Google Photos

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How to ... 

• Upload to Google Photos

  • Size of your photos/videos

  • Supported file sizes and file types

• Download photos/videos (to computer)

  • Download from Google Photos to (mobile) device

  • Can I stop people from downloading my photos?

• Delete photos or videos

• Select multiple pictures

• Search in Google Photos

• Transfer photos/videos to another Google account

• Make a backup of your photos/videos

• Recover cloud storage

• Add and view Descriptions (Captions)

• Edit date/geotag 

• Edit people albums/tags

• Making photos beautiful - from Google Photos to Snapseed (Geeks on Tour)

Albums

• Add photos/videos to an album 

• Change the order of photos/videos in an album

• Change the album cover

• Sorting the list of albums

• Transfer an album to another account 

• Photos not in any album

• Hide albums

Sharing

• Sharing photos or albums

• Get a link to a picture

• Get a direct link to a picture (of specific size)

Miscellaneous

• The Google Photos app on mobile also acts as a Gallery 

• RAW support

• Recover cloud storage

• Change your profile photo, name and other info

• Storage used and free storage

• How many photo/videos do I have in Google Photos?

Problems, solutions, troubleshooting and feature requests

• Missing photos troubleshooter

• How to prevent/remove duplicates

• The Photos app crashes when enabling backup of Whatsapp folder

• Stranger's photos in Google Photos?

• RAW pictures shown in low resolution

• Random pink or green or other pixels 

• Feature requests

Interesting links

• Google Photos Help 

• Feature requests / Feedback

• Google Photos Community (Forum)

• Google Photos official Blog

• Launching Google Photos (Blog May 2015)

• Google Photos policy - Terms of service

• Learn Google Photos with Google Product Expert Chris Guld

  • Google Photos is NOT a "Backup" of Your Photos 

  • Don't assume your photos are getting backed up 

  • Google Photos "Free Up Space" command is scary 

  • Getting a New Phone? Wait! Don’t Lose Your Pictures 

• Remove images from Google Search