Find lost photos & videos

Important: If your Google Photos business relationship is inactive for two years or you're over your storage limit, it may bear upon your content. Larn how your Google storage works.

Step 1: Check your account

Some photos can seem to disappear considering yous're on a different account.

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Business relationship.
  3. At the pinnacle, cheque that y'all're signed in to the account that you backed up photos to.

Footstep 2: Find photos from apps similar Facebook or Instagram

It may be in your device folders.

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

Back upward your device folders to find photos from other apps in your Photos view. Learn how to back upwardly your device folders.

Stride 3: Check if your photograph is deleted

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

Try other means to notice your photos

If you lot use a dissimilar gallery, but tap "Gratuitous upward infinite" on Google Photos

Important: Before you delete photos from your device, make sure you let Google Photos back up your photos first. Learn how to plough on backup.

Check if support is on

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

If backup is on

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

If fill-in is off

Of import: Before you delete photos from your device, make certain y'all let Google Photos dorsum up your photos first. Acquire how to plow on backup.

If yous delete a photo from your device, yous may non be able to recover information technology. Google Photos doesn't support photos right away.

Discover an archived photo

If you can't notice a photograph you don't regularly view, information technology may be in your archive. Acquire almost your archive.

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

Search for a photo or video

Important: Brand certain back up and sync is on. Yous can simply search for backed-up photos. Larn how to turn on fill-in.

Search for a photo or video

Search for the right dates or keywords to find a lost photo or video. Sometimes, when you lot scan or download a photo from a device with the wrong date and time settings, the timestamp is different. Learn how to change timestamps on photos.

To detect a recently added photo or video:

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open up 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 tin can search for a person, place, or object in the photograph:

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

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

  • Search with a different keyword.
  • Search again in 3—5 days. It can take a while for photos to be searchable.

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