How To Change Your Backup Account On Google Photos

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In this video, Timmy shows you how to change your backup account on Google Photos. So that your phone will start backing up photos to a different account.
After you've done this, you might also want to move all your old photos across to your new account. And Timmy shows you how that's done, here:
• How To Move All Your G...
Additionally, if you want to learn how to free up space on your phone by automatically deleting photos that have already been uploaded to Google Photos, take a look at this video:
• How To Free Up Space O...
Table of contents:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:51 Switching Accounts
00:03:17 Changing Backup Accounts
00:04:41 What Happens Now?
00:07:42 Moving Older Photos Across

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@FREE_GOAT 6 ай бұрын

Always good info Timmy. Thanks again!

@techtimewithtimmy 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-ks7cn5dl6o 29 күн бұрын

Precisely what I was looking for. Thanks

@techtimewithtimmy 28 күн бұрын

I'm glad to hear it!

@emourDal Ай бұрын

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

@techtimewithtimmy Ай бұрын

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

@prateekchoudhary2704 6 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@pubgdepyase6565 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! You Helped me 👍

@techtimewithtimmy 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad I could help!

@chatterjeeda5105 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much it was really so helpful ❤

@techtimewithtimmy 5 ай бұрын

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

@AndreaM-ws5fv 2 ай бұрын

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

@techtimewithtimmy 2 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@osbertkanyehamye6597 2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir 🙏

@techtimewithtimmy 2 ай бұрын

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

@omargaber5991 3 ай бұрын

Thank you bro

@techtimewithtimmy 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@chefMNJ 2 ай бұрын

Very useful video

@techtimewithtimmy 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mdwaseemuddin7407 12 күн бұрын

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

@NawshinJahanDina Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hs-Gg6aYt72xpHU.html 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.

@calvinlee4741 15 күн бұрын

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?

@LambdaPsi Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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.

@Princess-vv6nu 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@calvinramos-glew Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hs-Gg6aYt72xpHU.html

@Donna-cr5no Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@Jenna_8533 Ай бұрын

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

@techtimewithtimmy Ай бұрын

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

@Princess-vv6nu 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

The backed up photos will remain in account 2

@Princess-vv6nu 5 ай бұрын

@@techtimewithtimmy account 1 ????

@techtimewithtimmy 5 ай бұрын

Yes, sorry, I meant account 1

@Princess-vv6nu 5 ай бұрын

@@techtimewithtimmy ok thankyou

@Princess-vv6nu 5 ай бұрын

@@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!

@Ngoma55 Ай бұрын

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

@techtimewithtimmy Ай бұрын

You would need to follow the steps in this video to free up space on your phone: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hs-Gg6aYt72xpHU.html Then, there will be no photos on your phone, so when you change the backup account, there will be nothing to back up.

@tamariappelboim3347 6 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@lovetocapturemoments 4 ай бұрын

Same problem

@Ngoma55 Ай бұрын

Same problem

@RHP-mj7yw Ай бұрын

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

@techtimewithtimmy Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@techtimewithtimmy Ай бұрын

Yes

@Jenna_8533 Ай бұрын

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

@Jenna_8533 Ай бұрын

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