[Android Central Question]

After backing up my pictures (shown in the Gallery) to the Google Photos app to free up storage space, all my pictures in the Gallery are now lost. What makes it worse is that it was backed up without the pictures organized into albums like how it used to be in my Gallery.

Also, back then I used to back up my pictures to the Photos app and can still see them in my Gallery. Now, every time I back up all my pictures are lost and are transferred to the Photos app.

Please help me. Thank you.

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? The stock Gallery app usually only shows photos that are stored locally on the phone, so when you back them up to Google Photos and then delete the locally stored copies, they no longer show up in the Gallery.

Some stock Gallery apps can sync with your Google Photos in the cloud, though -- go to Settings>Accounts>Google​ and see if there's a sync option for Gallery or Picasa.