Google Support
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Back up photos & videos - Android - Google Photos Help
Back up device folders · Important: ... folders, or turn “Backup” on or off for individual device folders. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app ....
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How to back up photos with your Google Account on Android
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Google Support
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Check your backup - Google Photos Help
On your device, open Google Photos . At the top, check the backup status.
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How to choose your Photos backup settings on Android
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How-To Geek
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How to Back Up Photos and Videos to Google Photos on Android
October 7, 2024 - To start backing up your photos and videos, launch the Google Photos app on your Android phone. If you don’t have it, download it from the Google Play Store. When the app opens, in the top-right corner, tap your profile picture. From the open ...
Android Police
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How to sync and back up your images in Google Photos
June 8, 2024 - To help everyone get started, we've created a guide that covers how to sync and back up Google Photos on your device. ... You can set Google Photos to automatically backup new images as they enter your gallery.
Stack Exchange
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backup - How to download all photos from Google Photos into device? - Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange
I made a backup of my device using "Setting" → "Accounts and backup" → "Google drive" → "Back up data" → "Back up now" → under "Photos and videos" I checked "Backup photos and videos from this device to your Google Account" checkbox.
Business Insider
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How to use Google Photos to back up your photos on all of your devices
August 23, 2022 - The backup controls are in the Google Photos app — tap the account avatar at the top right, then Photo settings, and then tap "Back up & sync." Google Photos is available on the mobile app for iPhone and Android, and in web browsers.
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2025 Google Photos Recap: Organize, Edit, & Backup Memories
Learn more about how Google Photos integrates with your device’s default gallery. ... You can automatically save your photos and videos to your Google Account when you turn on backup.
Google Support
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Back up or restore data on your Android device - Android Help
Your phone’s data is automatically backed up to your Google Account. This includes: ... Learn what happens when you back up your photos and videos. Learn how to back up files and folders to Google Drive. On your Android device, open your device's Settings app.
ZDNET
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How I back up my photos on Android to Google Drive - and why | ZDNET
February 18, 2025 - Open your Drive account, click New, and then tap Folder. Give the folder a name, such as Photo Backup. Show more · Open the Photos app on your phone. Then select all the important photos you want to back up outside of Photos.
Popular Science
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How to back up all your photos and videos to Google Photos | Popular Science
November 9, 2025 - If you’re on an iPhone, Google ... phone, you get a bit more control: Tap Back up device folders on this settings screen, and you can choose which folders are included in the backup....
Digital Camera World
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Backup Google Photos and keep your images safe! | Digital Camera World
August 7, 2024 - Open the app, and agree to give the app permission to access your folders. Sign in to your Google account. In the top right of the app, tap your account profile photo. Select Google Photos settings and then Backup & sync.
Google Photos
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Wondershare
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Simple Guide on How to Backup in Google Photos
August 14, 2025 - On your new Android or iOS device, simply install the Google Photos app again and sign in with the same Google account used for the backup. The app will sync all your cloud backed up photos to the new phone's gallery.
Reddit
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r/googlephotos on Reddit: How can I download all my photo back on my phone ?!
February 27, 2024 -
So, tonigth I got an alert saying that I had almost no space left on my Google account or something like that. Of course, since the synchronisation is activated I thought that I would simply delete every pics and videos from my "cloud" and keep everything on my phone. Long story short I didn't found how to do so but I saw a message saying that I could free a good chunk of storage by doing something (I really don't remember sorry).
So I do this and all my freaking photos and videos are missing on my phone and are on my Google photo account. I still have very little storage left and so I wanted to redownload everything and even older pictures/videos since my phone have more than enough storage.
I've looked everywhere and tried everything I could but it seems like I can only download 1 pic a time. I can't select everything or only by doing it month by month and if I select more than 1 picture the option to download disappear.
I'm very angry right now and so upset so I'm sorry if I'm not to understandable (I'm not English too so it doesn't help) but if anyone have an answer or a solution I'll be glad to hear it thank you in advance.
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You used the "Free up space" feature and it did exactly what it said it would do and you confirmed. Chill. Unfortunately the easiest way to get your photos back on your device (that was full, mind you, so you better figure out a way around that first), is to use Google Takeout on a desktop computer to download all of your Google Photos. You can choose just the YYYY-MM-DD folders and ignore all others (those contain dupes for the albums, which will be counter-productive in your case). Also change the default archive size from 2 GB to 50 GB to ease downloading. After downloading, extract the archives, plug your phone into your computer, and copy all the photos back to the DCIM folder on your phone. You can ignore the JSON files. Now also realize you have no backups if your photos are only in Google Photos, especially if you don't have a copy on your phone. Use Google Takeout occasionally (I do it every 2 months) and store those archives in at least 1-2 safe places.
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That sounds like a bummer. I'm guessing you used Google Photo app's "free up space" feature" to delete all local photos that have been already uploaded to Google Photos. I am not aware of an easy way to download all the photos back to your phone. The only way I can think of is to download all the photos onto your desktop PC (through something like Google Takeout) and then manually transfer them over to your phones from the PC, which will probably take a few hours.
Google Support
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Back up photos & videos - Android - Google One Help
Back up device folders · Important: ... folders, or turn “Backup” on or off for individual device folders. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app ....