Upload photos and videos

Back up automatically

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

  4. 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 mobile network, turn Photos and Videos on.
    • To allow syncing when your cellular service is roaming, turn Roaming on .

Back up manually

  1. Open the Photos app.
  2. Open the photo or video.
  3. On the photo or video, touch .

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.