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You can transfer a copy of the photos, albums, and descriptions saved in your Google Account to back them up or use them with a different service.

Important: Photos are not deleted from your Google Account after you transfer them. Learn how to delete your photos, delete a Google service from your account, or delete your Google Account.

Supported photo file types

File types that can be transferred include:

Unsupported photo files and video files won’t be transferred.

Step 1: Select Google Photos

Step 2: Choose where to transfer a copy of your photos

1. Below "Delivery method," select the Down arrow
   
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2. Select the destination to which you want to transfer a copy of your photos
   
   Link accounts and create export.
3. Follow the steps to link your account and transfer your photos. You’ll need to sign in to:
   • Your Google Account
     Tip:  If you would like location information on your photos to be transferred as well, select the checkbox labeled "View where photos and videos in your Google Photos library were taken.”
   • Your account with the company to which you’re transferring photos

Once your photos are copied:

• You’ll get an email with a link to the photos in the new service.
• Your Google Account will no longer have access to the service where you transferred your photos, but it may still appear in the service’s settings. You can remove your Google Account from showing up in your SmugMug or Flickr account.
• The photos you transferred will be set to private at the destination service. You can update the visibility of your photos in the destination service.
• If you transfer your photos again, a new copy of your photos will be created and it may have duplicates from your original transfer.

Learn why some photos weren’t transferred

If all of your photos were not transferred, it may be because:

• Some photos have unsupported file types.
• The account that you transferred photos to ran out of space.
• The transfer was canceled before it was complete.

Account types that don’t support photo transfers

Photo data that isn’t transferred

Currently, metadata like the comments added to a photo and manually edited location information aren't transferred.

You can share photos of specific people or share photos from a specific date onward. Photos will be shared automatically as they are backed up to your account.

Face group filtering is not available in all countries.

Download and install the Google Photos app.

Share your photos with a partner

You can share your library with only one person.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Sign in with your Google Account.
3. Tap your account profile photo or initial 
   
    Photos Settings 
   
   Partner Sharing 
   
   Get started.
4. Enter or select an email address. You can only invite someone with a Google Account.
5. Select which photos to add to your partner account.
6. Tap Next.
7. If everything looks right, tap Send invitation.
8. Optional: To see your partner’s photos, ask them to share their photos with you after they’ve accepted your invitation.

To partner share with a different person, or receive an invitation, stop sharing with your current partner.

Filter by face groups

Face grouping technology isn’t perfect. Filtering by face groups may result in occasionally sharing photos that don’t actually have any of the people you’ve selected.

Filter by date

Sometimes, the date of the photo might be wrong. For example, if the photo was scanned, or the camera's clock wasn’t set correctly, a photo might have the wrong date. Filtering by date might result in occasionally sharing photos that aren’t within the date range chosen.

Accept a partner sharing invitation

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. At the bottom, tap Sharing .
4. Tap the invitation you want to accept 
   
    Accept.
5. Optional: You can share your photos back with your partner. At the top tight, tap More
   
   
   Share back.

Tip: If someone you don't know starts partner sharing with you, you can block them. Learn how to block a person.

Find your partner’s photos

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. At the bottom, tap Sharing .
3. Tap your partner's name.

Save your partner's photos

If you save your partner’s photos, they’ll appear in your Google Photos account, search results and can be used for personalized creations.

Any photos you save from partner sharing won’t take up storage, unless your partner stops sharing their photos with you, or deletes the original copy.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Tap your account profile photo or initial
   
   Photos settings 
   
    Partner sharing.
3. Tap Save to your photos to change settings.
   • All photos: Any photo in the shared library will be saved.
   • Photos of specific people: Select from your face groups. When Google Photos recognizes any of those face groups from your partner’s photos, it’ll save the photos automatically to your Google Photos account.
4. Tap Done.

If you didn’t save a photo from your partner’s shared photos, and your partner deletes it from their Photos account, it will also be deleted from partner sharing.

If you delete a photo you saved from your partner’s photos, it won’t be deleted from your partner’s account.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com/search/_tra_. This page will have any recently added photos, including photos you’ve saved from your partner.
2. Select the photo you want to delete.
3. Click Delete .

Turn off notifications

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. Tap your account profile photo or initial
   
   Photos settings 
   
    Partner sharing.
4. Turn off Notifications.

Remove a partner

If you remove your partner, they can't find your photos and you won't be able to find theirs. You can still find any photos already saved to your Google Photos. You can always add a removed partner again.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app
   
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2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. Tap your account profile photo or initial
   
   Photos settings
   
    Partner sharing 
   
   Remove partner.