Click on the “Shared libraries” option and then click on “Remove Partner”. From any account (primary or secondary), go to “Settings” from the top-left main menu.Ģ. If you don’t want this, then you must unlink the accounts once all the data has migrated. Unlink the accountsĭo keep in mind that any new photos added to the primary account will be automatically shared and saved in the secondary account. Make sure you unarchive them before following the above process if you want to transfer them as well. Note: Photos moved to the “Archive” section of the primary account will not syncs with the secondary account. It will take a few minutes depending on the total data shared, and all the photos will show in the secondary account’s library. From the dialog, select “All photos” and then click on “Done”. Click on “See these photos along with your own” button at the top-right corner.ĩ. Click on “Accept” on the next dialog and all the photos will now show up in the secondary account.Ĩ. Afterward, access Google Photos from the secondary account, and from the top-left main menu click on “Invitation from (primary account name)”.ħ. You’ll have to log in again to authenticate it.Ħ. Review details and click on the “Send Invitation” button. You can either grant access to all the photos, only specific people, or photos older from a specific date. 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.