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- Share your photos with a partner
- Accept a partner sharing invitation
- Find your partner’s photos
- Turn off notifications
- Remove a partner
- Remove your partner's access to a photo
- Related resources
You can share photos of specific people or share photos from a specific date onward. Photos will be shared automatically as they're backed up to your account.Important: Sharing photos of specific people isn’t available in all geographic regions.
Important: Anything you do to your version of a shared photo won’t apply to any copies already saved by your partner. This includes any edits, deletions, or transfers to your Locked Folder.
When you share with your partner, they will receive the photos you’ve chosen to share as soon as they're backed up. Once your partner accepts your invitation for partner sharing, they can choose to use partner sharing to share their photos back with you.
1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with your Google Account.
3. Click Settings Partner sharing Get started.
4. Enter or select an email address. You can only invite someone with a Google Account.
1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. At the top, click Sharing .
4. Click the invitation you want to accept. Then, click Accept.
5. Optional: You can share photos back with your partner. At the top, click More Share back.
Tip: If someone you don't know starts partner sharing with you, you can block them after accepting the invite.
1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click Sharing .
3. Click on your partner's name.
Save your partner's photos
If you save your partner’s photos, they appear in your Google Photos account, photos view, search results, and Memories.
The photos and videos you save from partner sharing won’t count against your storage, as long as your partner continues to share them with you through partner sharing.
1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. At the top, click Settings Partner sharing.
4. Turn off Notifications.
If you remove your partner, they won't be able to access the photos that you have shared and you won't be able to access their photos. You and your partner will still be able to find any photos already saved to your Google Photos account. You can always share to a removed partner again.
1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. At the top, click Settings Partner sharing Remove partner.
If you remove a photo from a shared library, your partner won’t be able to access that photo within the shared library. Your partner will still be able to find photos already saved to their Google Photos account.
Important: You can only remove photos that you own.
1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with your Google Account.
3. At the top, click Sharing.
4. Click Partner sharing.
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Mar 22, 2024 · Open https://takeout.google.com in your internet browser. This page allows you to extract and download an archive of all your backed-up photos. While this method ensures that you also download photos in albums as well as a library of photos, it can take a long time if you have a lot of photos or a poor internet connection.
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Jan 21, 2021 · Here’s how to set up partner sharing: Launch Google Photos. Tap on the “Sharing Photos” icon on the top left. You’ll notice the “Share your photos” box in the bottom left. Click on it. Type the email address of your proposed sharing partner. Hit “Next.”. You’ll now have two options.
Mar 7, 2024 · To create an album, click the '+' sign on the top right after selecting the photos you want to share. From the options that appear, select 'Album' to move the photos to an album. You can move the photos to a new album or an existing one. For transferring photos to your second account, click the 'New Album' option.
Apr 6, 2022 · In the search bar, type in the name of your other account. Click the name to add it to the partner list, then tap Next . Choose the photos you want to share or select All photos, then tap Next. Click Send invitation to give your other account access to the photos. Click the notification and accept the invitation.
On your computer, open photos.google.com. Sign in to your Google Account. On the left, click Photos. Place your cursor over a photo or video and click Select . At the top, click Add to or create new . Click Shared album New shared album. Enter an album title. At the top right, click Share .
