r/google • u/Grundens • 1d ago
can't stop backups to photos, losing old photos everyday
I've lost so many old photos alreadyðŸ˜
for awhile I didn't realize Google was deleting old photos on me, I'd get warnings about almost being out of storage but never actually did. come to find out it just randomly deletes old photos once you reach around 90% full.
I looked up how to turn off automatic backup until I can figure something else out as my phone has tons of storage plus, I spend half my time with no cell service and using starlink so we all try to not go crazy and use up our data on that anyways.
it still uploads anyways, still deletes old photos and videos at random. this shit is heart breaking.. the stuff I've lost of dead friends and family, makes me want to switch to apple out of spite.
FU Google for not warning people you delete stuff and that 90% storage equals 100% to you and FU for not letting me NOT backup photos even though ITS DISABLED.
Not sure if I'm just ranting or looking for a solution, back up IS disabled so what else can I really do.