You can automatically save your photos and videos to your Google Account when you turn on backup. Learn how to back up your photos and videos.
Each Google Account comes with 15 GB of storage and you can always buy more storage or clean up your storage space.
You can also change the backup quality to fit your preferences or save storage space.
Important: If you're inactive in Google Photos for 2 years or more, your content may be deleted. Learn about the Google Photos inactivity policy.
Learn about your backup options
Reduce the size of your photos & videos
If you have photos in Original quality and want to save some storage space, change your already backed-up photos and videos to Storage saver (previously named High quality). This setting won't appear if you have unlimited storage for Google Photos.
Important:
- You can only recover storage once a day. Storage recovery won’t change the quality of your future uploads.
- In some circumstances, certain photos and videos may not be compressed and will be stored at their original file size. Some Multi-Picture Format (mpf) .jpgs can't be compressed, for example portraits that you take on an Android device.
- You can check if an item is ineligible for Storage saver. Learn how to check backup details.
- On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
- At the top, click Settings
Manage storage.
- Under “Recover storage,” click Convert existing photos & videos to Storage saver.
Manage storage.Change your backup quality
- On your computer, open photos.google.com/settings.
- Select a backup quality.
Tip: To check backup quality and size, go to a photo or video and click Info 
- If a photo or video can't be compressed, under "Details,” you'll find "Not eligible for Storage saver." This will only appear if you’ve tried to back up the item in Storage saver quality.