How to add Google Photos to Photos App in Windows 11/10

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Free unlimited storage, automatic backup and some of the useful editing furnishings make the Google Photos app one of the worthwhile apps for managing your pictures on your favorite Android device. Yep, Google Photos natively works best on Android devices, where it's as well nigh used. Nonetheless, not many users are aware that they tin can actually apply Google's photograph-storing service on Windows desktops, too. In this post, we volition share a tip to enable you to add Google Photos to the Photos App in Windows eleven/10.

Add Google Photos to Windows Photos App

Google Photos is a photo gallery from Google that stores your photos and videos to Google Drive. So, if yous have Google Bulldoze app installed on your PC, good! If not, download the app to enable yous to add Google Photos to Windows 10 Photos App.

Likewise, enable the 'Sync' feature of the app so you can choose which folders are synced to your desktop or PC. At present launch 'Google Drive' app, hit the 'Gear' icon visible in the upper correct-paw corner and cull the 'Settings' option under it.

Side by side, when the settings window opens, scroll down to find 'Create a Google Photos folder' option and enable it. Look for a few minutes as the Google Photos folder gets added to your Google Drive. Make sure that you accept selected 'Google Photos folder' as ane of the folders if you've enabled selective sync option in Google Bulldoze on your PC or a Desktop.

Having done this, open the Windows 10 Photos App and navigate the mouse cursor in the upper right corner of the app window.

Hitting the 3 dots menu and select settings option available nether information technology. Thereafter, whorl downwardly to the 'Sources' section and click 'Add a folder' option.

At present, from the Select Folder window, choose 'Google Photos' folder visible under Google Drive folder.

Finally, click 'Add together this folder to Pictures' and look for few minutes for the folder to populate.

Now all your Google Photos will announced under Windows 10 Photos App!

Syncing the Photos from GDrive to the desktop volition download all the photos and videos stored on the deject, to your hard drive, and some people may not have high capacity storage options on phones and PCs, so go on this in listen.

Now read: Best Google Photos tips and tricks to edit images.

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