Upload photos and videos

Back up automatically

  1. Open the Photos app.
  2. Touch your profile icon > Turn on backup.

  3. Select back up and sync settings and touch Confirm.

    You can change back up settings any time.

Adjust back up settings

  1. Open the Photos app.
  2. Touch your profile icon > Photos settings > Back up & sync.

  3. Adjust settings as needed:

    • To choose high quality or original size for uploads, touch Upload size.
    • To back up items in your Download, Screenshots, and third-party app folders, touch Back up device folders.
    • To back up items over your cellular network, touch Cell data usage, then adjust options for photos, videos, and roaming.

Back up manually

  1. Open the Photos app.
  2. Open the photo or video.
  3. On the photo or video, touch . (Swipe up if you don't see .)

View your backed up photos and videos

From your phone, open the Photos app.

From your computer, sign in to photos.google.com.

More help

To learn more, read Google's help.