How To Change Your Backup Account On Google Photos

[@calvinramos-glew]

I have two accounts that are crossing over, but when I turn the backup on to their own accounts, they automatically backup to each other. Help

[@techtimewithtimmy]

They will be backing up photos that are on your phone. If you enable backup on an account, and there are photos on the phone that aren't on the account, it will automatically back them up. You will need to switch back to the original account, and use the free up space feature to remove all the backed up photos from your phone. Then, when you switch to the new account, there will be nothing for it to back up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpq5gXadh7yAqqM

[@yashikaJain-ii5gr]

Same problem is with me did you find the solution of this problem

[@NawshinJahanDina]

If i switch to account 2, all the photos from my phone which were already backed up on account 1 are being backed up on account 2 as well. I just want the new ones to back up and i can't find a way to do that apart fron turning off backup and uploading the new photos manually. what should i do to get auto backup on account 2 without getting old photos being re-uploaded? The 15gb storage is almost full on account 1 could that be a reason for this?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

The photos are being backed up to account 2, because they are photos on your phone that are not already on account 2. The easiest way to resolve this is to switch the backup account back to account 1, then use Google's free up space feature to remove the photos from your phone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpq5gXadh7yAqqM Then, you can switch back to account 2, and there will be nothing on your phone to back up, so only new photos from then on will be uploaded to account 2.

[@Lilydaimari]

​@@techtimewithtimmyI did that and all my photos in the gallery are gone but I want them back in my gallery how can I do that plz help 😭

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Unfortunately you can't really do that, there is a long and complicated process you could follow to re-download all the photos to your phone so that they would reappear in the gallery app. But once you do that, your new Google Photos account would back up all of those photos because they're on your phone again, and then you would have duplicates on Google Photos. And I'm guessing that's what you used the free up space feature to avoid. I never touch the built in gallery app on my phone, I just use the Google Photos app whenever I want to look at photos, that way you can always see all your photos, whether they're on your phone or not.

[@prateekchoudhary2704]

Great info. timmy , am impressed by the hard working that you have been doing since 2016 , keep the great work on and you will surely gain success in life dude 👍👍👍👍😁😁

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@calvinlee4741]

If I switch to another Google Account but some of my phone photos are already saved to that account, will the backup create duplicate photos?

[@navazisnaaz5007]

That helped a lot... Thanks But m still facing an issue like after doing all that u mentioned, the photos that are uploaded starts from the very start. Like I have total 16000 photos/videos, when the storage of account 1 is full there is still 1800 photos/videos that are left to upload & when switching to account 2 it starts backing up from the initial 16000 photos/videos instead of the remaining 1800. So what should I do?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Sorry for the delayed reply, I've been traveling. That's a bit of a difficult situation, the only option would be to use the "free up space" feature to delete the backed up photos from the phone. I have a video about the free up space feature here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpq5gXadh7yAqqM You would switch back the the first account and then use this feature. And then all the photos that are already on that account will be removed from your phone, so when you switch to the new account, it will only back up the photos that are still on your phone, which will be the ones that weren't backed up to the other account.

[@JJJ-p4o5n]

Precisely what I was looking for. Thanks

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad to hear it!

[@LambdaPsi]

Hi timmy, i would like to ask a question. So i changed my backup account from a previous account to a new one. Why does when i delete backup photos in the old account using good photos , it deletes them from my galery?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'd say that must be because even if the photos were not backed up to account 1, they would still show up in account 1 in the app on your phone. Perhaps you could try deleting them from the Google Photos website instead, or the app on a different device. Then, as long as backup has been switched to account 2, they shouldn't be deleted from the phone.

[@indusethia]

I have used the free up space on this device after backup but after doing that all my photos from the original photos app of the mobile is removed but the photos are still there in the Google photos app But I want the photos to be in both the Google photos app and the orginal photos app what should I do ?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Unfortunately you can't really do that, there is a long and complicated process you could follow to re-download all the photos to your phone so that they would reappear in the gallery app. But once you do that, your new Google Photos account would back up all of those photos because they're on your phone again, and then you would have duplicates on Google Photos. And I'm guessing that's what you used the free up space feature to avoid. I never touch the built in gallery app on my phone, I just use the Google Photos app whenever I want to look at photos, that way you can always see all your photos, whether they're on your phone or not.

[@AndreaM-ws5fv]

Thank you. This has been an issue for a few months and I didn't know how to do it 😁

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Glad I could help!

[@emourDal]

I did it😀 Very straight forward, clear and easy to understand. Thanks🙏🏾

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@priyankamaradana1177]

After backing up the photos to new account...can i delete all the photos from previous account to free up the space...is it ok if i do this or should i leave it as it is....help 🙏🙏

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Yes, you can delete the photos from the previous account. But you might want to be careful, if you have any photos on the old account that are not still on your phone, they will not be on the new account either.

[@priyankamaradana1177]

@@techtimewithtimmy thank you!!!!🙂

[@Artistic_galaxy2780]

Thank you so much

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@mdwaseemuddin7407]

Will this process also transfer my google videos to another account ?

[@Princess-vv6nu]

After I backedup if I transfer all my videos and photos to pendrive.. Then the photos in gmail will remain as it is right?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Yes, they will remain in Google photos, unless you specifically delete them from Google Photos.

[@VDUBHUB-k8n]

very helpful, thank you

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@pubgdepyase6565]

Thanks! You Helped me 👍

[@techtimewithtimmy]

I'm glad I could help!

[@Donna-cr5no]

I have 2 accounts. Account one has all my pics, nearly at limit. I mistakenly backed up pics to 2nd account which includes pre June 2021 so is now full. Is there a way of undoing that but still on device & account 1? If account 1 is backed up, can I go to account 2 photos on Web browser, and delete them from there and they will still be viewable on account 1 and on device? Thanks

[@techtimewithtimmy]

All the photos on account 1 will be safe, but keeping the photos on your phone will be difficult. Even if you delete them from the website on account 2, I'm pretty sure it will automatically sync it and remove the photos from your phone. The only way to keep them on your phone without being backed up to account 2 would be to move the existing photos into a separate folder on your phone, then go into the backup settings in Google Photos and make sure backing up for that folder is disabled. Then, you can delete the photos from account 2, and they will still be in the separate folder on your phone, and in your Google Photos library on account 1, but they will not be on account 2. But that's quite a lot of effort, so personally, I would just let them be deleted from your phone, because you would still be able to access them in account 1.

[@Donna-cr5no]

​@@techtimewithtimmy thank you for taking the time to reply, appreciate it

[@indraswanta1241]

Love it! It's very helpful, thank u so much

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@Jenna_8533]

Do i have to wait until everything is backed up and then take pics

[@techtimewithtimmy]

No, you can take new pictures immediately, and they will join the queue to back up after the others.

[@RHP-mj7yw]

Is there any other option to avoid duplicate without freeup the space in phone?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

There is, but it's not overly easy to do, you would have to go into the files app on your phone, create a folder called "old photos" or something like that, and transfer all your existing photos into that folder, then when you change the backup account, you would need to make sure that folder does not have backups enabled. This way, any new photos you take will go into the default folder, which will be backed up to the new account, but the existing photos will be in a separate folder that doesn't back up to the new account. But it's quite a lot of effort for little to no benefit, so I would just free up space and be done with it.

[@RHP-mj7yw]

Another question if I deleted some pics from account 1 then it is going to be deleted in account 2 and my phone as well? Or is there any way to avoid that?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

To delete pictures from account 1, I would recommend deleting them from the Google Photos website. That way, because backup and sync is no longer enabled for account 1, they will only be removed from that account, and not anywhere else.

[@RHP-mj7yw]

Ok so if I use my laptop to login and then delete it will work

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Yes

[@chatterjeeda5105]

Thank you so much it was really so helpful ❤

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@krisalcazar7823]

Thank you very much!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@nazsalam23]

Thankkkk youuuu!!!!

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@osbertkanyehamye6597]

Thank you sir 🙏

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!

[@Princess-vv6nu]

If i switch to account 2 .. Then the backed up photos and videos in account 1 will remain as it is or will get removed automatically if i switch to account 2???

[@techtimewithtimmy]

The backed up photos will remain in account 2

[@Princess-vv6nu]

@@techtimewithtimmy account 1 ????

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Yes, sorry, I meant account 1

[@Princess-vv6nu]

@@techtimewithtimmy ok thankyou

[@Princess-vv6nu]

@@techtimewithtimmy one more thing.. How to see which photos are remaining to be backed up in account 1 as account 1 is full so i have to switch to account 2 plss reply!

[@omargaber5991]

Thank you bro

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You're welcome!

[@chefMNJ]

Very useful video

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Thank you!

[@tamariappelboim3347]

What if I want to change to account 2 and not make duplicated photos on account 1 and 2, and still have all of my photos on my device?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You could maybe move all of the existing photos to a different folder on your phone, so that they won't get backed up to the new account.

[@ARPITYADAV-nv9hd]

How can we do this... please explain​@@techtimewithtimmy

[@lovetocapturemoments]

Same problem

[@Ngoma55]

Same problem

[@Ngoma55]

What if I don't want to duplicate!!?

[@techtimewithtimmy]

You would need to follow the steps in this video to free up space on your phone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpq5gXadh7yAqqM Then, there will be no photos on your phone, so when you change the backup account, there will be nothing to back up.

[@Jenna_8533]

What if the two accounts only using one back up🙄🙄I hate this

[@Jenna_8533]

If I use the backup for the new acc my last acc automatically just use my backup so my last acc still See's everything

[@airinwaves928]

India tutorial videos are more straightforward than this video just say how to do som sht rather than explaining it which is time consuming

[@techtimewithtimmy]

Some people might prefer it like that. But I prefer to explain what's going on, so that people actually understand what they are doing rather than blindly tapping a series of buttons. That way, if something is slightly different on their phone, or if they have a different situation and they want to do it a bit differently, they will be able to figure it out.