Johnny Petreet

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 contact your network administrator.

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Question: Is this picture taken recently

My friend said this is a picture of her grandma in the hospital

If you move up the pic a bit you will see its date.

If you move down to the bottom, you will see the brand of her camera. Then the date is correct, but if there is no technical info, the picture was send via social media and their real date is unknown.

But why you don't ask you friend directly?

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Question: Restore my deleted videos from the last six months or the past year

Its pics n videos of me n my wife

Hi Matthew,

As a volunteer at Google Photos, I am not able to recover your deleted photos. I can only offer suggestions:

If you are having trouble finding photos or videos, and for instances when you deleted photos and videos but cannot find them in Trash, please see this "Missing photos troubleshooter."

How did items get sent to Trash?

When you use the Google Photos app to delete photos or videos, you will see a confirmation message, "Remove from Google account, Google Drive, synced devices, and places it's shared?" If you click "Move to Trash," your photo or video will be removed from the Google Photos website, removed from Google Drive, and removed from all synced devices such as Android smart phones, iPads, iPhones, and computers.

If your phone is getting full and you want to delete items to make room for new items, instead of moving the items to Trash, it's much safer to use the Free Up Space feature in the Google Photos app. Free Up Space will remove only the items that have been successfully backed up to Google Photos in the cloud. All items that were NOT successfully backed up will remain on your device. However, you should be aware that if you have only one version of your photo or video in the cloud and nowhere else, you no longer have a back up. If you accidentally permanently delete your one and only version(s) from the cloud, or delete your Google account, or get locked out of your account, there will be no way to get your photos back.

You may have already checked the Google Photos Trash bin and found nothing there. There are two possible reasons why the Trash bin is empty:

60 days have already passed since you sent a photo or video to the Trash. Photos and videos live in Trash for only 60 days before they are automatically and permanently deleted. You will not receive a notice that the items were deleted.
You already emptied the Trash prior to 60 days of a deletion. When you chose to delete an item, you confirmed the warning box "Empty trash? Permanently delete items." Clicking the blue Delete button confirms the permanent deletion of your Trash items. Once the items are permanently deleted, the deletion is forever, and there is no way the Google Photos team can recover them.

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Question: How do I find my trash bin on an Android phone

How do I find my deleted photos my android

Hi, susan abbott

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

In the Google Photos app, tap the library icon at the bottom. That will make the bin visible in the second row from top.

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Question: I want restore my all video and photo

I want to recover my all photo and video 60 days old

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Question: 구글포토 용량 업그레이드후 기한이 지나면 용량이 원복되면서 이미 올라간 사진이 삭제 되나요?

Google 포토 용량 업그레이드 후 기한이 지나면 용량이 원복 이미 올라간 사진이 삭제하세요?

Hi, 김영식

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

Photos will not be deleted.

However, the moment the 15 GB free space becomes full, you will lose access to all the data including Gmail. Photos & documents on Google Drive, unless you deletes something & bring the data within the free limit.

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Question: I want to restore back photos from goggle bin

Hi, Reena Adani

Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.

Tap to open the bin & select all the files in that. Then at the bottom the restore option will become visible. Tap on that & the selected files will be restored.

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