How to get Unlimited Google Photos storage for FREE with Partner Sharing!

How to get FREE unlimited storage on Google Photos!
And How to backup photos on Google Photos.
I think you can also use this to transfer all your Google photos to another Google account.
Have you hit your 15GB storage limit on Google Photos (and Google Drive and Google One)? I try out this easy method to use Partner Sharing in Google Photos to get free online unlimited storage of photos and videos. The way I'm using is 1) Create a new Google account.
2) Share photos and videos with that account within the Google Photos app using the Partner Sharing option.
3) Accept the Partner Sharing request in BOTH Google accounts
4) Turn on Auto Save in both accounts
5) Delete photos in the new account, the photos will REMAIN undeleted in the shared account.
This might change over time, but I have tested removing the Partner Sharing link, and all the shared photos and videos remain in my other account.

IF IT IS NOT WORKING - AND WHEN YOU DELETE ON THE NEW ACCOUNT, THE PHOTOS DISAPPEAR ON THE 'OLD/ORIGINAL/SECOND' ACCOUNT:

This is how I do it:
I called Account 1 my old account - the one which is nearly full. I do not keep Google Photos on my phone logged into this account, I have turned off 'backup and sync' in this account.

Account 2 is my new account. I've called it my 'photos' account.
The Google Photos app on my phone is logged into this new account
(all other Google apps on my phone are on account 1)
I have backup and sync turned on in the Google Photos app.

Here's what might have happened:
Have you activated "Auto Save" on Account 1?
(I've activated it for account 2 too but account 1 is crucial)
This step is shown at 4:15 in the video.

I've also partnered and accepted Partner Sharing in the other direction as well.
So going into partner sharing on Account 2 and sharing with account 1.
I'm not sure if that would help.
I just did this because I can.

ALSO make sure Auto save has the correct setting:
On the Google Photos phone app, logged into the 'shared account' which isn't saving - click the sharing tab, then the 'partner sharing' bar showing which account is sharing, then the 3 dots on the top right
then 'settings'
- it should show "Save to your account" - "all photos"
OR on a desktop:
then Partner sharing, click the triangle to pull down the menu
Make sure "save to account" shows "all photos"

If it's not this, the only other thing is to make sure that the shared account that isn't saving, does not have backup turned on on your phone, otherwise the phone will be synching with both accounts if you flip between the two, and possibly removing pictures.

Hope something here helps make this work for you!

My biggest advice would be - for safety - to download all of your Google Photos and videos to backup locally. This video shows
HOW TO DOWNLOAD ALL GOOGLE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS:

HOW TO REDUCE GOOGLE PHOTOS STORAGE using JUST your PHONE:

HOW TO REDUCE YOUR GOOGLE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS STORAGE:

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0:00 Google Photos storage full problem: How to backup Google Photos
0:30 Use partner sharing for unlimited storage on Google Photos and videos: How to transfer Google photos to another account

[gogliko]

I have been using this method to save photos and videos for almost 2 years now and have saved more than 20 terabytes in original sizes, I hope that Google will not block this feature.

[lahds]

To whoever finds this comment, it actually works. You can delete all photos from the original account and get more storage there, don’t worry, they won’t be deleted in the shared photos. Thanks Neil.

[jennifersmith]

Can I just say how happy I am that I came across your video!!! I’m completely out of space, even with the extra storage I bought for saving all the memories of my kids as they grow up, to have this ability to still save them and be able to access them is absolutely incredible! Thank you so much!!

[chrisnowakvlogs]

You're amazing!! I was so upset at Google for dropping the free unlimited photo and video storage on their new pixel devices. I was totally at a loss on what to do for photo storage. Now, as long as this exists, I'll be good to go! No more pixels for me! Any other phone will do just fine :)

You're a genius. Thank you.

[KaminskyFontes]

I've discovered this magic by myself, and you was the first guy that told this on a video on YouTube. Congratiz!!

[FS-qhdw]

UR A
Seriously I have been trying to figure out a way to free up my google photos without deleting them for years Idk why I never thought of this....But I am glad I came across this video!
Thank u thank u thank soo much for making this!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
😍🙇🏼‍♀️❤️

[donnagordon]

OMG! Neil I'm going to give this a try, thank you for the info!

[cmralla]

Hi Neil how can we share all google album with the partner sharing???? I am able to see photos but not albums...

[DivineUdoiwod]

I did what you said and it came through but I have a question. Sir if I delete pictures from my main account it also delete from this new account ??.my aim was to move pictures to this new account and keep the valuable ones to in my main account sir. So did I do any wrong. Cause my account space has free very well in my main account. So sir please clarify it for me I want to know. Thanks so much

[truckn]

*Although some of the things looked different 1 year after you posted this info, I was able to stumble through and get it done. Thanks.*

[chunyehlim]

What a genius!! I was so close to buy icloud subscription until i learnt that i can do this !

[camping_guru_uk]

Hi, I followed one of your vids and I've gone from 13gb used to now 7gb and of course I have 15gb on my new photo Google account and have all my photos on there as well, crazy. Thank you so much.

[goldenfortune]

Hi Neil, When I delete the original copies, it's delete in my second account as well. Please help?

[marwanmasloub]

Thank you for providing a detailed video; it has been incredibly helpful. I followed the steps accordingly and I'm pleased to report that it worked for me. However, I did encounter one issue: when I delete a photo from the original location, it also gets deleted from the partner account. Is there a step that I might have overlooked?

[marilynpeterson]

I'm confused 🤔 I did everything that you said (I think): Set up a second account, shared all of the photos in my original account with my new account, shared all of the photos in my new account with my original account, and set both accounts on automatic backup. The photos show up in both accounts as I would expect them to. However, I started out with 13GB of photos and still have 13GB of photos. How should I correct this, please? Also, is backing up a photo the same as saving a photo? Finally, I understand that shared photos don't count against my storage limit, but what happens if one of the sharing parties deletes some photos? Will the photos that were deleted by A start using up storage space in B's Google account since those photos are no longer being shared? BTW, you are a godsend for those of us who are technologically impaired. Thank you!

[kunalvyas]

But won't the new account will start backing all the photos that you have in your phone again?
Let's say I have photos from 2017 to 2023 in my phone and which are also backed up in my original account "2017", then if I make another account "2023", it will again backup all the photos from 2017 to 2023 in 2023 account, so on and so forth. Is there any way out without deleting the photos from phone or moving them to a separate folder?

[nkansasampson]

Very educative, thanks. I have a question; after connecting Account 2 (new) to my google photo app on my phone and switching back up on, it started backing up my old pictures on my phone which is already backed up in my account 1 (old ).
How can I set back up date to start from the day I link account 2 (new) to my google app on my phone ?
Or how can I stop account 2 (new) from backing up my old photos on my phone gallery ?

[LakshmiKanthan-jo]

Hi Neil, thanks for this video. I followed your video to get unlimited photo storage. after all the steps, when i removed some of the photos from the original account, those photos were removed from second account as well. Is this the expected or am i missing any steps...

[elisassoon]

Hi Neil, Just wanted to say thank you because your other tips have helped so much already. I am just a bit confused about this system because I can't seem to get google to only back up new photos I take? I have four google accounts on my phone and it shows all the photos from each on each other (but only backs it up to one). If i switch my backup account it just fills the new account will all the same photos from the other account and when I delete them it deletes both of them. What do I do?

[gzyf]

Could you please advise on whether I should enable the Back Up feature for both accounts so that it will automatically upload the photos?