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How to exclude a folder from Google Photos auto backup feature

The auto backup feature in Googles Photo app is very useful. If you’re like me then you probably backup all your photos to Google but find that your phone also backs up a load of pictures that you collect throughout the day. Personally I find that I have to scroll through a million screenshots to see a photo I took just last week.

Here’s how to exclude a folder from Google Photos auto backup feature.

  1. Open the Google Photos app on your Android device.
    How to exclude a folder from Google Photos auto backup 1
  2. Tap on the menu icon in the top left corner.
  3. Tap the “On device” option.
    How to exclude folders from Google Photos auto backup feature
  4. You’ll photos grouped by their location on your phone. Scroll about until you find the folder you want to exclude.
    How to exclude folders from Google Photos auto backup feature
  5. Tap the blue cloud icon by the folder name so that it has a cross through it.
    How to exclude folders from Google Photos auto backup feature
Oct 15, 2014Oliver Marshall
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Oliver lives in the south of England and has a strange obsession with everything Google. He also runs Marshall Games and you can also see him posting over at OliverMarshall.net

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