Back up photos & videos

Nearly back up and sync

Dorsum up and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos will be attainable from whatever device where you are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a retentivity: Any photos you take from a device with backup enabled volition be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits you make or photos you take will be accessible across whatsoever device that you sign in to. If you edit and relieve a photo on your phone, the photograph will look the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: Yous can search your photos by the people (when yous've enabled confront group), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automatic creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Before y'all get started

What you need to back up photos & videos

  • Good net connection.
  • File sizes that can be backed up.  Your files won't be backed upward if they are:
    • Photos larger than 200 MB or 150 MP
    • Videos larger than 10 GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 ten 256.
  • File types that tin can be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Alive photos can exist backed up if you use the Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
    • Videos: .mpg, .modern, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files.

If you lot effort to back up a file type not listed here, it may not work with Google Photos.

Of import: Your Google Account storage is shared across multiple products like Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. If yous have used all of your storage, you lot won't exist able to back up new files.

Types of RAW files you can back upwardly

Canon
EOS-1D Ten Mark Three, EOS-1D X Marking II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Marking 3, EOS-1Ds Marker Two, EOS-1D Marker Four, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D Mark 4, EOS 5D Marking III, EOS 5D Marking II, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark 2, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Mark II, EOS 7D, EOS 90D, EOS 80D, EOS 70D, EOS 60D, EOS 60Da, EOS 50D, EOS 40D, EOS 30D, EOS 20D, EOS 20Da, EOS 9000D (EOS 77D), EOS 8000D (EOS REBEL T6S/EOS 760D), EOS Kiss X10i (EOS Insubordinate T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Osculation X9i (EOS REBEL T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS Insubordinate T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Buss X7i (EOS Rebel T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS Rebel T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS REBEL SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Kiss X9 (EOS Rebel SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS Insubordinate SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS REBEL T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Osculation X4 (EOS Rebel T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Osculation X3 (EOS REBEL T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS REBEL T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Osculation X50 (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Buss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital Ten (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Thou (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark 2, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 10 Mark II, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Mark 3, PowerShot G7 10 Mark II, PowerShot G7 10, PowerShot G5 X Marker II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 X Marking Three, PowerShot G1 X Marking Two, PowerShot G1 X, PowerShot G16, PowerShot G15, PowerShot G12, PowerShot G11, PowerShot G10, PowerShot S120, PowerShot S110, PowerShot S100, PowerShot S95, PowerShot S90, PowerShot SX70 HS, PowerShot SX60 HS, PowerShot SX50 HS, PowerShot SX1 IS

Fuji
X100

Nikon
1AW1, 1J1, 1J2, 1J3, 1J4, 1S1, 1S2, 1V1, 1V2, 1V3, D3, D3X, D4, D4S, D40, D40X, D50, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D90, D200, D300, D300s, D600, D610, D700, D750, D800, D800E, D810, D3000, D3100, D3200, D3300, D5000, D5100, D5200, D5300, D5500, D7000, D7100, D7200, Df
Coolpix: A, P7800

Olympus
E-M1, E-M5, E-M10, E-P1, E-P2, Eastward-P3, Due east-P5, E-PL3, E-PL5, East-PL7, OM-D E-M5 Mark II

Panasonic
CM1, FZ300, G70, GF1, GF3, GF5, GF7, GH3, GH4, GM1, GM5, GX1, GX8, LX5, LX7, LX100

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Marking II, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Mark II, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-v, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-half-dozen, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark Ii, RX100, RX100 Marker Two, RX100 Mark Iii, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn support & sync on or off

Before you start, make certain you're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back upward photos and videos: Under "Fill-in account", tap the account proper name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more about upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Support device folders and select the folders you want to back up.
  • Back up on mobile data: If y'all don't want to wait for Wi-Fi to dorsum up your videos, under "Cellular data usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may apply if you upload using your mobile network.
  • Support while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Back upward & sync and then Prison cell data usage and turn on Back up while roaming.

Back up with unrestricted information

Some mobile operators provide admission to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is information that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This option is currently available to some users on operators like Verizon and AT&T in the US. If you use 1 of these operators, you may come across an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile information'.

Important: Admission to unrestricted data may be limited to 5G.

Gear up a daily support limit

Troubleshoot bug with auto backup

Important: Dorsum up & sync might not work well if you take battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you lot have this issue, you can plough off battery optimization.

Turn off bombardment optimization on other Android devices

Bank check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open up the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the top correct, tap your account profile photo or initial.
  4. You tin can view if backup is complete or if you have items in wait to back up. Larn how to ready backup issues.

Costs to support

As of June one, 2021, any new photos or videos you support in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Express quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality volition continue to count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Learn more about photograph and video backup options.

Each Google Account comes with fifteen GB of storage.

Bank check your Google Account storage.

Important: Any photos or videos you've backed upward in High quality or Express quality before June 1, 2021 won't count toward your Google Account storage.

Related resources

  • Download photos or videos to your device
  • Stop syncing Google Drive files with Backup and Sync
  • How your Google storage works

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