Find lost photos & videos

Of import: If your Google Photos business relationship is inactive for 2 years or you're over your storage limit, information technology may impact your content. Learn how your Google storage works.

Step 1: Check your account

Some photos tin can seem to disappear because you're on a different account.

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the top, check that you're signed in to the business relationship that you backed up photos to.

Step 2: Find photos from apps like Facebook or Instagram

It may exist in your device folders.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. At the lesser, tap Library.
  3. Nether "Photos on device," check your device folders.

Support your device folders to find photos from other apps in your Photos view. Acquire how to back up your device folders.

Step 3: Check if your photograph is deleted

  • If your photo is still in trash, you may be able to get it back. Learn how to restore a deleted photo.
  • If your photo is in trash for over lx days, the photo may be permanently deleted.
  • If you employ another photograph app or gallery, and delete photos there, you lot might delete your photo earlier Google Photos can back up your photo.

Effort other ways to find your photos

If you apply a different gallery, but tap "Free upwards infinite" on Google Photos

Important: Before you delete photos from your device, make sure you lot permit Google Photos back up your photos first. Learn how to turn on fill-in.

Check if back upwardly is on

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Make sure yous're signed in to the right account.
  3. Tap your business relationship profile photo or initial to discover your backup status.

If backup is on

  • Your photo may nevertheless exist in the process of bankroll up. If your device says information technology'south "Waiting for Wi-Fi" or there's a number, information technology may mean that your photograph isn't backed upwards still.
  • Make sure the file sizes of your photos or videos can be backed up. Learn more about file sizes that can be backed upwards.

If backup is off

Important: Before you delete photos from your device, make certain you lot let Google Photos support your photos first. Acquire how to turn on fill-in.

If y'all delete a photograph from your device, you may not be able to recover information technology. Google Photos doesn't support photos right away.

Observe an archived photograph

If you lot can't find a photo you lot don't regularly view, information technology may be in your annal. Learn well-nigh your archive.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open up the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Brand sure you're signed in to the correct account.
  3. At the bottom, tap Libraryand then Archive.

Search for a photo or video

Of import: Brand sure support and sync is on. You can just search for backed-upward photos. Learn how to turn on backup.

Search for a photo or video

Search for the right dates or keywords to find a lost photo or video. Sometimes, when y'all browse or download a photo from a device with the incorrect date and time settings, the timestamp is different. Acquire how to alter timestamps on photos.

To find a recently added photo or video:

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos appPhotos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the bottom, tap Search.
  4. TypeRecently Added.
  5. Scan your recently added items.

If your item isn't in Recently Added, you lot tin search for a person, place, or object in the photo:

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open up the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. At the lesser, tap Search and type what you want to find, like "dogs," "New York City," or if you tag your photos, someone'southward name.

If you can't detect a photo with search, try to:

  • Search with a different keyword.
  • Search over again in 3—v days. It can accept a while for photos to be searchable.

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