

There would be three ways to grant access. Now enter the secondary email address at the top and click on “Next”.Ĥ. Click on “Get Started” on the next screen that comes up.ģ. Open up your Google Photos account and from the main menu at the top-left corner click on “Settings” and then click on “Shared libraries”.Ģ. This will save the photos permanently in the secondary account and changes in the primary account won’t reflect in the secondary account.ġ. However, once you have all the photos, there is an option to save all these photos to your library permanently. In Shared Libraries, the photos are shared with the secondary account and any changes made in the primary account will reflect in the secondary account including deletion of photos. Transfer Google Photos To another account using Shared Libraries In this post, I’ll get you through the complete process to transfer Google Photos data to another Google account using the Shared Libraries feature.

Although this feature is created to sync your Google Photos account with your significant other, but it can also be used to migrate data between your own accounts. And downloading all the data and uploading it to the secondary account is just too much of a hassle.Īfter some experiments, I found a trick to use the new Shared Libraries feature of Google Photos to transfer Google Photos data to another account. To my surprise, there is no built-in option to move Google Photos to another account, unlike Gmail emails. Recently, I wanted to backup all my Google Photos data to another Google account as an extra security measure.
