▶️ How to save photos to Google Photos
Table of contents:
- How to save photos to Google Photos
- How to save photos from Google Photos on your computer
- How to upload photos to Google Photos from your mobile
- Save photos to the Google Photos cloud automatically
- OTHER TRICKS FOR Google Photos
Before you know how to save photos in Google photos you have to take into account that this service stopped being completely free last 1st of July 2021. As you read it! From that date, once more than 15MB of storage is exceeded, both in this and in other Google applications, the service is paid. There are different pricing modalities depending on how you use your account, but if you don't want to pay, there are also some things you can do, like download some images.
If you still want to know how to save photos in Google Photos, we will tell you step by step: from your mobile, from your computer, automatically…Take note and choose the one that is most comfortable for you!
How to save photos to Google Photos
But before telling you step by step how to save photos in Google Photos, we give you some basic notions. Like, for example, that To enjoy the services of this application you must have a Google account.
Once you have your account created and associated to your phone, you can access it from the application (which will surely appear already downloaded on your device by default).
You can also access it from your computer,entering, for example, your Gmail, from where you will also have access to Google Photos, Drive, etc. Once you have activated and located your account, we will tell you how to save photos in Google Photos in different ways. Take note or go doing it directly!
How to save photos from Google Photos on your computer
It seems logical, but to know how to save photos from Google Photos to your computer you have to sign in to your Google account from your pc. Once inside, follow these steps:
Enter your email and locate the Google menu, it is a square-shaped icon that appears next to your profile picture. As seen in the following image:
In the dropdown that will open, locate the Google Photos icon. Again, better watch it:
Once you click there, the photos you have in Google Photos will appear, if you click on any of them it will open.
- Once opened, at the top right of the screen, you will see several options and three dots, if you press them you will see even more options, among them “Download”.If you press it, the image will be saved on your computer, in the folder you want.
If you want to save multiple photos,Instead of opening them one by one, select several on the screen where they all appear. And ready!
How to upload photos to Google Photos from your mobile
Knowing how to upload photos to Google Photos from your mobile is super easy. Let's say that it is the reverse process to that explained in the previous point : The image is already on the phone, but you want it to be saved to the cloud. The steps to follow are these:
- Go to your phone's photo gallery and choose the photo you want to upload to Google Photos.
- As in the previous point, if you click on the image, it will open and several options will appear (remember that we are in the gallery, not in Google Photos).
- Locate the share icon, which will appear on the bottom left (as seen in the image).
- And select the Google Photos option. This will upload the chosen photo to the cloud manually.
Do you think doing it like this is a hassle? Keep reading!
Save photos to the Google Photos cloud automatically
If you don't want to repeat these processes continuously, you have the option to learn how to save photos to the Google Photos cloud automatically; so, every The image that you capture with your mobile will be directly uploaded to Google Photos. This is achieved with automatic synchronization, which we will explain below.
But first: you should know that if you activate synchronization, when you delete images from your mobile they will also disappear from Google photos and vice versa. So that this does not happen, you must periodically activate the option of “Free up space” of Googles photos,that will eliminate them from your phone when there are duplicates.Of course, do not forget that now if you exceed 15MB you will have to pay; so you will have to play with the different options to make optimal use of this app. Without further ado, here's how to sync Google Photos:
- Go into your Google Photos app.
- Click on your profile photo, top right.
- Click on “Photo Settings”.
- Then in “Backup and sync” and activate the tab. It's that quick and easy!
And remember that if you want to save space on Google to have more megabytes, you can transfer your photos to your computer or hard drive, but all at once. If you don't know how, look here.
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- Why Google Photos won't load photos
- How to stop syncing Google Photos
- How to take advantage of the Google Photos search engine to find images
- How to tell if I'm sharing photos on Google Photos
- How to delete photos from your mobile without deleting them from Google Photos
- How to have more space in Google Photos for free
- How to find my photos in Google Photos
