Google Photos

[Kilroy672]

I know this probably sounds like I don't know what I'm doing but I need help with my Google Photos. If I free up the 39.72gb space will that delete all my pictures and videos on my Galaxy S23+ or just from my Google Photos? I have tons of pictures, screenshots that are in My Gallery album, will those pictures be deleted as well or not affected? I'm afraid to hit that button and loose everything. Also my new Pixel 9 Pro XL has about 3 GB free space that could use freeing. Need help on this...

 

[Laura Knotek]

How much space do you have left in your Google Photos?

 

[Kilroy672]

How much space do you have left in your Google Photos?

95GB used out of 2TB. But that 2TB was part of the promotion from Google and the Pixel 9 Pro XL.

 

[Laura Knotek]

95GB used out of 2TB. But that 2TB was part of the promotion from Google and the Pixel 9 Pro XL.

How long is the promotion good till?

 

[Kilroy672]

How long is the promotion good till?

One year.

 

[IslandGuy]

Using the free up space feature will delete the photos that are backed up to Google photos from your device. Basically they are available on Google photos so no need to have the original taking up space on your phone.

 

[B. Diddy]

I'll echo IslandGuy's correct answer -- the great thing about the Free Up Space option in Google Photos is that it knows what you've already backed up to the cloud, so it'll intelligently delete those photos/videos from the local internal storage that it knows have been backed up to the cloud. So you can rest assured that selecting the Free Up Space won't make you lose any of your photos/videos.

 

[Kilroy672]

I'll echo IslandGuy's correct answer -- the great thing about the Free Up Space option in Google Photos is that it knows what you've already backed up to the cloud, so it'll intelligently delete those photos/videos from the local internal storage that it knows have been backed up to the cloud. So you can rest assured that selecting the Free Up Space won't make you lose any of your photos/videos.

My main concern was that any pictures that's not backup to Google Photos will be deleted if I choose to free up space. Not every picture or video is backed up to Google Photos, unless they are backed up to Samsung Cloud.

 

[B. Diddy]

My main concern was that any pictures that's not backup to Google Photos will be deleted if I choose to free up space. Not every picture or video is backed up to Google Photos, unless they are backed up to Samsung Cloud.

If Google Photos never backed up that photo, it will be left alone.

 

[Emaderton3]

What if your space is full? Phones have more space than Google unless you are paying for tbe extra.

 

[B. Diddy]

What if your space is full? Phones have more space than Google unless you are paying for tbe extra.

Are you asking what if the phone's storage is full, or if Google Drive is full? If a user is running low on Google Drive space, there will be ample warnings ahead of time. If the user fills up their Drive space and doesn't purchase more, then any existing data there will still be accessible, but nothing new can be stored. I've never been in that situation before, but I would assume that Google Photos would tell the user that new photos can no longer be synced unless the plan is upgraded or existing files in the cloud is deleted.