You can automatically save your photos and videos to your Google Account when you turn on backup. You can access your saved photos and videos from any device you’re signed into, but only you can find them unless you choose to share them. You can back up photos and videos to only one Google Account at a time. Learn how to fix backup issues.
Before you get started
Upload items to Google Photos from your browser
- On your computer, open photos.google.com.
- At the top right, select Create and add photos
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- Under “Add photos,” select Import photos.
- Find and select your photos.
- Select Open.
.Tip: You can also drag photos from your computer to the album to upload them to Google Photos. If you drag a photo to a specific album, the photo will be uploaded to that album.
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Check where your photos & videos were uploaded from
In Google Photos, you can check how you uploaded your photos and videos.
- On your computer, open photos.google.com.
- Click a photo or video.
- At the top right, click Info
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- Next to File upload
, you'll find which source uploaded your photo or video. For example, "Uploaded from Android device" or "Uploaded from Google Drive."
- File upload
- File upload
.Check a photo's or video's backup status
- On your computer, open photos.google.com.
- Click a photo or video.
- At the top right, click Info
- Under Backed up
, the backup status and size of your photo or video displays.
Learn what happens when you back up your photos
If you have backup turned on:
- Find photos from your phone: On your computer, you can find photos and videos that you take on your phone or mobile device. Learn how to turn on backup.
If you’ve backed up your content manually or automatically:
- Automatic sync: You can find any photos you take and any edits you make to them on any device you sign in to. If you edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo is the same on photos.google.com.
- Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos by the people in them when you turn on Face Groups. You can also search by places and items in the photos. No tagging is required.
- Automatic creations: With automatically created highlight videos, collages, animations, and panoramas, you can bring your photos to life.