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- Overview
- Turn device default gallery access off
- Turn device default gallery access on
- Learn how Google Photos integrates with your device’s default gallery
- Fix issues with your photos
- Related resources
When you allow Google Photos to grant access to your device’s default gallery:
You give Photos permission to share account information, like email address and Photos auto-backup status, with the gallery app.
You can access all photos backed up to Google Photos in your device’s default gallery app.
To use this feature, you must have:
Device that supports default gallery access. Supported manufacturers:
Xiaomi
To turn off device default gallery access:
1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
4. Tap Photos settings Apps and devices Google Photos access.
5. Tap the device’s default gallery app name.
Important: To allow your device’s default gallery app access to user data in Google Photos again, you must use the device’s default gallery app. Your device’s default gallery app may refer to Google Photos access as “cloud-sync” or “cloud-backup.”
If you clear your Photos app data, uninstall Photos, reset your device, or get a new device, you must allow gallery access again. To turn on device default gallery access:
1. On your Android device, open the device’s default gallery app.
2. Go to Settings.
Back up photos & videos with a connected account
When Photos backup is on, Photos backs up the photos from your gallery app. The account that is connected to your device’s default gallery app is your Photos backup account. To change the connected account, you need to change the Photos backup account:
1. On your Android device, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. At the top, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
4. Tap Photos settings Backup.
Find missing photos
1. Find lost photos and videos.
2. If you think that your photos were lost during the transfer from your device's default gallery app to Google Photos, contact your gallery app’s support team.
3. Check if your device’s default gallery app and the Photos app are still connected.
• Back up your photos and videos
• Delete or restore your photos and videos
• Edit your photos
• Move photos to archive
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