-as of [30 SEPTEMBER 2024]-
___*CURRENT iOS VERSION*___
*✨VERSION 7✨*
(last updated [19 SEPTEMBER 2024])
(~11 days ago)
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(‘current version of the ‘google photos website’?)
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-REVIEW [GOOGLE PHOTOS] MEDIA-
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-[G-FOTOS] SUPPORT-
*official link*
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-[G-FOTOS] KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS-
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*GETTING STARTED*
(official user guide)
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When you automatically back up your photos and videos to your Google Account, you can find them on any device.
Learn how to back up photos and videos.
Step 1
Open Photos
Go to Google Photos.
If you aren’t signed in to your Google Account, click Go to Google Photos and sign in
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Step 2
Find your photos
When you open Google Photos, you’ll find all the photos and videos backed up to your Google Account.
Learn more about backing up photos and videos.
Scroll to see all of your photos.
On the left, you’ll find a way to navigate through and do more with your photos.
Find a memorable photo
Think of a memorable photo backed up to your Google Account.
Try to remember something in the photo, like
a dog,
the beach,
or where you were
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In the Search bar at the top, enter the name of something in the photo, like
“beach”
“dog,”
or “Paris.”
Press enter and you’ll find photos that match your search.
Learn how to find things in your photos.
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*ABUSE PROGRAM POLICIES/ENFORCEMENT*
The program policies below apply to the content you post on Google Photos, comments on Google Photos, and print content through Google Photos.
Google Photos provides free storage and automatic organization of your photos and videos to ensure all of your memories are safe, secure, and accessible.
The policies play an important role in maintaining a positive experience for everyone using Google products.
We need to curb abuses that threaten our ability to provide these services, and we ask that everyone abide by the policies below to help us achieve this goal.
After we are notified of a potential policy violation, we may review the content and take action, including
restricting access to the content,
removing the content,
refusing to print the content,
and limiting or terminating a user’s access to Google products
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We may take action on accounts that go above ‘storage quota limits’
For example, we may
reject new uploads,
compress existing content,
or delete content
if you exceed your storage quota
(or fail to obtain sufficient additional storage)
Read more about storage quotas
When applying these policies, we may make exceptions based on educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic considerations, or where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking action on the content.
Be sure to check back from time to time, as these policies may change.
Please also refer to Google’s Terms of Service for more information.
Beyond the policies listed below, note that several products and features may have additional policies and terms.
For example, Google profile photo cannot include mature or offensive content, such as a photo that is a close-up of a person’s buttocks or cleavage
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Report Abuse
If you believe that someone is violating the policies found below, please report it to us using the “Report Abuse” link (or similarly named link).
Learn more about reporting abuse on Google Photos and about additional steps that you can take to block someone on Google Photos.
To report copyright infringement or other legal issues, please use this tool which will guide you through the process of reporting content that you believe warrants removal from Google’s services based on applicable laws
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Program Policies
Do not access another user’s account without their permission
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We may take appropriate action if we are notified of account hijacking, which may include…
reporting you to the relevant authorities,
removing access to some of our products,
or disabling your Google Account.
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Use the product to remain active.
‘Activity’ includes accessing the product’s content
or storing new content on the product at least once every 2 years.
We may take action on inactive accounts,
which may include deleting your content from the product
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General Help Center experience
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Read more here.
Additional Policies
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*SEARCH FOR PEOPLE/THINGS/PLACES IN YOUR PHOTOS*
Search your photos for anything.
For example, you can search for:
A wedding you attended last summer
Your best friend
A pet
Your favorite city
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Important:
Some features are not available in all countries, all domains, or all account types
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Search your photos
On your computer, go to photos.google.com/search
In the box at the top, enter what you want to find,’
for example:
New York City
A name or nickname,
(if you’ve labeled people or pets)
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Find photos of a person or pet & add a name
To more easily search and manage your photos, you can apply a label to people or pets recognized by Google Photos.
Important:
This feature is not available in all countries, all domains, or all account types.
Step 1: Find photos of a person or pet
On your computer, go to photos.google.com/people.
Click a face to see photos of them
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If you don’t see a row of faces:
The feature is not available in your country.
You turned face groups off in settings. Learn how to turn on face grouping.
No face groups have been recognized.
Tip: To find photos of a person without searching, click Albums and then People & Pets
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Step 2: Add a name
At the top of a face group, click Add a name.
Enter a name or nickname.
You’ll be able to search with that name label using the search box.
Only you can see the private face labels you choose, even if you share those photos.
Tip: To find photos without searching, click Albums.
At the top, you can click items like People, Places, or Things
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Turn ‘face grouping’ off or on
You can stop grouping similar faces together in your photos
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If you turn off face grouping, you delete…
Face groups in your account
Face models used to create those face groups
Face labels you created
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To turn face grouping off or on:
On your computer, go to photos.google.com/settings.
Next to “Group similar faces,” click Show more Down Arrow.
Turn Face grouping off or on.
To turn off face grouping only for pets, turn off Show pets with people.
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Advanced tips
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*CHANGE/REMOVE LABEL*
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*COMBINE FACE GROUPS*
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____*COVID POLICY CHANGES*___
*as of ‘4 february 2021’*
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General Help Center experience
US, Canada, & Europe: Orders will be fulfilled with shipping delays in some countries or regions.
Our shipping partners may be experiencing delays.
For updates, expected shipping times, and potential delays, check your shipping carrier’s site directly.
Contact our support team with these common issues.
We’ll assist with:
A damaged or incorrect order
An order that was never received
Payment concerns
Get more info
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*as of ‘4 february 2021’*
Starting November 11, 2020, we are updating product policies for Google Photos, Gmail, and Google Drive (including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Jamboard and Sites) for inactive or over quota accounts
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About Google Account storage
Each Google Account includes 15 GB of free storage quota, which is shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos.
You can add to your storage quota by purchasing a Google One membership (where available).
Occasionally, you may receive free additional quota from a special promotion or related purchase.
To learn more about your quota, see what items count towards your storage.
What affects your Google Account storage
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Prior to June 1, 2021
The following items count against your storage quota
Original quality photos and videos backed up to Google Photos
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Gmail messages and attachments, including your
Spam folders
Trash folders
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Most files in Google Drive, including…
PDFs,
images,
videos
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If you go over your storage quota…
You can no longer upload new files or images to Google Drive
You can’t back up Original quality photos and videos to Google Photos
Your ability to send and receive email in Gmail may be impacted
You can still sign into and access your ‘google account’
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After June 1, 2021
The following additional items will count against your storage quota:
High quality and Express quality photos and videos backed up to Google Photos after June 1, 2021.
Learn more about this change.
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Files created or edited in collaborative content creation apps like Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms and Jamboard.
Only files created or edited after June 1, 2021 will count against your quota.
Files uploaded or last edited before June 1, 2021 will not count against your quota
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And this is how your usage impacts your data
If you do not use Gmail, Google Drive
(including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms or Jamboard)
or Google Photos for 2 years,
your content within the inactive product(s) may be deleted
(after reasonable advance notice)
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If you go over your storage quota
You can’t upload new files or images to Google Drive.
You can’t back up any photos and videos to Google Photos.
Your ability to send and receive email in Gmail can also be impacted.
You can’t create new files in collaborative content creation apps like Google
Docs,
Sheets,
Slides,
Drawings,
Forms
Jamboard.
And until you reduce your storage usage, neither you nor anyone else can edit or copy your affected files.
You can still sign into and access your Google Account
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When you have been over your storage quota for 2 years, your content in
Gmail,
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Google Drive
(including
Google Docs,
Sheets,
Slides,
Drawings,
Forms
Jamboard files)
and Google Photos
may be deleted.
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What happens when you’re over quota
When you’re over quota, it means you’re using more storage space than you have available.
If you’ve been over quota for 2 years or longer, and you have not freed up or purchased more space to get back under quota, all of your content may be removed from Gmail, Drive and Photos
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But before that happens, we will…
Give you notice using email and notifications within the Google products.
We will contact you at least three months before content is eligible for deletion
Give you the opportunity to avoid deletion
(by paying for additional storage or removing files)
Give you the opportunity to download your content from our services.
Learn more about how to download your Google data
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How to go back under quota
We provide access to storage management tools that help you identify ways to free up storage space at https://one.google.com/storage.
Another option to free up space is to download your files to your personal device and then delete them from your cloud storage.
If you want more storage space for Gmail, Drive, and Photos, you can upgrade to a larger storage plan with Google One
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What happens when you’re “in-active“
When you have been inactive in Gmail, Google Drive (including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Jamboard or Sites files) or Google Photos for 2 years, all of your content may be removed from that product
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But before that happens, we will…
Give you notice using email and notifications within the Google products.
We will contact you at least three months before content is eligible for deletion
Give you the opportunity to avoid deletion
(by becoming active in the product)
Give you the opportunity to download your content from our services.
Learn more about how to download your Google data
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If you’re a Google One member with no outstanding payment or quota issues, you are considered “active”
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Important…
As an example, if you’re inactive for 2 years in Photos, but still active in Drive and Gmail, only your Google Photos content will be deleted.
Content in Gmail and Google Drive (including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms and Jamboard files) will not be deleted if you are active in those products.
How to stay active in these products
The simplest way to keep your data active is to periodically visit Gmail, Google Photos, and Google Drive (and/or collaborative content creation apps like Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Jamboard and Sites) on the web or through a Google app.
Make sure you’re signed in and connected to the internet.
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For Gmail: Android; iOS; mail.google.com
For Google Drive: Android; iOS; drive.google.com
For Google Photos: Android; iOS; photos.google.com
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Please note that you may have multiple accounts set up on your device.
Activity is considered by account, not by device.
Make sure you’re using the services for all accounts on which you wish to remain active.
Examples of “activity”
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Frequently asked questions
Do these policies apply to G Suite/Workspace accounts as well as consumer accounts?
Does this apply to Google Sites, Google Keep, and other creation apps not listed here?
What about Blogger and YouTube content?
I’m over my quota.
How long do I have until my content gets deleted?
Are you going to tell me before my data is deleted?
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I don’t know if I can stay active once every 2 years.
What should I do?
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How do I preserve content from a loved one if they pass away?
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Upcoming changes to how your Google storage works
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*ADJUST GOOGLE PHOTO SETTINGS*
*USER LINK*
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*change to ‘high quality’ (instead of ‘original’) for unlimited storage*
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(you can view “google photos” from a “google drive” account)
(click the “triple grey line” button on top left of “google drive” in iphone app)
(then click on the ‘grinder wheel’ button on the top right corner)
(click on “photos”)
(swipe right to select “google photos folder”)
(this will automatically put your ‘google photos’ into a folder in your ‘google drive’ account)
(although i believe that ‘google drive’ + ‘google photos’ are no longer connected)
(‘google photos’ is really a ‘component’ of ‘google drive’)
(so that ‘google drive’ now just backs up your ‘non-photo/video files’)
(which is small (volume-wise) in comparison with average user’s ‘video files’)
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*TO FIND OUT HOW MANY ‘ITEMS’ ARE CURRENTLY IN YOUR ‘GOOGLE PHOTOS’ ACCOUNT* –>
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*GO TO YOUR ACCOUNT’S ‘GOOGLE DASHBOARD’* –>
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*find the ‘google photos’ box* –>
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(i guess ‘google’ stops counting items after ’40K’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥