Google Photos website gets 'automatic folder backup' option

Google Photos is one of the company’s most popular and widely used services. The powerful AI-powered features available in the mobile app have made it even more popular. However, the web version of the service is also highly functional, and it has recently received a convenient new feature. You no longer have to download the Google Drive desktop client to back up folders to your Google Photos account.

For Google Drive users, the desktop client is quite useful. Basically, it allows you to set up an automatic cloud backup system for specific folders. That way, you can be sure that your files will always be backed up to the cloud. This also makes them accessible via the app on mobile devices.

You won’t need a desktop client to automatically backup folders to Google Photos

Now, Google Photos users on desktop computers can use a similar feature, but without downloading any client. If you enable the new Google Photos’ folder backup feature, visiting photos.google.com will trigger an automatic backup of selected folders to your Google Photos account. Of course, you can choose which specific folders you want to back up.

Once you get the feature, the web version of Google Photos will display a pop-up letting you know that it can automatically back up your folders. The pop-up will also show an option to directly select folders from your PC.

If for some reason you miss the pop-up, you can set up the option by clicking on “Upload” > “Back up folders.” Then you just need to choose which folders you want to upload to your account. Finally, you need to “Give Google Photos permission to back up your selected folders.”

Upon activating the folder backup feature, Google Photos will automatically upload the contents of the selected folders to your account each time you access the web version. While the process is less automatic than a desktop client, it is still quite useful. The option is already available for all users of the service.