Google Photos Unlimited Service Ends Soon : How to Backup with Google Takeout?
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Google Photos Unlimited Service Ends Soon : How to Backup with Google Takeout?
Now, Google Photos will be having paid plans beyond the free storage limit so get ready to backup and export with Google Takeout.
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The most popular image & video cloud storage service Google Photos will soon end its unlimited space availability for users in India. Starting June 1 2021, you will have to pay to use Google Photos if you exceed the 15GB storage limit. The paid plans will be rolled out soon. In this case, if you want to backup your photos & videos then Google Takeout is the tool to your rescue.
Google Takeout will help you backup your Photos and Videos into your Google account, after which you can export it to your account with another free service provider. The format of exporting is given under “Multiple Formats” so you can check it out there.
Steps to Use Google Takeout:
- Visit Google Takeout.
- You will see all Google services selected so click on “Deselect All” and then on Google Photos.
- Select delivery method from Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Box. You can also choose to get a download link via email.
- Now, choose your preferred frequency and file type & size, and click on “Export”.
- Your photos & videos will be automatically exported and a Download link will be generated.
Once your data is received, you can transfer them to other cloud services such as Amazon Photos, Apple's iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Flicker, OneDrive, etc.
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I was worried this.. thank you
How to check how much space I’m using?
Absolutely disastrous news! 
I transferred my takeout to Onedrive but all the metadata is missing (date taken, camera model etc)!! Google should get their sh::it together!
Just make another account 🥺🥺
And 30gb is sufficient for Normal people i suppose.
But, Google somewhere sometime offered unlimited storage (for photos)(correct if it is wrong) so……..
This is really a bad news, I’ve been using Google photos since 2012. I think I’ve almost 1 lakh of photos. How to bear such transfer time and what if it wouldn’t be backup or transfer properly. Google is playing bad. The true colour of Google can be seen.. 
1 lakh ??
Seriously ??
The existing photos won’t be counted in the limit. So No need to transfer out
Buy a Pixel phone. You won’t lose this freebie. If you need cloud storage like me, pixel will make so much more sense from now. I bought a Pixel phone 3 years back. I uploaded so many photos and videos, I must have a dedicated server for myself in Google by now. 😂
Reports are saying that even the pixels will face the music after sometime.. Nobody is safe.. That is what happens when you make monopolies… You dictate the market… Google has lot of anti trust lawsuits going…
Photos already stored or before 1 June 2021 will be exempted from storage usage.
Why we need to backup?
Any other alternatives .. free storage and.. good interface like g photos
Amazon photo provide unlimited storage to its prime member
Is this service available in India ?? any link??
MS office offers 1TB one drive space for 6 users at ~5000 rs per year . Sounds a good deal to go for . That’s like 70rs per month for 1TB .
But the photos already stored there till July 2021,will be exempted, going forward only storage will be charged. THIS IS WHAT I could excerpt from that .
All photos and videos you back up in High quality before June 1, 2021 are exempt from this change and will not count toward your Google Account storage. This includes all of your existing content uploaded in High quality.
Got the above from Google, it means we don’t have to do anything for photos currently in Google photos right ? Anything uploaded after June 21 only will be accounted for the 15gb quota.
Damn, I already used half of my 115Gb 
I am a student
In this lockdown and semester going online almost all photos I have is notes
Google might be fed up with reading notes of students like ours and that too soo many
So they’re doing this nkw
Google Photos was best…I have saved almost 50k photos there!!
I personally liked the PEOPLE feature where all photos of particular person was grouped.
Any alternative suggestion and where PEOPLE feature is also there
Or else I have to go with Google ONE
Pixel 4a back in stock. Whoever needs unlimited photos storage grab asap
How’s google one subscription plans
Thanks bro