Set up partner sharing

You can share photos of specific people and or share photos from a specific date onward. Photos will be shared automatically as they're backed up to your account.

Face group filtering isn't available in all countries and regions.

Share your photos with a partner

When you share with your partner, they will receive the photos you’ve chosen to share as soon as they're backed up. Once your partner accepts your invitation for partner sharing, they can choose to use partner sharing to share their photos back with you.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with your Google Account.
3. Click Settings   Partner sharing   Get started.
4. Enter or select an email address. You can only invite someone with a Google Account.
5. Select which photos to add to your partner account.
   • All photos: You can share all photos.
   • Photos of specific people: You can select one or more face groups to share. Photos that match any of the selected face groups will be shared. Learn more about filtering by face groups.
   • Only show photos since this day: Any photos whose dates come after the selected date will be shared. Learn more about filtering by date.
6. Click Next.
7. If everything looks right, click Send invitation.
8. Optional: To find your partner’s photos, ask them to partner share with you after they’ve accepted your invitation.

To partner share with a different person, or receive an invitation, stop sharing with your current partner.

Filter by face groups

Face grouping technology isn’t perfect. Filtering by face groups may result in occasionally sharing photos that don’t actually have any of the people you’ve selected.

Filter by date

Sometimes, the date of the photo might be wrong. For example, if the photo was scanned, or the camera's clock wasn’t set correctly, a photo might have the wrong date. Filtering by date might result in occasionally sharing photos that aren’t within the date range chosen.

Accept a partner sharing invitation

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. At the top left, click Sharing .
4. Click the invitation you want to accept. Then, click Accept.
5. Optional: You can share photos back with your partner. At the top right, click More Share back.

Tip: If someone you don't know starts partner sharing with you, you can block them after accepting the invite. Learn how to block a person.

Find your partner’s photos

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. At the top left, click Sharing .
3. Click on your partner's name.

Save your partner's photos

If you save your partner’s photos, they appear in your Google Photos account, photos view, search results, and Memories.

The photos and videos you save from partner sharing won’t count against your storage, as long as your partner continues to share them with you through partner sharing.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. At the top, click Settings   Partner sharing.
3. Below "Partner sharing", click on Save to Account to see options.
4. Click Save.
   • All photos: Any photo in the partner sharing will be saved.
   • Photos of selected people: Select from your face groups. When Google Photos recognizes any of those face groups from your partner’s photos, it’ll save the photos automatically.
5. Click Done.

If your partner deletes a photo from their Photos account, it's removed from partner sharing. If you save the photo before it's deleted, you can still find it in your Photos library.

Delete photos you recently saved from your partner

If you delete a photo you saved from your partner’s photos, it won’t be deleted from your partner’s account.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com/search/_tra_. This page will have any recently added photos, including photos you’ve saved from your partner.
2. Select the photo you want to delete.
3. Click Delete .

Turn off notifications

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. At the top, click Settings   Partner sharing.
4. Turn off Notifications.

Remove a partner

If you remove your partner, they can't access the photos you shared and you won't be able to access their photos. You and your partner can still find any photos already saved to your Google Photos account. You can always share to a removed partner again.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Sign in with the Google Account that was invited.
3. At the top, click Settings   Partner sharing  Remove partner.