Can I backup photos to Google Drive?
“I bought a new mobile phone, I stored a lot of important photos in my last Samsung mobile and I want to migrate the galley to the new mobile phone. As far as I know, I can implement this idea through Google Drive, but how can I backup gallery to Google Drive? Hope someone can help me answer this question. Thanks!”
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Benefits of backing up gallery to Google Drive
Google Drive is a free cloud storage service provided by Google and is liked by many users in the world. Using Google Drive, you can easily backup photos on Android, iPhone, and PC to prevent data loss or damage when these devices malfunction, stolen or damaged in a disaster.
More importantly, if you are not a photographer or do not have high requirements for photo quality, Google Drive supports unlimited backup of high-quality photos. If you choose to back up original quality photos, Google Drive provides you with 15GB of storage space for free.
Besides, we have organized the following benefits of backing up files and galleries to Google Drive:
√Easy to use interface.
√Fantastic built-in image recognition technology.
√Clients for Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows.
√Store various types of files including videos, pdf files, presentations, and photos.
√Share photos and videos with your contacts.
√Access your documents from anywhere in the world.
If you can’t wait to backup gallery photos to Google Drive, you can continue reading to learn how to upload photos from Android, iPhone, and PC.
How to backup Android gallery to Google Drive?
Step 1. Navigate to the Photo Gallery of your Android device, then click the Send or Menu button on the screen. If you are using Samsung, click SHARE to continue.
Step 2. Click Save to Drive to upload pictures or videos to Google Drive.
Step 3. The backup progress will be displayed on the page, waiting for all photos to be uploaded to Google Cloud.
How to backup iPhone gallery to Google Drive?
Step 1. Open the Google Drive app on your iPhone and log in to your account.
Step 2. Click the folder icon in the lower right corner of the page. If you only back up some photos to Google Drive, you can continue to select the folder where you want to save the files.
Step 3. Click Create New (plus icon) at the bottom right of the screen and select Upload.
Step 4. Click Photos and Videos at the bottom of the screen and tick the photos or gallery to upload. Finally, click UPLOAD in the upper right corner. Then it will start to backup photos to Google Drive on iPhone.

How to backup PC gallery to Google Drive?
Google Drive provides a web version and a desktop application, through which you can back up photos from your computer to Google Drive.
Way 1. Via Google Drive website
Step 1. Go to the Google Drive website and login into your account.
Step 2. Click My Drive on the taskbar, then choose Upload folder.
Step 3. Navigate to the Gallery or Pictures folder and click Upload to backup photos. If you back up an image file, you need to click Upload files> the file> Open.
Way 2. Via Google Drive app
Step 1. Download and install Google Backup and Sync on your computer, then launch the program and log in to your Google account.
Step 2. In the second step, you will be asked which folders to sync, and check the Photos Library, you may need to choose the Photo and video upload size. Under the Google Photos section, check Upload photos and videos to Google Photos. Finally, click NEXT to backup gallery to Google Photos.
Step 3. In the last window, you can also check Sync My Drive to this computer to sync Google Drive files to PC, then click START to confirm.
What if Google Drive has not enough backup space?
For users who need to store a large number of original quality photos, the free storage quota provided by Google Drive is very limited, and there may be other types of files that you need to backup to Google Drive such as videos. Therefore, you need more Google Drive space, it’s best to get it for free, or you can back up your files to a larger space.
Fortunately, there is a professional cloud backup manager called CBackupper, which can help you in two ways.
Way 1. Get unlimited storage on Google Drive for free
If you need unlimited online cloud backup space, the free cloud backup service - CBackupper network version can help you. It has very useful features: combined with cloud storage, it can fully combine the available space in multiple Google Drive accounts for backup. And it allows you to add an unlimited number of cloud drive accounts, you can add your multiple Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive accounts.
Way 2. Protect your files to a larger backup space
CBackupper also provides a client version that allows you to save data in a larger backup space with a more professional backup method. This is a reliable PC cloud backup tool and very cost-effective - only $6/month, $60/year can perform cloud backup with large storage space (1000GB). It also provides automatic data recovery, allowing you to restore the files you need to your computer for continued use.
You can apply for an account and try it free for 15 days to protect your Windows PC data:
Step 1. Download CBackupper to the desktop and launch it.
Step 2. Log in with your CBackupper account to start your trial.
Step 3. Click the Tasks tab and the New Task button subsequently.
Step 4. In the next step, click the Add Source button to add files from your Windows PC, and then click Start Backup to start the backup task.
In the end
You can learn how to backup gallery photos to Google Drive from different devices in this article, including Android, iOS, and PC. If you are worried that the free storage space provided by Google Drive is not enough to back up your photos, use CBackupper to replace cloud storage services to back up your data to a larger space, or combine free space in multiple cloud drives with it.