How to fix Google Photos storage problem on your phone

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How do you free up space in Google Photos on mobile? Here's how to recover Google storage space when it's full! This is my step-by-step guide to solving the google photos storage full problem with 5 things you can do right now on your mobile phone. If your back up is full or out of storage, there might be something here which will help you bring your space back down to under 15GB.
I'll try changing the back up from original size to storage saver, easily search and remove any unwanted photos and reducing all the photos and videos in my Google Photos app to storage saver size.
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0:00 How to free up and recover space in Google Photos app and solve storage full problem
1:05 Change Google Photos and videos backup size from Original to Storage Saver
2:24 How to stop Google Photos backup and sync, and remove unwanted, large or blurry photos and videos
3:50 How to recover Google Photos storage WITHOUT deleting my photos and videos and increase Google storage for free

[@neilmossey]

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[@CINEMATICGAMINGPROFESSOR]

thanks for the helpful video 🤝

[@mjperfume1523]

Well Neil im in the same problem as before, bought a new phone and thought i had loadis of , finding out icloud says my storage id full, im not buying an storage. Cant believe ive filled the storage ul so fast, but its only 5g! Why doesnt Apple give more than 5? Its so u will be hooked to them Monthly! Its not going to happen, if i put some of my important mail in a folder, would that give me more room? Thanks

[@mausee1562]

Hi i just wanted to ask if this would reduce the quality of the photos and videos? As it's being compressed...

[@danarosu1192]

Very usefull information❤. After I ignored several months the email from google with “storage is full” mesage I descovered that all my photos have disapeared from my google account 😢😢😢. Can you please tell me if I can recover my photos?

[@mehadisyef356]

❤ xcellent 👌 simply xcellent 👌!

[@louielarrie6916]

I'm 18 and noone has ever taught me the importance or how to manage my Gmail, Google photos etc. Only recently have I noticed how much this affected me as I nearly missed a scholarship offer from a uni sent through Gmail as my storage was full. Words can't express how happy I am when I came across this account. THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU

[@neilmossey]

That's is a really kind message. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave this comment and good luck with your storage.

[@salmacharkaoui5108]

Same situation 😹🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm really grateful for this glamorous idea 🙏 thank you very much that was really helpful .

[@SerjAvakian]

@@neilmosseythank you for the video. But! I delete and delete and don’t upload anything, I free the space from 3-4 gigs but after 10 mins it’s full again

[@IzzyNChrist]

I'm not being a troll I promise. The correct word is *taught in "no one has ever taught me..."

[@a.meeeezy9576]

Welcome.to.the club brother... I'm but a paltry 16 but this information has eluded me my entire life. With knowledge and a positive mindset we can bridge this gap!!!

[@DumileIveneNdlela]

I can't explain the relief and happiness my dad has right now. He was missing out on one of his important meetings but what do you know, Neil Mossey shows up with a magic wand and warms up the house. I am grateful for you well detailed and easy steps videos.

[@michaeljebb9537]

I’ve been hunting for this for ages! You’re a life saver, they don’t half hide that reduce photos setting don’t they 😒. Thanks you for your help 🙂

[@user-td7kc4ml7g]

OMG you saved my phone from flying out of the nearest window! I was sooooo frustrated. I had missed a dozen important emails. We all pay enough for the purchase and use of our cell phones, the last thing we need or want to do is send freaking Google more money. Thank you for the help!

[@justathot5173]

Thank you, Neil! You calmly and simply explained why and how I needed to fix the sudden lack of storage. I knew nothing about this storage issue before Google sent warning notes to attempt to terrify me into buying more storage. I knew there must be a better solution. Thumbs Up! Subscribed! Telling everyone about you!

[@Acefigureflex]

Thankyou so much for the simple tips to sort my storage. I was so panicked as ive never had this problem. Got yourself a new subscriber thats for sure

[@jerecel.8675]

This was so very helpful. Had to do a bit of adjusting to fit the app update but everything was manageable. Thank you!

[@nigelphillips1385]

Thanks Neil for passing on this knowledge. Worked a treat again thanks very much

[@rovingcanuck]

EXACTLY what I was looking for, and better yet, with the best explanation and details that I could find. Excellent work, sir!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment RovingCanuck, I appreciate it. Good luck with your storage!

[@sladanac4003]

I just came across your channel. Thanks so much for your clear step by step explanation. Now I don't have to erase any photos and videos, and on top of that I save time. 🙂

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for taking the time to leave such a kind comment Sladana, I really appreciate it!

[@omukazi100]

Simple, straight to the point and clear. Thank you

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment @omukazi100 - good luck with your Google storage!

[@nukem23]

Thanks, straight to the point and very effective

[@strangerinadarkalley]

thank you! exactly what i was looking for. it helped immensely

[@truthmatters7805]

Just reduced all photos and videos again and freed up tons of storage!!!! I had no idea!!! Thank you!! Amazing!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@neilmossey]

Thanks, good luck with your storage

[@innibenn]

Thanks for the detailed tip and step by step guidance. it really helped me out

[@stanlee5402]

Thanks very much for the clear and concise description of what I need to do to reduce my Google storage... It took a couple of hours to compress the files as you indicated...my storage usage reduced from 95 to 48 percent... Next I will add the extra account for my photos and videos. Many thanks

[@anampc6678]

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!!! THANK YOU

[@harrydeshmukh1]

Hello this is Harshal from India. Tried this and got the results as desired. Thank you so much for this idea and to reduce the stress of storage. U made life a little easy. GOD bless you always.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the very kind message, really pleased that this might help Harshal!

[@paulomoreira8687]

This is pure gold! Tks a lot sir

[@Noxious922]

Perfection.. Thank you so much! Subscribed!

[@itschristianval]

All these tips definitely helped. Thanks King

[@nicholeguthrie8983]

I’ve done this a couple of times! Thank you!

[@Maxamed_Quubbe]

Hi Neil. thanks alot. This video saved me. i was so stressed by the constant warning sign from gmail. Not only did i give you thumbs up but i also subscribed your channel. thanks once again.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind message Mohamed, really pleased it got your account working again. Really appreciate your comment.

[@heatherhiggins6110]

Brilliant, thank you. I'm not a back end computer whizz so will have to save this and follow it step by step. I'm one of those wally's who bought some storage 🙈😅

[@Brizie.B]

This has really helped with my storage, thanks for your help 😊

[@Enniroc69]

Thank you sooooo much! Very very helpful 😊

[@kevinjohnson4733]

It was really helpful, Thank you!

[@mason_branstrator]

this was super helpful thank you so much!!!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment Mason - and you're so close to 1000 subs! Your channel is awesome.

[@michellelewtas7491]

Youre an absolute champion. Subscribed 😊Thankyou so much.

[@sksgaming5764]

Thanks for help, just subscribed 😊

[@rowanjames9026]

Super useful video. Thank you. I think when in chrome, they have changed 'storage' to 'manage storage ' which is higher up. Above the normal list.

[@nanthyj]

HUGE! Thank you. Was looking for the "Recover Storage" option in my browser on desktop... who knew I had to use a *mobile browser* for it to appear. Thanks!!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind message - it's so true. Glad this might help and thanks again.

[@mausee1562]

​@@neilmosseyHi i just wanted to ask if this would reduce the quality of the photos and videos? As it's being compressed...

[@neilmossey]

@@mausee1562 I'm not noticing a difference, but I always back up my photos and videos to a hard drive/memory stick for safety

[@feliciajohnson5025]

I watched this video and tried your recovery storage last up and currently waiting because it says it might take several hours lol I have a feeling it’s gonna work though. Terrific job mate.

[@gentox77]

Thanks mate. You're a life saver!

[@Steve-cu4uc]

Brilliant info and videos ........thanks Neil...........if only i could hit the 👍 10,000 times!!

[@juliac8656]

Wonderful, thank you so much for this!

[@asaffblack03]

So I watched your full video and followed step by step. Although I did delete some photos and videos I wasn't using obviously, did that before watching your video. So I did the final step of compressing my files let's see how it goes. I'll update Update: Thank you Neil. It worked. I now have 1,5GB of space now. And it only took a few minutes. I Previously had 9 9GB of used space and it has been reduced. You saved me Thank you mate

[@neilmossey]

Phew - really pleased to hear this and really appreciate you taking the time to leave this kind message It's getting the account locked that's really harsh - nice one!!!

[@omik6770]

Well explained, thanks

[@omaradamu8979]

Thank you so much, really appreciate your valuable help. 😊😊

[@asharimran2328]

Great job Sir thanks so much

[@user-ge8uk1lk8j]

Thank you so much for this video, Neil! I already pay for the iCloud and refuse to pay for more storage!! Your clear instructions were so helpful!!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the very kind comment Beth... I've had comments from people who have paid the subscription and then hit the next tier at 100GB... it never ends! Good luck with your storage.

[@truthmatters7805]

​@@neilmosseyWOW!!!!! You saved me 3 times!!!!! Your videos are so easy the way you simply walk us through! That blue button I had no clue!!! Thank you!

[@mrsvonny28]

THANKS SO MUCH THIS HELPED ME A YEAR AGO AND IM BACK AGAIN TO USE YOUR GREAT VIDEO!!!

[@sanjaybagave3911]

Hello Neil. thanks a lot. This video saved me. I was so stressed by the constant warning sign from Gmail. Not only did I give you thumb's up but I also subscribed you'r channel and will share this video to friends. thanks once again.😃

[@rvingdog]

Amazing! Thank you so much!!!

[@CINEMATICGAMINGPROFESSOR]

helpful video neil thanks for the help this is surely gonna help the problems am dealing with storage capacity and photo storage when am taking pictures with my family in my phone really enjoy the help your giving people it really helps people deal with problems with understanding exactly what problem they are dealing with am glad that i stop by this video step by step going through the video and seeing some good results when they followed every step broken apart in different chapters but it's more kindness given by people when they watch the entire video without skipping to the direct point of the video really shows how much people enjoy and appreciate all the help and work put into your content neil mossey to make them happy and have a good day hope to see more helpful tips and youtube updates and news high hopes through this month and christmas with family and friends 🤝👍🏼

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment @Comichilarious

[@LebasiH]

Yeah that option doesn't exist anymore. If anyone wants to just change the photos on your phone to storage saver more, the thing I did was copy my photos to my SD card, delete the photos in my albums on my internal storage and then backup the photos on my SD card while in storage saver mode. It doesn't do all of them but I cut down the 2 gb of photos from my phone to like 200 mb

[@fridayfilmfactoryofficial]

Hi , thank you so much , much appreciated

[@paulc3025]

Very helpfull video, much appreciated.👌

[@mohankanc7673]

Hi Thankyou somuch This helped me a lot from deleting photos

[@SkyLux-xq9fh]

You are doing a great job! Thanks 🙏

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for taking the time to leave this very kind message, I appreciate it.

[@parafanormalseekerz6529]

Thank you so much for posting this video. Such a big help!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the very kind comment Parafanormal Seekerz, I appreciate it! Good luck with your Google Storage!

[@fatenhsayyan660]

I followed your steps and now I am waiting to see how it will work. Hopefully I can get my photos back since I can not find them in my gallery. Thank you

[@neilmossey]

Hi, thanks for your kind comment and sorry to hear that you can't find your photos. Is your Google Photos signed into the correct Google account? I'm not sure this is the same problem, but Google once moved all my photos to a completely different account without me realising because I had opened a different google account on a different app. I'm sure you've tried this but it might be worth checking the Google photos Trash/Bin folder. Also if you go to takeout.google.com you can download all photos and videos that Google has stored on your account (if you go there logged into the correct account). Hope you manage to find your photos.

[@SSS-1292]

I just found your video and follow your steps to see what happens in next few hours. I will update you guys

[@aritrabasu8794]

Was looking exactly for this 😊

[@conniewade742]

Very helpful!!!

[@reglissethecat1429]

Help me alot thanks

[@cyrenebolivar92]

Thank you soo muchh super helpful

[@muugiidalai9646]

Omg it really helped a lot, thank you❤️😭

[@mr.clueless9645]

God bless you man. You have helped me so much ❤

[@elmarton6972]

Awesome. All the tips helped me a lot

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind message @elmarton6972 - good luck with your Google Photos storage...

[@billybasu3900]

Brilliant video.Thank you for your time and effort for sharing this.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the very kind comment Billy, good luck with your storage!

[@shifaali1923]

Works for me , thanks so much 🎉

[@leacionco3672]

Thanks a lot, it helps a lot :) Great short video!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment Léa!

[@joyreeves8171]

THANK YOU!

[@user-wb2ms2hb6k]

Thank you very much, its amazing

[@user-rv5ju4mp6r]

So helpful, thank you!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment Mandy!

[@mehadisyef356]

❤ hey buddy seeing you from other part of the world 🎉 🌎 Bangladesh thanks a lotzz !

[@ahmadalsamaraiy3400]

Thank you so much for this helpful video, despite the version I worked on is much different. All regards.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment, I appreciate it!

[@senecaharrison1018]

A bulk of my storage says device backup. How do I decrease that? You are great!!

[@adrianaalmanza]

Thank you. sir for this wonderful video! Cheers!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for taking the time to leave a kind message Ady, I really appreciate it and glad it might help!

[@namakulaolysha5483]

Thank you very much

[@suebevan9156]

Good advice

[@eldajackson1]

Excellent info & cheerful. Thanks

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the v kind comment Elda - I really appreciate it! Good luck with your Google Photos storage

[@madhurimamukherjee4681]

brillient tip ,thanks

[@sitanshushekhar4158]

Awesome tricks! Thanx alot bro!

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment Sitanshu - good luck with your Google Drive!

[@rjsarner]

Hi Neil! Thank you for this information. I am a visual artist with a lot of process videos and photographs recorded daily. Wondering though, if I compress the files in that last step, will the image itself be less quality if I needed to use it later for printing or producing a small movie/tiktok? Just concerned about quality of the compressed images. Thank you again for your time, you are helping me SO much.

[@neilmossey]

Hi Robin -thanks for the kind comment and question. Not sure this answers them but here are some thoughts: - I've naturally backed up all my original files from the phone to my hard drive/computer/memory stick for safety. Thinking if I need to ever blow these up to big photo print size I'll at least have the original size files. I've never done this and always do 4x6 prints from Google Photos, but completely understand the concern - You probably know this but if you compress your photos on Google Photos, it doesn't alter the original photo and video files which reside on your phone. - I find the Google Photos search function way to useful! So I use Google Photos for searching, and can then locate that file on my backup drive if needed. (I've never needed to do this though...) - I've seen a few times that when Google offers the paid subscription it offers to reinstate the Original size files, so they do seem to exist somewhere but I wouldn't rely on this... - Takeout.google.com allows you to download everything Google holds, all the photos and videos: I'm not sure if these are Original Size, might be worth doing a test? - The Partner Sharing works like a dream for me, and the shared photos say they are at Original Quality, even though the shared-from-photo was at Storage Saver quality... I'm not sure if this is the true original, but they don't take up any storage quota in the saved account... Hope something here helps. BTW Your channel is awesome! Thanks again

[@gunjanbhardwaj5825]

Thanks Neil. This was extremely helpful... You saved us from Google's fraud..

[@neox464]

lol good tips I was looking for those thx

[@Jan2010new]

Thanks so much! Finally some tech advice that works! I did find that in order to change the Google Photos backup account on Apple devices (phone & tablet), I had to uninstall the app and then reinstall under the new photos account. Thanks again! Recover storage only got me 4 GB back, but it was enough for me to get everything Google back working again so I could set up another account. It'd be nice to have an older Pixel that "can back up photos & videos in Storage saver quality at no charge" in Google Photos. That'd help a lot.

[@neilmossey]

Ohhh... uninstalling the app is a great idea. Really glad something here might help.

[@johnray2885]

Hi Neil, why is it that if click photo setting i can't see the Upload size in my phone? Please help, thank you

[@princemusa387]

Thank you very much it works ❤🎉

[@Rubyred66]

Hi Neil i must compliment you...have watched many "how to" vids but nòt as "clear" as yours thnx a bunch. May i pose some questions to you please? My photo galery is constantly full...can i delete them after they'd been saved on my google photos? And how do i know all my gallery photos have all been saved before i delete them?

[@neilmossey]

Hi Marion Thanks for the kind comment and question. You can in theory delete the photos on your phone after they have been saved on your Google photos, but the danger is that your Google Photos can then become full and Google offer to charge money to look after them. The best way for me to save the photos is to transfer them to a memory stick, or hard drive for safety maybe using a laptop or computer. The best way to check if your Gallery photos have been saved to Google photos is to check the google photos site either on your phone or laptop or tablet browser. Go to: photos.google.com Click on the top right hand corner to make sure you are signed in to google photos. I hope this helps

[@KevinSmith-lz3sw]

Thank you great tip.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks Kevin!

[@Yata1224]

This worked!!!! Thank you so much for sharing🤝

[@neilmossey]

Thanks so much for the kind comment! Really pleased it might help ✋️

[@thebossman60]

Absolutely great video. Subbed.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment @thebossman60 - good luck with your storage

[@mehadisyef356]

❤ it's been a great video 📸 so far🎉👌!

[@DerekCampbellIS]

Hi. Nice work, thank you.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment Derek - good luck with your storage!

[@husseinatwi6836]

it is perfect thank you

[@cbaines97]

Great video Neil. That was really helpful. One question. To create a new account for my photos, do I need to create one from scratch with a new password? In your video it looks like you created a photo account using your existing password.

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment and question Charles. I created a new account from scratch... once you sign in I think the Google Photos app 'remembers' so it's easy to flick between the two by clicking on the avatar picture in the top right hand corner: that brings up a mini menu of recent accounts for you to choose from. Hope this helps - I'm sure you dont need or want to watch another video, but I experimented with the Partner Sharing in a way to not take up space here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npuwdJalmZugea8 Good luck with your storage!

[@darshan4973]

Thanks for helping me ❤❤

[@ahmedarafat5863]

Thank you so much mate👍

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment Ahmed - good luck with your Google Storage 👍

[@ChimwemweKingsley]

Thanks so much bro ,you have really helped me ,

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind message Chimwemwe, I really appreciate it - good luck with your Google storage!

[@gandrihill3134]

Hi Neil, thanks for this video, it's exactly what I have been looking for. I have one question though. If I compress the size of the photo's in google photo's, does it not impact the original photo that is on my phone? Since, if I delete a photo from google photos, it also deletes the original from my phone... Hope you can help, thanks again :)

[@xyrusjamespajarillo2643]

Thankyou so much ❤️❤️❤️ it help's a lot

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind message Xyrus, I appreciate it and glad that this might help! ✋️

[@vasiatsm5006]

that was AWESOME Thanks dude

[@neilmossey]

Thanks for the kind comment vasiatsm

[@hafsachanel2468]

Merci beaucoup 💐

[@emmathorold1414]

Hi Neil. Great video. Thank you. I've followed the steps and it's backed up all the photos & videos and now saying that this account is nearly full too. If I was to set up another one and click on back up, is it going to then back up all the same photos again? How do I get it to just do photos going forward if its already saved the others. Sorry for the long comment. Just trying to figure it all out 🙂

[@neilmossey]

Hi Emma Sorry for the confusion - If it were me, I would backup the photos on my phone to my computer, or hard drive or memory stick and then delete them off my phone. If only to free up storage space on my phone! Then I would backup and sync any photos from then to the new account. I have also found a way to backup those new photos and videos by Partner sharing them to my original account, which doesn't take up any additional space on the original account and means I can search everything in one place and even delete things from my new account knowing that they will be saved in the original account. I try to explain it more in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npuwdJalmZugea8 Hope this helps and good luck with your storage!

[@hawaiicampers1]

When I go to backup I don’t have the sync option like you do

[@misstb4003]

In the US on Apple 🍎 and I’m only seeing back up and I only have the option to turn backup on or off .🤦🏽‍♀️no option to upload storage either 😢