Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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On August 10, 2026, Google Drive for desktop stopped backing up your photo folders to Google Photos — and the replacement is not in Drive settings, which is where everyone looks first. In this step-by-step tutorial I'll show you exactly how to set folder backup up again the new way, straight from photos.google.com: where the Back up folders button is actually hiding, how to grant the folder permission so it sticks, and how to turn Google Photos into a proper background app so it keeps uploading.

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00:00 Why Backup Changed
00:20 Open Google Photos
00:31 Enable Folder Backup
00:50 Grant Permissions
01:17 Manage Backed Folders
01:36 How It Works
01:57 Web App Workaround
02:29 Wrap Up and FAQs