Google photo QA: Unable to find all the photos

Question: Unable to find all the photos

I can't find all the photos of phone's storage. Specially the screenshots.. I didn't delete it eithe…

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https://support.google.com/drive/answer/1716222?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

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Ye, my photos were on goggle on my phone. Then, I was locked out of my phone yesterday ad all my photos were entirely gone. Where are my photos?

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Question: How do you move videos to secure folder

Trying to move video and pics to a secure folder

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Question: How do I map Google Photos to a local drive so that I can use Windows Explorer. to access photos

I have my Google Drive mapped to a local drive. However, now that photos are in Google Photo only, I…

I have my Google Drive mapped to a local drive. However, now that photos are in Google Photo only, I'd like to map a drive to Google Photos so that I can access my photos in Windows Explorer. How do I get a drive mapped for Google Photos?

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As I know it right now. They completely took away local access. PLEASE GO MAKE A STINK ABOUT THIS! When they disconnected Google photos from Google drive, they didn't come up with a solution. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THEM BRING IT BACK IS TO SPEAK UP!

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Hello Jennifer, the photos you have currently mapped from Drive to your local drive are not going anywhere so there is no need to make any mass changes. Going forward you have to consider what to do about new photos and this will depend on their source, which is? It would also help if you could share why you want the photos mapped, Peter

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Many of the photos that I take with my mobile device I use to attach, insert or use with other programs or websites such as Word, Publisher, Email, Ancestry etc from my desktop... It is extremely time consuming to have to download each picture that I want to use with another program.

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Hi Jennifer,

For new photos taken on mobile I have the OneDrive app installed with settings to upload new photos to the OneDrive cloud where they go into the camera roll. I have the camera roll synced to my HD where I manually move them to add to my photo archive, or if you have enough capacity you can leave them there.

Deleting from the desktop does not delete from the mobile device.

Deleting from the mobile device does not delete from the desktop

The mobile photos are backed up to Google Photos as normal, so they are now available online for sharing at HQ and on my computer at original size,

Regards,

Peter

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1. I already pay Google for additional storage and don't want to pay yet another company (Microsoft at that) to store the same photos

2. I don't want to have to manually move photos

3. I want my photos sync'd regardless of where I access them from

4. I want to be able to drag/drop into other folders on my Google drive in a single window

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1. I already pay Google for additional storage and don't want to pay yet another company (Microsoft at that) to store the same photos - You don't have to, you can use the free 5GB allocation on OneDrive as a transit path from mobile to your PC and move them to your Google Drive sync

2. I don't want to have to manually move photos - This is no longer a choice with Google Photos

3. I want my photos sync'd regardless of where I access them from - This is no longer a choice with Google Photos

4. I want to be able to drag/drop into other folders on my Google drive in a single window - Not sure what you mean by this one, perhaps tis possibility is influenced by the answers above.

For the avoidance of doubt, we do not have any influence on how Google develop their product, we simply try to advise based on what we know can be achieved.

For more help, please contact your Google One 24/7 support.

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So basically I'm screwed because I use more than 5 g just with my geneology research and will now have to do multiple steps when it used to be easy.

I am already near my max on OneDrive so "free" is not feasible. I use Onedrive for a completely different reason.

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As someone who is also in need of direct access to my files, I would like this feature back. "Being safe" is not an issue nor an answer. It's being able to control and have direct access to my photos. I use workflows that have direct access for my use. This is a major blow to lots of people. PLEASE GIVE US BACK DIRECT ACCESS TO OUR PHOTO/VIDEO FILES!!

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Unfortunately Google do not monitor these questions.

The best way to let Google know your thoughts is to provide feedback, see:-

Leave Feedback (click here to see full article)

In summary, to send feedback to the Google Photos team

Go to photos.google.com or open the Google Photos app .
At the top left, open the Menu , then select Help & feedback and/or Send feedback
You can tell them things like:

What you like or dislike about the app
Things that are confusing or don't work
Things that would help you use Google Photos better

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Question: Thousands of duplicate photos and videos

How to remove duplicates on google photos (app or online)? I have thousands of duplicate photos and …

How to remove duplicates on google photos (app or online)? I have thousands of duplicate photos and videos that Google offers no support to find and remove duplicates!

Isn't it a basic feature of a *paid* photo service?

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Question: Phone stolen and i want to retreive my pictures from andriod phone

Hi Michelle,

If you were using Backup and Sync, then your photos will be stored on the cloud at photos.google.com. The exception being that any photos you had taken since your last backup may not be on there.

You will need to ensure you are logged in using the Google account that you used on that phone.

I would also suggest that you

Check the devices logged into your account and remove any device from your account that isn't yours (or remove the one you no longer have access to)
I would recommend you change your password as soon as possible.

That will prevent anyone who has your phone gaining access to any of your accounts.

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Question: How to restore data if accidentally deleted by android device manager ?

recovering through softwares

Hello Raghav,

Welcome to the Google Photos Help Community.

Unfortunately, there isn't any way to restore data if you've accidentally deleted by android device manager unless the data is been backed up to cloud.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Best,

Sonya

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Question: I'm looking at my photos and I got like four R5 pictures of each picture how do I get rid of

In my Google photos I have multiple I mean thousands of the same picture how do I get rid of all of …

In my Google photos I have multiple I mean thousands of the same picture how do I get rid of all of them but one I mean why is it just repeating and repeating and repeating and it's throwing all my 2014 pictures it's like everytime I look at a picture and throws it up there in today so there's another copy how to get royalties duplicate copies of pictures

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Question: Downloading

My download just keeps downloading but never comes thru

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Question: What other phones and devices are linked to my phone

Somebody's hacking my phone my Gmail account email account Facebook Yahoo email account and I want to know who it is in private I think they got me on parental controls as you would a child to keep track of what I'm doing on my phone

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Jesse, change your passwords and enable 2 step verification for the various accounts.

As this is a dedicated photos forum, you can direct your Google account-related questions to the Google accounts support forum.

Cheers

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Question: Where do replies to an automated photo sharing notification go? Can't find it anywhere.

I can't find a reply to this notification about an email share and I want to make sure it's not spam…

I can't find a reply to this notification about an email share and I want to make sure it's not spam. I can't find messages anywhere in photos and it's not in my Gmail.

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Question: If I delete google photos from my iPhone will my photos delete from my iCloud as well?

Ok so I just want to delete the app but apparently if you delete it then it takes all your photos wi…

Ok so I just want to delete the app but apparently if you delete it then it takes all your photos with it. From what I know the photos you had on the app just stay in the cloud but I'm not sure and I want to know if they will stay on my iPhone or if they'll delete them selfs but I don't think they will

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Question: How i can back my photos when im delete myfiles

Back my picture in my images

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Question: Can you sync from google photos to a pc that has google drive on it to have an offline set of photos

Sync my google photos to a pc to give offline photos appears to of been working till July 2019

Hello Dave,

As you have discovered, the Sync to Drive was deprecated in 2019 and there is no substitute method of sync available.

The best option is to use Google Takeout by selecting the year albums as per below.

Go to Google Dashboard and expand the Photos tab then left click on the 3 dots and select Download data. If you wait a minute until 'All photos albums included' pops up then click on it and deselect all.

See screenshots online.

Then scroll down and select all the year albums Photos from 2020 etc, or any Albums you have created

You will now get a single copy of each photo, one json file per photo, and one filename-edited.jpg for each edited photo.

Unfortunately there is no easy way to use the json files without specialist software so they can be safely deleted.

Regards,

Peter

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Hello Dave,

As you have discovered, the Sync to Drive was deprecated in 2019 and there is no substitute method of sync available.

The best option is to use Google Takeout by selecting the year albums as per below.

See screenshots online.

Then scroll down and select all the year albums Photos from 2020 etc, or any Albums you have created

You will now get a single copy of each photo, one json file per photo, and one filename-edited.jpg for each edited photo.

Unfortunately there is no easy way to use the json files without specialist software so they can be safely deleted.

Regards,

Peter

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Question: Google does not have people shows

Google does not have people shows

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Question: i want rorecover my all google photos which missing by me

i want to recover my faimly photos plz help me i m realky greatful to u

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 Naeem khan 9440'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:

https://support.google.com/drive/thread/5032072?hl=en#contact=1

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.

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Question: plz help me i want to recover my all faimly photos which deleted by me plz help me

i want to recover my photos back plz help me