My album captions have disappeared. I click on the circle with the i in it, but that doesn't bring t…
My album captions have disappeared. I click on the circle with the i in it, but that doesn't bring the captions back. I have worked hard on this album but can't share it if I can't count on people being able to read the captions.
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Question: my photos and videos
Kresna Ali
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Question: Stuck on: 'An archive of your Google Photos data is currently being prepared'
I'm trying to download all of my photos stored on Google Photos. I've tried doing this by adding a f…
I'm trying to download all of my photos stored on Google Photos. I've tried doing this by adding a folder on Google Drive (only about 1GB of photos have been moved, only a small fraction). I've also tried doing a Google Takeout, and downloading a zip of my photos (This is stuck on 'An archive of your Google Photos data is currently being prepared', for the last 3 days!)
Please help! I want my photos!!
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"my photos album is taking up 0MB of my 15GB allowance...."
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- It's know that the Google Photos folder in Drive is often incomplete. This is partly by design (photos uploaded from computer by using Backyp & Sync are not added), but also because photos are added late or the syncing seems stuck.
- When creating an archive (Google Takeout) is stuck on preparing you may try with smaller batches.
- You find more info about downloading in this article.
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Thanks, I'm trying again with a smaller batch size, but it's still stuck.
Curiously, Google says my photos album is taking up 0MB of my 15GB allowance.... Could this be part of the issue?
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"my photos album is taking up 0MB of my 15GB allowance...."
That means that all photos/videos were uploaded in "High Quality\
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Ah, I understand that (0MB) now thanks. Still trying to archive my photos.... 0% progress, I understand this is a 'free' service from Google, but it is very frustrating :'-(
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Question: How to recover permanently deleted photos
I mistakenly deleted my photos and videos permanently
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Question: Google lens stuck on searching for results (LG G7 one)
When im using google lens with my LG g7 one it identifies stuff (the blue dot) but when I click on i…
When im using google lens with my LG g7 one it identifies stuff (the blue dot) but when I click on it nothing happens (stuck at "searching for results") tried wifi, 4G, turning on and off again, restarted service
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Ah, I understand that (0MB) now thanks. Still trying to archive my photos.... 0% progress, I understand this is a 'free' service from Google, but it is very frustrating :'-(

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Question: How to recover permanently deleted photos
I mistakenly deleted my photos and videos permanently
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Question: Google lens stuck on searching for results (LG G7 one)
When im using google lens with my LG g7 one it identifies stuff (the blue dot) but when I click on i…
When im using google lens with my LG g7 one it identifies stuff (the blue dot) but when I click on it nothing happens (stuck at "searching for results") tried wifi, 4G, turning on and off again, restarted service
Android version: 9.0
Phone model: LM-Q910UM
(tried to use my software develloper's google-fu but it didn't help)
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I'm having the same issue. The dot appears, I touch it, and then I get a screen telling me something went wrong! Hasn't worked on anything--text, barcode, plants or pictures. I tried it with WiFi and mobile data, nothing.
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Question: I don't want my pictures deleted and I never requested this order FOR an album
I've TRIED nothing and want my pics left alone the phone is saying my album is expiring I never orde…
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Question: When i changed my google account then the images which are present in PHOTOS are also deleted.
I want to changed my google account it can affect the images which are present in PHOTOS.
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Question: Using Google Takeout fails - both archive to Drive and archive links to download methods fail
I am trying to download my photos (~750G worth) using Google Takeout, as I understand this is the on…
I am trying to download my photos (~750G worth) using Google Takeout, as I understand this is the only method available given the elimination of sync with Drive. Every attempt has resulted in "data archive failed" messages from Google.
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I'm having the same issue. The dot appears, I touch it, and then I get a screen telling me something went wrong! Hasn't worked on anything--text, barcode, plants or pictures. I tried it with WiFi and mobile data, nothing.
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Question: I don't want my pictures deleted and I never requested this order FOR an album
I've TRIED nothing and want my pics left alone the phone is saying my album is expiring I never orde…
Hello Rhonda,
All I can think is that you looked at a photobook and one was saved in draft. If that is the case, the draft album will be deleted after a period of time, but no photos will be deleted.
Let me know if that sounds like what has happened.
Regards,
Peter
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Question: When i changed my google account then the images which are present in PHOTOS are also deleted.
I want to changed my google account it can affect the images which are present in PHOTOS.
Hello Aditya,
Photos belong to an account so the new account would be empty.
The old account will still have it's photos and should be visible at https://photos.google.com/ when signed in with the old account.
Regards,
Peter
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Question: Using Google Takeout fails - both archive to Drive and archive links to download methods fail
I am trying to download my photos (~750G worth) using Google Takeout, as I understand this is the on…
I am trying to download my photos (~750G worth) using Google Takeout, as I understand this is the only method available given the elimination of sync with Drive. Every attempt has resulted in "data archive failed" messages from Google.
- I tried a Takeout request using 2GB file sizes - I got a bunch of links along with a message that the archive failed message because Google couldn't get all the files
- Assuming that some were larger than 4GB, I change to 10GB archive sizes and that failed as well
- I changed the archive delivery method to have the files delivered to Google Drive, and after waiting nine days Google sent an email "data archive failed" with no reason, explanation, or hints.
Now all of my photos are locked into Google Photos and I can't get copies of them (exactly as people feared and as Google said wouldn't happen.) I've tried downloading subsets of photos with the same problem.
Any hints on ways forward are appreciated!
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There are other methods for downloading from Google Photos, but none is really suited to download large amounts. Downloading does not seem to be high on Google's priority list. You find some info about downloading here.
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But I assume that you all have synced-down until July 10 in year and month folders and that will stay.
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Thanks for the excellent feedback and info link. I have tried downloading albums - I get a set of links along with the "data archive failed" message, and I haven't been able to figure out what failed and what didn't. Some of the supposed failed images are there and download just fine if I try a single image. Without indication on what's missing it is quite difficult to know if you actually have the full archive, much less try to download 'bad' files individually.
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Sorry, I (we) can't be of any further help about Take-out because my tests always were restricted to small amounts to get an idea about the complex content of the downloaded zip.
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Question: I used to upload photos by creating album after that i deleted album still photos uploading
Didn't want to upload photos but still uploading whenever i open Google photos how to stop uploading
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Question: kishore9611
Back up photos
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Question: Documents
How to see documents
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There are other methods for downloading from Google Photos, but none is really suited to download large amounts. Downloading does not seem to be high on Google's priority list. You find some info about downloading here.
Do you get the same problems when you try to download albums? Downloading of selected photos is limited to 500, but that limitation does not seem to exist for albums. I tested till 1000 (I have no bigger ones) and that worked.
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But I assume that you all have synced-down until July 10 in year and month folders and that will stay.
So you only need to download what is new from https://photos.google.com weekly: then that zip only contains picturefiles which can be added to the actual month folder etc.
If that contents come from your smartphone mainly, you also can install Dropbox to sync-down new pictures to pc and move that files into your main backup structure to prevent cumulation in the DP-cloud.
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Thanks for the excellent feedback and info link. I have tried downloading albums - I get a set of links along with the "data archive failed" message, and I haven't been able to figure out what failed and what didn't. Some of the supposed failed images are there and download just fine if I try a single image. Without indication on what's missing it is quite difficult to know if you actually have the full archive, much less try to download 'bad' files individually.
I also tried building albums by, for example, searching any image from 2001 (search using "2001" as the search string, selecting all, and then downloading the 2001 album. I ran this takeout twice and got two slightly different sets of files - so again, how do I know I got them all? It seems quite buggy.
My next approach will be to use the Photos API to download metadata on all images in my collection, and then try to get them individually. Painful and slow, but at least I'll get to know what failed (though I still can't trust that I'll get all the images when I ask for the metadata....). If you foresee problems with this approach I appreciate comments.
Thanks!
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Sorry, I (we) can't be of any further help about Take-out because my tests always were restricted to small amounts to get an idea about the complex content of the downloaded zip.
But you also can download that 2001 test-album straight from https://photos.google.com/albums and then you should get a decent zip with normal picturefiles containing all metadata provided by the camera.
I have no experience with using the Photos API for programmers. But it depends on what metadata your are talking about: intrinsic data added by your camera or added items by you?
We work the other way around: we start on desktop with selecting and editing. So we already have everything neatly on disc before uploading to Google. That is only correct way of course - all other approaches will cause a hell of timeconsuming troubles afterwards.
Like you are experiencing now.
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Question: I used to upload photos by creating album after that i deleted album still photos uploading
Didn't want to upload photos but still uploading whenever i open Google photos how to stop uploading
Hello Anjali,
The Google Photos app acts as a portal to view the Device copy and the Google Photos 'backed up' copy. It does not store any photos. This means that any account you select will see all the device photos but it does not back them up, only the account specified in Backup & sync settings will back up any photos. You can see the actual backed up photos at Photos - Google Photos - Tap here when signed in with your account.
Regards,
Peter
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Question: kishore9611
Back up photos
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Question: Documents
How to see documents
We can see documents by scrolling down in gallary view
But it's hard
So why you not making documents folder for us
Please make a folder for us with password protected
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Question: I want my delete pic in Google drive and google photo
Please help me out to recover files
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REALLY THIS should not been happing GOOGLE it's a 0eambarssment to the word when yours
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Question: Pictures tremble when opened with Foto's
All Pictures tremble when opened with Google-Foto's. If I want to enlarge, they jump back to the sma…
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Question: I want my delete pic in Google drive and google photo
Please help me out to recover files
Mahati, deleted photos are stored in trash for up to 60 days. Check your trash folder tor retrieve your photos or visit photos.google.com/trash
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REALLY THIS should not been happing GOOGLE it's a 0eambarssment to the word when yours
Don't repuly n fix littlt problems for your customers if GOOD OLD GOGGLE CANT FIX IT THEN then one can
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Chandra, 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 :(
Unfortunately, once Photos are deleted from trash there is no way to retrieve them back :(
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Question: Pictures tremble when opened with Foto's
All Pictures tremble when opened with Google-Foto's. If I want to enlarge, they jump back to the sma…
All Pictures tremble when opened with Google-Foto's.
If I want to enlarge, they jump back to the small dimension.
I open them from a directory in total commander.
Using Google-Files to open, works fine, but then I loose information, sharpness.
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Question: How do i save the photos on my contacts
Hi Beth
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Question: How do i save the photos on my contacts
Hi Beth
If the profile photo is one you took and added to their contact, you can search for it in Google Photos, then select the image, use the : menu and select Save to device.
If the contact photo is not one you took, but is one, for example, from the person's Google Profile image and it automatically shows in the contact photo field, there is not a way to directly save the image to the device.
Instead, open Google Contacts, select the person, select the profile images in the circle to open it up full screen, and then take a screen shot to save to device. Typically on Android, you simultaneously hold down the power button and the volume down key to take a screen shot. On some devices, like the Google Pixel, you can hold down the power button and then select screen shot.
Or if you have Google Assistant on your Android device, simply open the profile image to full size, and say, "OK Google, take a screen shot
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Question: I have photos on my account but when I go look at the website photos aren't there and can't find
I'm trying to have my photos show up on the website like they show up when I edit my account.
@ Bonet Enterprise
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Thank u for replying to my question. I'm talking about the website that I got with google. Bonet-enterprise.business.site. I'm trying to change the photo that people see when they visit, plus it doesn't show the photos I have
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Question: I was able to move 9 out of 10 media folders to another folder. Why not the last one?
Trying to move the 10th folder that it won't allow me to move over. After I was able to move the oth…
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Question: i can't find my photos and i have permenantly deleted them off of my iphone. where are they?
My backup is always on on my google photos so i deleted some photos and videos from my recently dele…
My backup is always on on my google photos so i deleted some photos and videos from my recently deleted on my iphone to free up storage space but then when i went to look on google photos for my photos and videos, they weren't there. i've tried searching for them everywhere but i don't know where they are and i'm quite worried because i really really need them and i had thought that they'd backed up to google photos.
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Question: A recurring charges of Php600 on my credit card bill by certain 'google *CHTC'
I want to know how did this guys know my credit card account.
I want to know how did this guys know my credit card account.
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Question: Hi I am vivek
Hi I am vivek
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Question: Rachaelschier77 is hacking me
Delete her
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Question: Synced album by mistake. I have unsynced it but the pics are not deleted from the cloud.
Hello. By mistake, I synced my Whatsapp Images album, which contains thousands of pictures. I hadn't…
Enjoy
Joe
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Question: I have photos on my account but when I go look at the website photos aren't there and can't find
I'm trying to have my photos show up on the website like they show up when I edit my account.
@ Bonet Enterprise
"when I go look at the website photos aren't there"
Which "website" are you talking about ? https://photos.google.com/ ? Other ?
"like they show up when I edit my account"
Which "account" are you talking about ? Google account ? Then what means "edit" here ?
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Thank u for replying to my question. I'm talking about the website that I got with google. Bonet-enterprise.business.site. I'm trying to change the photo that people see when they visit, plus it doesn't show the photos I have
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"I’m talking about the website that I got with google."
Do you mean a website made with Google sites ?
Then I think that you may get better help on the Google Sites community.
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Sorry, but we are not making any progress.
We just do not know which website you talk about.
Can you post a link to the website ?
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Question: I was able to move 9 out of 10 media folders to another folder. Why not the last one?
Trying to move the 10th folder that it won't allow me to move over. After I was able to move the oth…
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Question: i can't find my photos and i have permenantly deleted them off of my iphone. where are they?
My backup is always on on my google photos so i deleted some photos and videos from my recently dele…
My backup is always on on my google photos so i deleted some photos and videos from my recently deleted on my iphone to free up storage space but then when i went to look on google photos for my photos and videos, they weren't there. i've tried searching for them everywhere but i don't know where they are and i'm quite worried because i really really need them and i had thought that they'd backed up to google photos.
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If you are not the Original Poster, please DO NOT add you problem/issue to this thread as it will NOT get you an answer. Please create your own thread , in the proper Product Forum, concerning your problem/issue.ThisThis will enable us to give personalized help concerning your problem.
Now- with that out of the way let's deal with Ava Isabel's post in Google Photos.
Please note that, due to a variety of reasons, not all files can be recovered - but you can try!
1. Items deleted from your photos.google.com are stored in trash for 60 days and then are Auto-Deleted from trash and can not be recovered.
2. Items deleted manually from photos.google.com/trash can not be recovered.
3. Items deleted from your YouTube Channel can not be recovered.
4. Items deleted from your Gmail are stored in trash for 30 days and then are Auto-Deleted from trash and can not be recovered.
5. Items manually deleted from Gmail trash can not be recovered.
6. Items deleted from your Google Drive will be stored in Drive Trash for 30 days and then be Auto-Deleted from Trash and can not be recovered.
1).If you are using a regular personal account
You will have to contact a Google Drive Specialist who *MAY* be able to restore it. Use this link:
2). If you use a work/student account (G Suite), you should contact your Account Admin as they can restore files up to 25 days after deletion.
If the answer is helpful, please click "Recommend" to help other users of the community.
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Question: A recurring charges of Php600 on my credit card bill by certain 'google *CHTC'
I want to know how did this guys know my credit card account.
I want to know how did this guys know my credit card account.
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Question: Hi I am vivek
Hi I am vivek
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Question: Rachaelschier77 is hacking me
Delete her
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Question: Synced album by mistake. I have unsynced it but the pics are not deleted from the cloud.
Hello. By mistake, I synced my Whatsapp Images album, which contains thousands of pictures. I hadn't…
Hello.
By mistake, I synced my Whatsapp Images album, which contains thousands of pictures.
I hadn't noticed, and my phone worked through the night to upload them all to Google Photos.
I don't want them to be on there. They take up space and they are not relevant to me. I unsynced the album but the photos are not deleted from the cloud.
How can I do so? I tried to sort them by synced date so that I could delete them at the same time but I cannot see sorting options...
Please tell me that I'm not stuck with thousands of unwanted pictures, and that I have to delete them one by one...
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Question: Looking to create an album where the public can share photos with us. Is this possible?
Would like people to be able to share without creating an account
You can create a "collaborative" album (Shared album with option to let others add photos turned on), but others must be signed in to a Google account to upload photos.
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Question: Moto X play mobile camera video
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Question: What's app image is not showing
My whatsapp image not showing in Google photo
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Question: I have already purchased 200 gb storage and now it's showing out of space !
I have purchased 200 gb storage and now it's showing out of space.
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Question: Jitni meri photo delete hue hai unko wapas karo mujhe
Please back my old photi
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Question: My photo backup
My photo backup file now
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Question: I can't find my computer uploaded photos
Hi, I recently backed up all of my phone pictures from my computer to Google Photos. There were just…
Hi,
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Question: Looking to create an album where the public can share photos with us. Is this possible?
Would like people to be able to share without creating an account
You can create a "collaborative" album (Shared album with option to let others add photos turned on), but others must be signed in to a Google account to upload photos.
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Question: Moto X play mobile camera video
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Question: What's app image is not showing
My whatsapp image not showing in Google photo
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Question: I have already purchased 200 gb storage and now it's showing out of space !
I have purchased 200 gb storage and now it's showing out of space.
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Question: Jitni meri photo delete hue hai unko wapas karo mujhe
Please back my old photi
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Question: My photo backup
My photo backup file now
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Question: I can't find my computer uploaded photos
Hi, I recently backed up all of my phone pictures from my computer to Google Photos. There were just…
Hi,
I recently backed up all of my phone pictures from my computer to Google Photos. There were just over 18,000 pictures and videos in total, dating back to 2010. I understand that this amount of data can perhaps take a while to upload to the servers, but it's been a couple of weeks now and there is still no sign of them. I don't want to re-upload them because I don't want 18k duplicates if they ever resurface.
Thanks
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Question: I was logged into a different Google account for 6mos & want to combine both accounts. Possible?
I have two Google accounts and switch back and forth from time to time. How do I combine photos and …
I have two Google accounts and switch back and forth from time to time. How do I combine photos and videos from both backups? Is this even possible? Thank you!
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Question: I'm getting a 'review your changes done on another phone', while I'm only using one phone.
Accepting changes.
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Question: One drive
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Question: I deleted photos from google photos and they got removed from my device too
Why my device photo removed after i deleted those from google photos
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Question: Can't find my screenshots
Looking for my screenshots in my photos
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Question: Have problems
I have 2 issue 1- I have 2 T and its not full and its telling me I have to buy the 10 T 2- pictures …
I have 2 issue
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Question: I was logged into a different Google account for 6mos & want to combine both accounts. Possible?
I have two Google accounts and switch back and forth from time to time. How do I combine photos and …
I have two Google accounts and switch back and forth from time to time. How do I combine photos and videos from both backups? Is this even possible? Thank you!
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Question: I'm getting a 'review your changes done on another phone', while I'm only using one phone.
Accepting changes.
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Question: One drive
Hello Kathy,
I believe that is a message from Samsung cloud which is shutting down. Google Photos will not be affected.
See
Regards,
Peter
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Question: I deleted photos from google photos and they got removed from my device too
Why my device photo removed after i deleted those from google photos
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Question: Can't find my screenshots
Looking for my screenshots in my photos
You will find this article helpful.
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Question: Have problems
I have 2 issue 1- I have 2 T and its not full and its telling me I have to buy the 10 T 2- pictures …
I have 2 issue
1- I have 2 T and its not full and its telling me I have to buy the 10 T
2- pictures and vedios taking soooo much time to laod
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Question: ajrstone504@gmail.com
Find my photos
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Question: I wanted to add something on the inside where it's blank like saying family but it wouldn't let me
I wanted a title on the inside but it doesn't let u
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Question: i need back my all deleded data
I need back my all data
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Question: How to Sync Deletions to Google Photos?
With the new changes to syncing, how do I sync deletions to my Google Photos? I use Lightroom to pro…
With the new changes to syncing, how do I sync deletions to my Google Photos? I use Lightroom to process all of my SLR photos and then, previously, would sync those photos to Google Photos via a folder on my PC afterwards for organizing and sharing with friends and family. However, I frequently will take over 100 pictures, have them sync to Photos, and then after they are synced, go back and delete half of the photos in Lightroom (removing them from the syncing folder on my PC). Previously, this deletion was then synced to Photos, removing all the unwanted images. Now with the new sync changes, I can't figure out how to delete the hundreds of unwanted/undesired photos from my Google Photos library that previously synced but have since been removed from my Lightroom syncing folder. Obviously, manually identifying and deleting every unwanted photos would be prohibitively time intensive and is not a viable option.
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Question: ajrstone504@gmail.com
Find my photos
You will find this article helpful.
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Question: I wanted to add something on the inside where it's blank like saying family but it wouldn't let me
I wanted a title on the inside but it doesn't let u
Hi, Jolene Mutch
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Can you add a screenshot of the page visible in the app where you wish to write something in the blank space?
That will help to understand the exact requirement.
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Question: i need back my all deleded data
I need back my all data
If you are not the Original Poster, please DO NOT add you problem/issue to this thread as it will NOT get you an answer. Please create your own thread , in the proper Product Forum, concerning your problem/issue.ThisThis will enable us to give personalized help concerning your problem.
Now- with that out of the way let's deal with Hamza Rajpoot's post in Google Photos.
Please note that, due to a variety of reasons, not all files can be recovered - but you can try!
1. Items deleted from your photos.google.com are stored in trash for 60 days and then are Auto-Deleted from trash and can not be recovered.
2. Items deleted manually from photos.google.com/trash can not be recovered.
3. Items deleted from your YouTube Channel can not be recovered.
4. Items deleted from your Gmail are stored in trash for 30 days and then are Auto-Deleted from trash and can not be recovered.
5. Items manually deleted from Gmail trash can not be recovered.
6. Items deleted from your Google Drive will be stored in Drive Trash for 30 days and then be Auto-Deleted from Trash and can not be recovered.
1).If you are using a regular personal account
You will have to contact a Google Drive Specialist who *MAY* be able to restore it. Use this link:
2). If you use a work/student account (G Suite), you should contact your Account Admin as they can restore files up to 25 days after deletion.
If the answer is helpful, please click "Recommend" to help other users of the community.
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Question: How to Sync Deletions to Google Photos?
With the new changes to syncing, how do I sync deletions to my Google Photos? I use Lightroom to pro…
With the new changes to syncing, how do I sync deletions to my Google Photos? I use Lightroom to process all of my SLR photos and then, previously, would sync those photos to Google Photos via a folder on my PC afterwards for organizing and sharing with friends and family. However, I frequently will take over 100 pictures, have them sync to Photos, and then after they are synced, go back and delete half of the photos in Lightroom (removing them from the syncing folder on my PC). Previously, this deletion was then synced to Photos, removing all the unwanted images. Now with the new sync changes, I can't figure out how to delete the hundreds of unwanted/undesired photos from my Google Photos library that previously synced but have since been removed from my Lightroom syncing folder. Obviously, manually identifying and deleting every unwanted photos would be prohibitively time intensive and is not a viable option.
If this kind of syncing isn't an option after the new sync changes, I'm wondering if I should switch to OneDrive instead in order to keep things organized, as it sounds like this is an option there and would sync up easily with my PC.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
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Yes, I would like to know how to do this also. How is something called "Sync" if it doesn't actually do anything to keep the directories ACTUALLY IN SYNC???
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Mine is called "Backup and Sync from Google" but it doesn't actually keep things in Sync.
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The misleading thing is that later local edits may sync to Drive, but not to Photos anymore - that just seems a fixed copy counting for storage or not.
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Yeah, unfortunately it seems the only real way to keep things in sync between my computer and Google Photos is to just periodically completely delete everything in Google Photos and reload my entire library up there (just a backup as opposed to more advanced sync) again.
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So in summary, with respect to Google Photos, it is really only a backup (onetime sync), not a sync function (two way or continuous sync), despite the name. Importantly, this means that if I make edits on the computer (cropping, color correction, etc) they will either be synced to Photos as an entirely new photo, or not synced as all. Deletions won't be mirrored in either direction.
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Yeah, this is what is killing me too. I curate all my photos on my computer, and when I have time to tag more names or correct dates, Google kindly uploads them for me as new versions BUT (ugh) doesn't delete the old version. So I have many many duplicates out there (taking up a lot of Google storage unnecessarily). Also, if I happen to finally downsize some photos while curating, that deletion doesn't get removed from Google. This is why sync exists, not whatever they call sync (but isn't).
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Sorry Doug, but the poor syncing behavior is not changed - that only has been good in the abandoned Picasa-software, but not in any version of Google Photos Backup starting in 2014 within Google+
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I've been struggling with this too since they announced the changes. I think their purpose is to force people to do all photo management inside Google Photos and have that as the only library. But it won't really do it for me, as I also want to use Lightroom for edits and final organizing.
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@Lauri
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Question: Issue with backup and sync. Photos misplaced. How can I fix this?
I've recently received a new MacBook Pro for my birthday and thought it was a good idea to sync it t…
I've recently received a new MacBook Pro for my birthday and thought it was a good idea to sync it to my google photos, because I wanted to be able to save photos through my new device without having to manually upload them. But when I downloaded "Backup & Sync" it changed the dates of my older photos to the day (last Tuesday, March 17th) I tried to sync my device, and removed them from my photo albums. I want to know if there is any way I or google can undo the backup and restore it to how it was on Tuesday? Can someone please let me know as soon as possible.
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@Rachel & Alicia
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@Rinus
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Sorry for the delay - most people never reply and I was not notified due to wrong Google management.

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@Rachel & Alicia
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Question: Unable to move photos to SD card folder?
I am unable to move photos to my SD card folders from internal storage?
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Yes, I would like to know how to do this also. How is something called "Sync" if it doesn't actually do anything to keep the directories ACTUALLY IN SYNC???
It should be very simple, if I delete something from my computer, then delete it from Google Photos. If I delete something from Google Photos, then delete it from my computer. OR, perhaps just one-way SYNC, where any deletes from computer will delete from Google Photos, but no deletes from Google photos delete on my computer.
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Mine is called "Backup and Sync from Google" but it doesn't actually keep things in Sync.
I think we are both splitting hairs and it looks like this functionality of syncing a persons Google Photos library with anything other than a Google Photos app install is not in the cards right now. I guess I just need to figure out how to install a Google Photos app on my Windows PC in order to get the functionality I need from this product.
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The misleading thing is that later local edits may sync to Drive, but not to Photos anymore - that just seems a fixed copy counting for storage or not.
So only deletions may sync depending on preferences set in the app.
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Yeah, unfortunately it seems the only real way to keep things in sync between my computer and Google Photos is to just periodically completely delete everything in Google Photos and reload my entire library up there (just a backup as opposed to more advanced sync) again.
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So in summary, with respect to Google Photos, it is really only a backup (onetime sync), not a sync function (two way or continuous sync), despite the name. Importantly, this means that if I make edits on the computer (cropping, color correction, etc) they will either be synced to Photos as an entirely new photo, or not synced as all. Deletions won't be mirrored in either direction.
Looks like I need to look into other options for easy management of my photos unless this gets changed back. While I loved being able to combine all my photos from my phone and SLR for easy sharing with friends and family (along with the awesome search capabilities), the lack of continuous sync is a deal-breaker for me. I don't really care about deletions or edits from Google Photos being mirrored back to the computer, but the lack of computer deletions and edits on the PC being mirrored to Google Photos after the initial photo upload negates the usefulness it previously provided. In fact, of the two, the lack of mirrored edits is almost an even bigger issue for my workflow than the lack of deletions, although both are pretty problematic.
In terms of other options, I'm familiar with OneDrive's Photo functionality - are there other services to which I should also consider switching?
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Yeah, this is what is killing me too. I curate all my photos on my computer, and when I have time to tag more names or correct dates, Google kindly uploads them for me as new versions BUT (ugh) doesn't delete the old version. So I have many many duplicates out there (taking up a lot of Google storage unnecessarily). Also, if I happen to finally downsize some photos while curating, that deletion doesn't get removed from Google. This is why sync exists, not whatever they call sync (but isn't).
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Sorry Doug, but the poor syncing behavior is not changed - that only has been good in the abandoned Picasa-software, but not in any version of Google Photos Backup starting in 2014 within Google+
So you really need a total migration and if you are on modern Windows - OneDrive is the most advanced option. There also is a OneDrive-app to sync full quality from phone to pc and editing on pc will sync back to the cloud. Also sharing and sorting is much more comfortable.
Goodbye Google I would say - they never have been good after Picasa anymore.
Too young and not listening to the more experienced here.
Sorry to say.
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I've been struggling with this too since they announced the changes. I think their purpose is to force people to do all photo management inside Google Photos and have that as the only library. But it won't really do it for me, as I also want to use Lightroom for edits and final organizing.
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@Lauri
For normal camera pictures you can go on as ususal and upload to Google Photos when ready with editing.
For phonepictures you can use the Dropbox-app to sync down originals to computer for further editing and then upload to Photos. The backup to Google on phone can be switched-off then and Backup and sync on computer also is not needed anymore.
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Question: Issue with backup and sync. Photos misplaced. How can I fix this?
I've recently received a new MacBook Pro for my birthday and thought it was a good idea to sync it t…
I've recently received a new MacBook Pro for my birthday and thought it was a good idea to sync it to my google photos, because I wanted to be able to save photos through my new device without having to manually upload them. But when I downloaded "Backup & Sync" it changed the dates of my older photos to the day (last Tuesday, March 17th) I tried to sync my device, and removed them from my photo albums. I want to know if there is any way I or google can undo the backup and restore it to how it was on Tuesday? Can someone please let me know as soon as possible.
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@Rachel & Alicia
Congratulations with your Macbook, but Google Photos can't sync with any computer.
So it is totally unclear to me what you have done.
The installed Backup & Sync app can do two totally different things:
- Sync contents in selected folders on Google Drive with the pc - but I assume that you have no contents on Google Drive.
- Sync contents in selected folders on pc with Google Drive together with uploading (not syncing) images to Google Photos - but a fresh pc has no images unless synced via iCloud from iPhone.
I only know that images from social media like Whatsapp have no dates, so they always get the date of the very last action, like on March 17.
That can't be avoided and is due to the inferior design of such media.
Please come back to explain more precisely.
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@Rinus
It's scenario number 2. Where the photos where the photos were on iCloud to begin with.
So, I don't know what to do.
Please respond when you can.
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Sorry for the delay - most people never reply and I was not notified due to wrong Google management.
I can't check myself because I am on Windows. I only know from my iPad that original pictures downloaded via iCloud on my pc, still contain the right exif-info which include correct date & time and then they are correctly placed on the Google Photos website photos.google.com viewed in the Safari-browser on your laptop.
It always are the pictures from chat-apps which cause problems because their exif got stripped and thereby Google Photos can do no more then attach the current date to them. But you can change this wrong dates on the site by opening the infopanel like shown below:

Also the timezone can be wrong.
Use the original date & time of the message for correcting - else you must guess a date.
Be aware that problem is not caused by Google.
Hope this helps.
Goodnight from here.
PS: in the Google Photos app on your iPhone there can be another cause of misplacement, but then you must be more clear about details.
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@Rachel & Alicia
Congratulations with your Macbook, but Google Photos can't sync with any computer.
So it is totally unclear to me what you have done.
The installed Backup & Sync app can do two totally different things:
- Sync contents in selected folders on Google Drive with the pc - but I assume that you have no contents on Google Drive.
- Sync contents in selected folders on pc with Google Drive together with uploading (not syncing) images to Google Photos - but a fresh pc has no images unless synced via iCloud from iPhone.
I only know that images from social media like Whatsapp have no dates, so they always get the date of the very last action, like on March 17.
That can't be avoided and is due to the inferior design of such media.
Please come back to explain more precisely.
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Question: Unable to move photos to SD card folder?
I am unable to move photos to my SD card folders from internal storage?
Hi, Kate Howard 1812
Welcome to Google Photos Community Support Forum & thanks for your query.
Can you please provide some more details? Are you not able to see the SD card through Google Photos? Or does the app say "Unable to write" when you select to download some photos on the SD card.
Need some more information to understand the problem correctly.
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