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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Manage Your Google+, Blogger, In Addition To Hangouts Images Inwards The Google Album Archive

While most of the images uploaded to your Google concern human relationship are accessible through Google Photos, the entirely house to notice the particular albums created for your Google+ photos from posts, Blogger blogs, Hangouts chats together with YouTube channel embrace fine art is the novel Google Album Archive.


Albums that are only available inwards your Album Archive include:

Other albums you lot tin dismiss access: Google Photos albums, Google Drive images, Auto-Backup images, together with Drop Box images (uploads to Google Groups together with Forums).

All the particular Google albums are displayed at the exceed of the page, except the Scrapbook Photos, YouTube Channel Art together with sometime Hangout video telephone phone icon albums. Those tin dismiss hold upward constitute amidst your other albums, which are sorted yesteryear album creation date.

To larn more, read on:
Get to a greater extent than details inwards the Picasa Help Center: Using the Google Album Archive

How to access your Google Album Archive

You tin dismiss acquire to your Album Archive from your Google About Me (aboutme.google.com) settings, or yesteryear bookmarking the direct link (get.google.com/albumarchive).

Note that consumer Google+ volition near downwards on Apr 2, 2019 together with the Google+ albums inwards Album Archive volition hold upward deleted. The Album Archive together with Google Photos volition non hold upward near down. Skip to Step 4. inwards the instructions below, or role your Google About Me page or Album Archive direct links.

1. If you lot stimulate got a Google+ Profile, sign inwards to Google+ (plus.google.com)

If you lot create non stimulate got a Google+ Profile, skip to pace 4.

2. Click Profile on the left bill of fare (or acquire straight to plus.google.com/me )

3. Click About on your profile's header embrace art. 



4. That volition opened upward the About Me settings for your Google concern human relationship (or acquire to aboutme.google.com)

5. Find Your Album Archive and click See All


Access the Album Archive for a Google+ Page or Brand Account

Each of your Google+ Pages together with Brand Accounts has its ain Album Archive. There are several dissimilar ways to access it:

>> Switch to your Page's images from within the Album Archive

1. Sign inwards to Google every bit the managing director or possessor of the Google+ Page or Brand Account

2. Open the Album Archive, every bit higher upward  (get.google.com/albumarchive)

3. Click your profile image at exceed right

4. From the bill of fare that appears select the Page or Brand Account

That volition switch to your Brand Account's Album Archive.

>> Access your Page's images piece managing the Google+ Page:

1. Sign inwards every bit managing director of your Google+ Page

Make certain you lot are using the novel Google+ interface, non Classic Google+

2. Click Profile then About to opened upward your Page's About Me settings


3. Find the Your Album Archive card together with click See All 


>> Access your Page or Brand Account's images from the Google Brand Accounts list:

1. Sign inwards to Google, together with opened upward your Google Brand Accounts list (myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts) 


2. Click the cite of your Page or Brand Account

3. On the Brand Account Details page click Edit Account Info



4. Find the Your Album Archive card together with click See All 

Delete or download albums together with images from your Album Archive

The entirely actions you lot tin dismiss stimulate got within the album archive are to delete or download the albums or private images.  Note:
  • To motion an icon to a dissimilar album, portion an image, or alter the visibility from world to private, use Google Photos. 
  • To download or dorsum upward all your images, you lot tin dismiss create that using Google Takeout.
  • Note: If you lot delete an icon from a Blogger weblog album, that icon volition hold upward permanently removed from your blog. 
1. Sign in to the Album Archive (get.google.com/albumarchive)

2. Click on the album amongst the images you lot desire to download or delete

3. In the opened upward album, you lot tin dismiss either download, delete or select an private image

If you lot desire to download or delete the entire album, click the three point bill of fare icon at exceed correct and lead the choice you lot want.


Note:  some albums automatically created yesteryear Google cannot hold upward deleted or downloaded inwards their entirety. Albums available in Google Photos can hold upward managed there.

 If you lot entirely desire to download or delete a unmarried image, click on that photo

4. On the photograph page, click the three point bill of fare icon at exceed right and lead the Download Photo or Delete Photo option 

Link to your Album Archive to allow others persuasion your world together with shared albums

You tin dismiss portion a link to your Album Archive that lets others persuasion the albums shared amongst them. Downloads from shared albums are enabled yesteryear default, but you lot tin dismiss disable that choice inwards your Album Archive Settings.

>> The URL to portion <<

The link to your Album Archive is get.google.com/albumarchive/[21-digit user ID]

That is the URL inwards the address bar when you lot navigate to the Album Archive from your About Me page, together with is likewise inwards your default Google+ Profile URL.

Note that custom URLs are non supported.

>> Enable or disable downloads <<

 Image downloads are enabled yesteryear default. To disable the mightiness of Earth to download your images:

1. Sign inwards to Album Archive

2. Click the 3 point bill of fare icon at exceed right
3. Click the Settings gear icon

4. De-select the option:  Let people you lot portion amongst download your photos & videos

>> Album visibility <<
There is no agency to alter the visibility of the albums created yesteryear Google:
  • Profile Photos album is public
  • Google+ Photos from Posts album is public, but people tin dismiss entirely persuasion images shared amongst them
  • Albums shared on Google+ will hold upward visible to the Circles or individuals they were shared with
  • Blogger albums are not visible to the public
  • YouTube Channel Art album is not visible to the public
  • Hangouts albums are entirely visible to participants inwards the Hangout
You tin dismiss banking concern represent whether an album is public, shared amongst a express audience, or entirely yourself yesteryear clicking on the album name.  The audience (and whether the album is available inwards Google Photos) is noted nether the title.

Examples:
Blogger blogs stimulate got a "limited" audience (only on your blog), are entirely available inwards the Album Archive 
A private album that tin dismiss hold upward managed inwards Google Photos
A world album that tin dismiss hold upward managed inwards Google Photos

Only you lot volition hold upward able to run across all your albums. 

Updated March 2019 amongst data most the shutdown of consumer Google+
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Use Google+ Without A Profile: Grapple Google+ Pages, Youtube Channels In Addition To More

Mostly no work anyway- read on for details
Google volition move shutting downwards Google+ for consumer accounts on Apr 2, 2019. 

All personal Google+ Profiles in addition to Google+ Pages volition move deleted, along amongst Google+ posts, photos in addition to videos uploaded to Google+. Any photos inward Google Photos volition rest there. This volition NOT close downwards your other Google products similar Gmail, Google Drive or YouTube. Google+ features on Blogger  and YouTube volition be will move removed inward Feb 2019. Back upwardly your Google+ photos and Google+ Page information before Apr 2nd!

Here is the bottom line, every bit of Nov 2018:
 Your Google+ Profile is required for:
  • Google+ posting in addition to commenting
  • Posting comments on Blogger (or other sites) amongst Google+ comments enabled
  • If you lot usage Google+ comments on your Blogger blog, managing those comments
  •  Using apps inward the former Hangouts video calls interface in addition to inward Hangouts on Air (note: most of these apps were retired Apr 25, 2017)
  • Managing who tin contact you lot via Hangouts amongst Google+ Circles
If you lot delete your Google+ Profile:
  • All Google+ posts, comments in addition to +1s volition move permanently deleted
  • All Google+-based comments on Blogger blogs volition move deleted
  • YouTube comments should move retained (but if you lot shared them to Google+, those shares volition move deleted)
Here are the electrical current reasons to receive got a Google+ Profile (as of Nov 2018):
  • You usage Google+ every bit a social platform amongst your personal identity
  • You desire to move out comments on Blogger blogs (or other websites) using the Google+ comment system
  • You participate inward Hangouts on Air or Hangouts video calls, in addition to desire to access apps such every bit Hangouts Toolbar
  • You usage Google+ Circles for to a greater extent than fine-tuned permissions for who tin contact you lot via Hangouts 
Here are the reasons to receive got a Google+ Page:
  • You usage Google+ every bit a social platform amongst the identity of a brand, describe concern or arrangement (anything other than an private identity)
All you lot demand is a Google Account to create produce your describe concern or brand's Google+ or YouTube
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Since publishing this article inward June 2014 the requirement for a Google+ Profile has been gradually removed from a issue of Google products in addition to services. Read on if you lot are interested inward some Google history.

 - July 2014: Google Hangouts grouping video calls on desktop no longer require a Google+ Profile for Google Apps customers (this was afterwards followed for consumer customers)
- September 2014: Google Hangouts grouping video calls on Android in addition to iOS no longer require a Google+ Profile.  
- Oct 2014: Google Hangouts extension no longer requires a Google+ Profile. 
- March 2015: Google Hangouts no longer requires a Google+ Profile for sharing photos.
-  May 2015: Google Photos launches, no longer requires a Google+ Profile
-  July 2015: Google announces Google+ volition eventually no longer move required for other Google products, including YouTube. 
- August 2015: Google+ Photos retired 
- Oct 2015: New non-Google+ Google My Business  Pages dashboard introduced for managing Google+ Brand Pages in addition to Locations
- Nov 2015: "New Google+" introduced with simpler interface, minimal profiles in addition to no Hangouts or Events
- Nov 2015: Google "About Me" page (aboutme.google.com) introduced, allowing you lot to create produce your Google identity without a populace profile
- Nov 2015: You tin now create a novel YouTube channel without Google+ in addition to delete your Google+ Profile without affecting your channel
- February 2016: Google Play Games introduces Gamer IDs, used instead of Google+ Profile identity
- April 2016: Leaving a review for a describe concern on Google no longer requires a Google+ Profile
- June 2016: Google+ Page at nowadays a service on a Brand Account
- August 2016: Picasa Web Albums retired, replaced past times Album Archive
- August 2016: Google+ Profile no longer required to move out a Google Play Store review
- August 2016 Google My Business mobile app no longer supports Brand Pages or other Google+ data
- August 2016: Google My Business Insights for Local businesses volition no longer include Google+ data
- September 2016: Hangouts on Air removed from Google+, at nowadays only inward YouTube Live Events
- October 2016: Creating a novel YouTube channel with a "business or other name" creates a Brand Account without a Google+ Page
- Fall 2016: YouTube Private Messages no longer require a Google+ identity
- Dec 2016: YouTube Custom URL scheme at nowadays independent of Google+
- December 2016: Update to the YouTube desktop notification bell, at nowadays dissever from Google+
- January 2017: Google My Business no longer supports Google+ Brand Pages at all, removes Google+ Insights
- Jan 2017: "Classic" Google+ Retired, amongst Events the only vestige of the former interface
- March 2017: Location Sharing removed from Google+ Android app, moved to Google Maps
- Apr 25, 2017: Google+ Hangouts API retired, most apps removed from Hangouts video calls
- after Apr 24 2017: Google+ functionality inward Gmail retired
- June 2017: Any pre-2014 YouTube channel that was never connected to Google+, in addition to that never confirmed its Google scream on YouTube has been migrated to a Brand Account (with no Google+ Page)
- Oct 2017: New Google My Business listings no longer receive got a Brand Account that tin move used for a Google+ Page or YouTube channel.
- March 2018: Google My Business begins toRemoval of Google+ features from Blogger and YouTube
- March 2019: Shutdown of the Google+ API,, removal of the Google notification bell on the 1 Google Bar.
- Apr 2, 2019: Shutdown of consumer Google+: deletion of all Google+ profiles on consumer accounts in addition to all Google+ Pages. 
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It's non widely known, but you lot are non required to receive got a Google+ Profile to create produce a Google+ Page or Page-connected YouTube channel. H5N1 Google Account tin manage upwardly to 100 dissimilar Google+ Pages (each amongst its ain YouTube channel), all without a Profile.

But what nearly other Google products in addition to services? Some, similar Hangouts, require a Google+ Profile to usage all their features. Others, similar Blogger, don't require a Google+ Profile at all.

This article volition comprehend how to create a Google+ Page without a Profile, what happens if you lot delete your existing Profile, in addition to using a Profile-less describe concern human relationship on your mobile device.

Contents:
If you lot conception to delete your Google+ Profile, please start here to acquire what volition tumble out to your account.

All the information inward this post should move accurate every bit of June 16, 2014. I volition update the details every bit I acquire of changes to products in addition to apps. If you lot receive got whatever questions or uncovering wrong information, delight permit me know!

Create a Google+ Business Page or Page-connected YouTube channel without a Google+ Profile

If you lot receive got created a Google account that does not have a Google+ Profile, you tin even thus create a Google+ Page. There are 3 principal ways to create a Google+ Page without a Profile:

Note: every bit of Oct 2016, creating a novel YouTube channel every bit a describe concern or build creates a Brand Account, but non a Google+ Page.
  1. Create a novel Page at business.google.com/create/brand
  2. Create a novel Google+ Page along amongst a YouTube channel
  3. Create a novel Google+ Page for your existing YouTube channel
Note that the instructions below are for a desktop computer. On Android devices Google+ Pages tin also move created using the Google My Business app.

1. Create a novel Google+ Page on Google+

As of Feb 2017, you lot tin create a novel Google+ Page on Google+, fifty-fifty if you lot produce non receive got a Google+ Profile. 

If you lot produce non yet receive got a Google+ account, only move to plus.google.com/pages/create to prepare a Google+ Page.
Update Oct 2015: How to create a novel Google+ Page (no Google+ Profile required)

There are 3 types of Pages:

Note: amongst the retirement of "Classic" Google+ inward Jan 2017, in that location is at nowadays only 1 type of Google+ Page. 
  • Local Businesses amongst a storefront and street address where you lot serve customers
  • Local Service Area Businesses, where you lot don't receive got a storefront, but you lot produce serve customers inward person. Some typical service expanse businesses are plumbers, taxis, caterers or consultants. 
  • Brands, which comprehend everything else: bands, shows, products, causes, organizations, entirely online businesses in addition to more
Once you lot receive got created a Google+ Page, signing inward to Google+ should select you lot straight to your Google+ Pages dashboard (plus.google.com/dashboard) novel Google My Business pages dashboard (business.google.com/manage/)

If you lot receive got existing Google+ Pages you lot tin create a novel Page from within Google+. Navigate to your principal Pages dashboard past times clicking the Pages icon inward the left menu, or move straight to plus.google.com/dashboard the Google My Business pages dashboard (business.google.com/manage/)

Click the blueish “Get your Page” push clit to start the Page creation process
.

Click the + push clit at lower right 



Or select + Add a build page or + Add a novel Location inward the left menu



More information: 

2. Create a novel YouTube channel that uses a "Business or other name"

Note: every bit of Oct 2016, creating a novel YouTube channel amongst a "Business or other name", creates a novel Brand Account, but non a Google+ Page. You tin add together a Google+ Page to the Brand Account at Google+.
If you lot receive got a build novel YouTube describe concern human relationship without a channel, the YouTube channel creation procedure allows you lot to select the choice to create a channel using a "business or other name" rather than your personal name..

Sign inward to YouTube (www.youtube.com), click the left carte icon in addition to then select “My Channel” from the menu. You volition move prompted to create a novel channel. 

At the bottom of the covert click Use a describe concern or other name


If you lot receive got an existing YouTube account, you lot tin move to "My Channels" (www.youtube.com/channel_switcher) in addition to click + Create a novel channel






You volition in addition to then move prompted to create a Google+ Page for your YouTube channel. 



Note that this procedure creates a Brand Account without a Google+ Page.

 Learn to a greater extent than inward the YouTube assist center: Create a novel channel


 If you lot would similar to receive got a Google+ Page, you lot receive got ii options:

 1. First create your Google+ Page at Google My Business
  • first create your Google+ Page + Brand Account at business.google.com/create
  • then add together a YouTube channel to your Page past times signing into YouTube in addition to going to "My Channels" (www.youtube.com/channel_switcher).  Click the Brand Account scream to start the channel creation process.
OR 

2. Add a Google+ Page to your YouTube channel's Brand Account
  • first create your YouTube channel + Brand Account amongst a "Business or other name" at www.youtube.com/channel_switcher
  • then sign inward to Google+ (plus.google.com) in addition to switch to your Brand Account identity past times clicking your profile photograph at top right, in addition to selecting your channel's Brand Account
  • after you lot switch, you lot should meet the choice to create a Google+ Page on the left menu.

3. Create a Brand Account for your existing YouTube channel 

Note: every bit of Oct 2016, creating a novel YouTube channel amongst a "Business or other name", creates a new Brand Account, but non a Google+ Page. You tin add together a Google+ Page to the Brand Account at Google+.

If you lot have a YouTube channel that is non yet connected to Google+, you lot can connect it to a Google+ Page from your channel's advanced describe concern human relationship settings (www.youtube.com/account_advanced).

Click the blueish push clit labeled "Connect amongst a Google+ Page" (if you lot don't meet the button, your channel is probable already connected to Google+).



YouTube volition enquire for confirmation that you lot desire to usage "both names" - a dissimilar quest YouTube than you lot produce on the residuum of Google.



Learn to a greater extent than inward the YouTube assist center: Use a dissimilar scream on YouTube than your Google account

You tin add together a Google+ Page to your YouTube channel's Brand Account every bit described above.

What happens when you lot delete your existing Google+ Profile?

Can you lot delete an existing Google+ Profile in addition to even thus usage Google products in addition to services? Yes you lot can! However, you lot may lose some features in addition to functionality.

You tin delete your personal Google+ Profile without affecting the Google+ Pages that you lot ain or manage. You tin maintain using Gmail e-mail every bit you lot usually do. However, if you lot usage Hangouts or Blogger,  read on to determine whether the changes inward those products volition touching you.

5 3 Reasons You Should Not Delete Your Google+ Profile

If whatever of the next apply to you, visit carefully before you lot delete your Google+ Profile:
  1.  You receive got posted content on Google+ you lot desire to keep. Deleting your Google+ Profile permanently deletes all posts.
  2. You receive got made comments on YouTube videos or Blogger blogs using the Google+ comment system, in addition to desire to move along to comment using your existent name 
  3. You usage AutoBackup to upload photos from your mobile device (update 5/28/15)
  4. You similar to portion photos inward Hangout chats (update 3/15)
  5. You desire to usage the iOS Google+ or Hangouts apps on your iPhone or iPad (update 9/10/14)
  6. You desire to review local businesses or apps inward the Google Play shop using your existent name. (update 4/8/16, 8/13/16)
  7. You usage the apps inward Hangouts on Air or the former Hangouts Video Call interface
I strongly recommend trying to sympathize all the potential repercussions of deleting your Google+ Profile before you lot produce thus - some changes cannot move undone!

So what happens?


What happens when you lot delete your personal Google+ Profile:

  • All of your Google+ Profile's +1s, posts in addition to comments volition move permanently deleted
  • Your introduction, bragging rights, looking for, human relationship status, in addition to tagline volition move deleted
  • Any details non inward your Google describe concern human relationship About Me page (aboutme.google.com) volition move deleted
  • You volition not be able to move out Google+ Local describe concern reviews with your personal identity.  However, you lot tin move out reviews using a Google+ Page identity.
  • Your existing Local describe concern reviews volition non move deleted: They volition move marked every bit private in addition to accessible inward the "My Places" department of Google Maps. You volition move able to delete them there. 
  • You volition not move able to move out Google Play shop reviews or ratings amongst your personal identity.  However it is possible to sign into Google Play straight amongst a Google+ Page's username in addition to password to charge per unit of measurement apps. (update August 2016)
  • Your connections to some third-party services that usage Google+ sign-in volition move disabled. To create produce them move to Connected accounts settings.

GMail in addition to Account Details

 Deleting your Google+ Profile should not touching your Gmail account. However, you lot volition non move able to alter some of your Profile details after deletion.
Update Nov 2015: your personal information tin move managed at aboutme.google.com without a Google+ Profile


Managing Google+ Pages

October 2015: the novel Google My Business dashboard launches for managing Google+ Brand Pages in addition to Google+ Local Pages ("Locations"). Pages tin move works life at business.google.com/manage/ rather than plus.google.com/dashboard
November 2015: it's no longer necessary to receive got a Google+ Profile to receive got an invitation to create produce a Google+ Page.
August 2016 Google My Business app no longer supports Brand Pages or other Google+ data and
Google My Business Insights for local businesses volition no longer include Google+ data
January 2017: Google My Business no longer supports Google+ Brand Pages at all, removes Google+ Insights

Note: every bit of Jan 2017 the only house to create produce Brand Accounts is myaccounts.google.com/brandaccounts

 You shouldn't receive got whatever problem managing Google+ Pages without a Google+ Profile on your desktop figurer (business.google.com/manage/)  or using the Google My Business App (iOS or Android) on your mobile device. However, in that location are limitations:
  • You cannot receive got an invitation to create produce a Google+ Page without a Google+ Profile. If you lot are invited to create produce a Google+ Page, you lot volition receive got to (temporarily) add together a Google+ Profile to your describe concern human relationship to receive got the invitation. As of Nov 2015 you lot tin receive got the invite to create produce a Page without a Profile.
  • You cannot usage the iOS Google+ app without a Google+ Profile (????)
    The costless Google My Business app for iOS devices     allows you lot to create produce your Pages on your iPhone or iPad.

Google Photos, Google+ Photos in addition to Picasa Web Albums

Google Photos launched, independent of Google+
August 2, 2016: Picasa Web Albums retired, Albums are inward Google Photos, in addition to Google+, Blogger in addition to Hangouts albums are inward the new Album Archive
November 2018: Google Photos removes the choice to portion images to Google+ directly

 Your Google+ Photos volition move available inward Google Photos, Google Drive in addition to Picasa Web Albums, but you lot volition no longer receive got access to Google+ Photo features.

 November 2015: the album gallery page for Google+ Photos is no longer accessible in addition to the novel Google+ does non receive got a Photos tab

Google Photos tin move accessed at photos.google.com in addition to inward the Google Photos mobile app
Picasa Web Albums tin move accessed at https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos

Without a Google+ Profile:


Hangouts

The only Hangouts features that require a Google+ Profile are the Google+ Hangouts Apps inward Hangouts on Air in addition to the former Hangouts Video telephone telephone interface. Most of those apps volition move retired Apr 25, 2017.

Without a Google+ Profile:
  • Access Hangouts at hangouts.google.com, in your Gmail account or using the Chrome Hangouts app or extension
  • You will no longer move able usage the Chrome Hangouts extension on your desktop computer. Update September 2014: it is now possible to use the Chrome Hangouts extension without a Google+ Profile. H5N1 Google describe concern human relationship is even thus required.
  • You volition only move able to participate inward 1:1 video calls, but non larger grouping video calls, using your personal Gmail identity. Update March 2015: at nowadays you lot tin participate inward grouping video calls amongst a Gmail identity. 
    You will move able to participate inward grouping video calls using your Google+ Page identity only if you lot receive got a lead sign-in (set before September 2016).
  • In video calls you lot volition not move able to usage Hangouts Video Call Apps other than Chat in addition to Screensharing (NOTE: every bit of Apr 2017 the Google+ Hangouts API is no longer supported, in addition to most video telephone telephone apps are no longer available) 
  • You cannot usage the iOS Hangouts App without a Profile.
    However, you lot tin usage the Android Hangouts app     or the iOS Hangouts App with whatever Google account, whether it has a Google+ Profile or non (updated 10/1/14)
  • You will non move able to portion photos during Hangout chats on whatever device. As of March 2015 you lot tin portion photos inward Hangouts chats amongst your non-Google+ Gmail account
  • Your Hangouts albums can move works life in Picasa Web Albums (November 2015: Hangouts albums are no longer available inward Google+ Photos; August 2016: Picasa Web Albums retired, at nowadays Hangouts albums are inward Album Archive)
  • You will non move able to host a Hangout on Air using your personal identity from a Google+ Event As of Nov 2015, you lot tin host a Hangout on Air from YouTube Live Events without a Google+-connected channel.
  • As of September 2016 Hangouts on Air are component division of YouTube Live Events, no Google+ is required. .

YouTube   

As of Nov 2015, new YouTube channels are created without a Google+ Profile unless you lot usage a describe concern or other scream (Google+ Page). And every bit of Oct 2016, channels amongst a Business or Other Name are created on a Brand Account that does non receive got a Google+ Page.

 The few remaining Google+ features on YouTube were removed inward Feb 2019.

YouTube usually works only fine without a Google+ Profile. However, if you lot receive got been using YouTube amongst a Google+ Profile identity, in that location volition move some pregnant changes upon deleting your Profile: 
  • All comments made on YouTube videos amongst your Google+ Profile identity (since Nov 2013) will move permanently deleted along amongst your Profile. This cannot move undone! 
  • If in that location is a YouTube channel connected to your Google+ Profile, deleting your Profile volition build the connected channel move private. If you've done this past times accident, it tin move reversed past times restoring your Google+ Profile.  Learn to a greater extent than here: YouTube Help: Google+ deletion or suspension
  • Any post you lot created on Google+ nearly 1 of your ain videos volition move deleted from Google+. If it is also visible on YouTube, it volition move along to appear on YouTube.
  • Any comment you lot created on YouTube inward response to a video, which is also visible on Google+ every bit a Google+ post, volition even thus be on YouTube but volition move deleted from Google+.
  • Any comment you lot created on Google+ that is at nowadays only visible on YouTube, inward relation to a post someone else made nearly a YouTube video, volition even thus be on YouTube.
  • Any +1 that you lot added on Google+ that is at nowadays only visible on YouTube every bit a like, inward relation to a post someone else made nearly a YouTube video, volition even thus be on YouTube.
  • Any other posts, replies, comments or +1s relating to a YouTube video that you lot created originally on either Google+ or YouTube but which only at nowadays appear on Google+ volition move deleted.
  • A Google+ Profile is required to acquire YouTube comment notifications nether the bell in addition to claim a novel Custom URL (December 2016: YouTube custom URLs independent of Google+, Update to the YouTube desktop notification bell)
  • Visibility of your YouTube comments based Google+ audience settings for historic catamenia or geographical location volition no longer apply.  (June 2018: YouTube comment visibility is no longer controlled past times Google+ audience restrictions)
To usage Google+ features on YouTube without a Google+ Profile,  move your channel to a Google+ Page.

A banking concern complaint about YouTube CMS: (Note: this is no longer move truthful every bit of Nov 2015)

Access to the CMS interface is via the YouTube channel connected straight to the Google describe concern human relationship linked to your CMS. That way your YouTube channel must either move connected to a Google+ Profile or move completely disconnected from Google+.

If your YouTube channel is currently connected to a Google+ Profile, you must disconnect your channel from Google+ before deleting your Profile or you lot volition lose access to CMS. You also cannot movement your channel to a Google+ Page, because that volition also crusade you lot to lose access to CMS. 
(Note: this may no longer move truthful every bit of Nov 2015)



Blogger blogs

If you lot usage a regular Blogger profile, rather than having your weblog connected to Google+, deleting your Google+ Profile should crusade few changes.

Note: Google+ features were removed from Blogger prior to the shutdown of Google+ inward Apr 2019.  In Feb 2019 blogs using Google+ comments were switched to Blogger comments, in addition to Google+ Follower in addition to +1 gadgets were removed from weblog layouts. 
In March 2019 Blogger accounts using Google+ profiles volition move switched to Blogger profiles.  
  • All of the Blogger weblog comments you lot receive got posted using the Google+ comment system - on your ain weblog or other people's blogs - will move permanently deleted along amongst your Profile.
  • To usage Google+ comments in addition to other Google+ features on your Blogger blog, at to the lowest degree 1 weblog writer must move using a Google+ identity. 
    • You tin use a Google+ Page identity for your blog if none of your blog’s authors receive got a Google+ Profile. Learn how to weblog amongst your Google+ Page identity.
    • If you lot produce non desire to usage Google+ comment system, you lot tin disable Google+ comments inward your blog's Google+ settings before deleting your Profile. Note that volition build all Google+ comments disappear from your blog.
      Learn to a greater extent than here: Blogger Help: Google+ comment FAQ
  • When you lot upload images to your weblog posts, your images are stored inward a blog-specific album that tin move accessed through Album Archive Picasa spider web albums or Google+ Photos. Google+ Photos volition move retired starting July 29, 2015. Nov 2015: your Blogger weblog album is no longer accessible inward Google+ Photos. August 2016: Picasa Web Albums retired, replaced past times Album Archive.
  • If you lot produce non desire your weblog photos in addition to images to move “Auto Enhanced”, move certain to plough off that choice inward your Google+ settings (plus.google.com/settings) before deleting your Google+ Profile. (Google Photos are no longer auto-enhanced.)
Other Google Products in addition to Services

In improver to what I've noted above, in that location may move other changes to your Google describe concern human relationship when you lot delete your Google+ Profile.  You tin acquire to a greater extent than inward the Google Help Center.

How to delete your Google+ Profile

So you lot are certain you lot desire to delete your Google+ Profile. How produce you lot produce that? You tin delete your Google+ Profile inward either your Google+ Profile's Settings (plus.google.com/settings) or your Google describe concern human relationship settings (myaccount.google.com)

How to delete your Google+ Profile inward your Google+ Settings

  1. Sign inward to Google+

  2. Open your Google+ Settings from the left carte (plus.google.com/settings)

  3. At the really bottom of the Settings page, click the link to

Delete your entire Google profile here .

  4.  You volition in addition to then move shown whole page of information nearly what volition tumble out when you lot delete your Google+ Profile.  Read it carefully!

  • At the top of the page it volition exhibit the e-mail associated amongst your Google+ Profile. Make certain you lot are deleting the right account!


  • Read all the details to move certain you lot sympathize the changes to your account.

How to delete your Google+ Profile inward your Google describe concern human relationship settings

1. Sign inward to Google amongst the same e-mail you lot usage to sign inward to Google+

2. Click your profile photograph inward the upper right corner of whatever page on Google



3. Click the blueish "My Account" button, opening myaccount.google.com

4.  Under Account Preferences click Delete your describe concern human relationship or services opening myaccount.google.com/preferences#deleteservices



5. Click Delete products



6. Enter your Google describe concern human relationship password

7. Under Delete a Google service click the trash tin adjacent to Google+



8. Read all the displayed information, in addition to click the box that you lot sympathize (and move certain you lot do)



9. Click Delete Google+

Google+ on Android: Using the Google+, Google My Business in addition to YouTube apps without a Profile

Note: every bit of the terminate of 2016, none of these apps require a Google+ Profile

When you lot sign into a profile-free Google+ describe concern human relationship on a desktop figurer you lot volition move redirected to plus.google.com/dashboard where you lot tin select 1 of your Google+ Pages to manage.

It is slightly to a greater extent than involved to add together your describe concern human relationship to the electrical current version of the Google+ app on an Android telephone or tablet.

Add your describe concern human relationship to the Google+ App

1. If you lot receive got non yet added your Google describe concern human relationship to your device, you lot tin produce thus past times selecting "Add an account" inward the Google+ app settings

2. You volition move prompted to sign inward to your Google account, using your e-mail username in addition to password. During the describe concern human relationship improver process, you volition move asked if you lot desire to add together a Google+ Profile - "Upgrade to Google+" - you tin reject past times clicking "Not now"

3. Return to the Google+ app in addition to you lot volition move prompted to select 1 of your account's Google+ Pages

4. You tin add together additional Google+ Pages that are managed past times your describe concern human relationship to the Google+ app past times tapping your scream at the top of the screen, in addition to then selecting "Switch Google+ page"

Note: before versions of the Google+ app may prompt you lot to create a Google+ Profile when trying to sign in. To create this, update to the electrical current version of the app (4.4.0 or later) or set a password for your Google+ Page in addition to usage that to sign into the app.

Learn to a greater extent than nearly Google+ for Android


Manage your Pages amongst the novel Google My Business App
As of August 2016, the Google My Business App no longer supports Google+ Page management or creation.

The  Google My Business app allows you lot to create produce your Google+ Pages, add together in addition to take away managers, in addition to meet your Pages’ Insights . You tin sign inward to the app using whatever Google describe concern human relationship on your device. Once you lot are signed in, you lot volition receive got access to all of the Pages owned or managed past times your account.

You tin add together a Google describe concern human relationship to the app past times tapping the carte icon on the upper right, in addition to then selecting “Accounts” from the menu.


Once a Google describe concern human relationship has been added, switch betwixt Page identities past times tapping the carte icon on the upper left, in addition to then tapping the downwards arrow adjacent to the electrical current Page name. You can select a Page from the listing of recent Pages, or tap “All Pages” to meet all of the Pages you lot manage.

 You tin also create a novel Google+ Page from within the Google My Business App.

Learn to a greater extent than nearly how to edit your Page information in addition to manage your Google+ Local Pages using the Google My Business app.


Use your Brand Account identity on YouTube

YouTube lets you lot easily switch betwixt your dissimilar channel identities on desktop in addition to mobile. If you lot receive got a YouTube channel on a Brand Account (with or without a Google+ Page), you lot tin switch amongst a twosome of clicks or taps.

Instructions inward the YouTube assist center.

Google+ on iOS: Profile Required

If receive got an iPhone, iPad or other iOS device, you lot cannot usage the Google+ App without a Google+ Profile.  It is also non currently possible to sign inward to a Google+ Page directly. (Note: every bit of Nov 2015, this may no longer move true)

Learn to a greater extent than nearly Google+ for iOS

Learn nearly signing inward in addition to switching channel identities inward Youtube app for iOS

Update June 24, 2014: The free Google My Business app for iOS devices allows you lot to create produce your Pages on your iPhone or iPad. Learn to a greater extent than nearly Google My Business on mobile. (As of 2016, the Google My Business app no longer supports Google+ Pages)

Add a Google+ Profile to your Account

If you lot produce create upwardly one's take heed you lot desire to receive got a Google+ Profile, it's slow to add together one.

Simply sign inward at plus.google.com/me in addition to fill upwardly out the Google+ Profile creation form.

Just recall that your Google+ Profile must correspond you lot every bit an individual, non your business, arrangement or brand.

Confused? Get Help!

If you lot receive got questions, banking concern correspond the Google assist centers or post a query inward 1 of the official Google assist forums or communities:
Google+ Help Center
Google My Business Help Center

Acknowledgements

The information inward this has come upwardly out of multiple discussions amongst my boyfriend Top Contributors, in addition to much troubleshooting inward the Google+ Help Community, in addition to the Hangouts, Youtube in addition to Blogger Help forums. Thanks specially to +Kaleh Kohler, +John Skeats, +Whiskey Schulze, +Pieter Roggemans, +Kamal Tailor, +Brian Kennelly, +Ziggy Dziegman, +David Kutcher, +Adam Auster, +Justin Lauschin, in addition to +Luiz Fernando who made specific suggestions for changes in addition to additions to my post in addition to helped exam diverse scenarios.

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Friday, October 18, 2019

Back Upward Your Google+ Photos As Well As Videos Earlier The April 2D Shutdown

When consumer Google+ shuts downwards on Apr 2, your Google+ "Photos from Posts" together with "Photos of You" albums inwards your Album Archive volition endure deleted. Google Photos is a separate product, together with volition NOT endure shutdown. Any of your photos that are inwards Google Photos volition NOT endure deleted.

Photo upload, editing together with administration were a major describe to Google+ from its launch inwards 2011. Google+ offered "Instant Uploads" to dorsum upwardly the photos on your telephone to the cloud, Creative Kit, which permit yous easily edit your photos, together with afterwards "Auto Awesome" enhancements. (See the timeline at the terminate of the post for the highlights.)

Then inwards 2015 Google announced that Google Photos would endure a standalone product, carve upwardly away from Google+. That was a harbinger of doom: only ii months afterwards Google announced that Google+ would no longer endure a social layer across Google+. The novel Google+ no longer included whatever special photograph features, together with had a novel pattern where Profiles no longer fifty-fifty had a Photos tab.

But despite that, it's non surprising that many people retrieve the days when photos were fundamental to Google+ together with are concerned that their photos volition endure deleted when consumer Google+ shuts downwards on Apr 2nd.

What WILL endure deleted when consumer Google+ shuts down
  • The Google+ "Photos from Posts" album inwards Album Archive. Some of these images may also endure inwards Google Photos.
  • The Google+ "Photos of You" album inwards Album Archive. There volition non endure a re-create of these images inwards Google Photos, unless yous uploaded the photograph yourself.
  • Images added to Google+ comments
  • Images used every bit Google+ Collection encompass images
Note: if your website or blogs links to a Google+ photos, in that location is a potent peril those links volition halt working. For example, the Friends+Me Google+ Exporter lets yous create an archive of your Google+ posts that tin endure imported into Blogger or WordPress. If yous practice non also export your original images together with upload them to WordPress or Blogger along alongside your posts, the post images volition probable disappear after Apr 2nd. Images uploaded straight to Blogger or other platforms won't endure affected.

What volition NOT endure deleted when consumer Google+ shuts down
  • Google Photos volition NOT endure deleted
  • Any photos that yous uploaded or backed upwardly to Google Photos volition NOT endure deleted
  • Photos together with videos uploaded to Google+ before Google Photos launched inwards 2015 volition NOT endure deleted together with tin endure works life inwards Google Photos
  • Photos together with videos backed upwardly at whatever fourth dimension using older versions of Google+ mobile apps (from 2015 or earlier) volition NOT endure deleted together with tin endure works life inwards Google Photos
  • Photos together with videos that were associated alongside Google+ Events volition non endure deleted together with tin endure works life inwards Google Photos
  • Photos uploaded to Hangouts together with Blogger volition NOT endure deleted together with tin endure accessed inwards your Album Archive

If yous desire to a greater extent than detailed instructions on how to stance or download your Google+ photos together with videos from posts, read on!

View your Google+ photos together with videos from posts inwards your Google Album Archive


  1. Sign in to Google
  2. Open your Album Archive get.google.com/albumarchive
  3. Optional: if yous desire to run across images shared yesteryear a Google+ Page, click your profile photograph at top right, together with thus select your Page's Brand Account from the list. If yous don't run across it click "All my Brand Accounts", together with and thus the Brand Account name.
  4. Click Photos from Posts or Photos of You (photos yous were tagged in)
Your photos are arranged inwards dated albums. The engagement is the day, calendar month together with yr yous shared the image on Google+, non the engagement the photograph was taken or edited.


You tin download the photos from a unmarried album:
  1. Click on the album to opened upwardly it opening the album
  2. Click the 3 point card icon at top right
  3. Select Download album
This may operate for yous if yous haven't uploaded many photos, or only desire to salve a few. Otherwise it's non practical to salve a re-create of your images that way.  Google Takeout is the best way to download all your photos at once.

Check to run across if specific photos are also inwards your Google Photos

As noted above, all photos that yous uploaded to Google+ Photos together with all albums yous created before Google Photos carve upwardly away inwards 2015 should endure inwards Google Photos. You tin double depository fiscal establishment agree your Google Photos to brand certain a specific photograph is there.
  1. Sign inwards to Google Photos (photos.google.com) or opened upwardly the Google Photos app on your mobile device.
  2. Try searching for a photograph yesteryear person, location or thing (my instance photograph inwards a higher house I works life yesteryear searching for "squirrel") 
  3. Scroll through your photos to the calendar month the photograph was taken to run across if it's there
Note that the engagement yous shared your photograph on Google+ may endure dissimilar than the engagement of the photograph itself, which is how Google Photos is organized.

Album Archive engagement Oct 27, 2014
Same epitome inwards Google Photos dated Jan 16. 2014

In my instance above, I shared the epitome to Google+ inwards Oct 2014, but I took the photograph inwards Jan 2014. Even though the epitome was "enhanced" yesteryear Google+ inwards October, it retained its original creation engagement inwards Jan inwards Google Photos.

It likely isn't practical to practice such checks for to a greater extent than than a handful of images.

Download your Photos together with Videos using Google Takeout

You tin create an archive of the photos together with videos yous shared on Google+ together with the photos yous were tagged inwards using Google Takeout. Note that this volition non include photos yous added to comments. It also doesn't include photos or videos uploaded to other Google products similar YouTube, Blogger or Hangouts.

If yous receive got been regularly sharing images to Google+ this archive is may endure quite large. If yous don't receive got storage infinite on your difficult drive, or only receive got a mobile device, yous tin receive got your archive delivered to a cloud storage concern human relationship (Google Drive, OneBox, Dropbox, Box).
  1. Sign inwards to Google
  2. Open Google Takeout (takeout.google.com)
  3. Optional:  if yous desire to archive images shared yesteryear a Google+ Page, click your profile photograph at top right, together with thus select your Page's Brand Account from the list. If yous don't run across it click "All my Brand Accounts", together with and thus the Brand Account name. Get detailed instructions for downloading a Google+ Page's content.
  4.  From the listing of Google products, brand certain yous receive got Google+ Stream selected. You may desire to de-select other Google products first, or click this link for  Google+ information to endure pre-selected. 
  5. Click All Google+ Stream information included to direct to only download your photos together with non posts or other content. Click OK  after selecting your data.
  6. At the bottom of the page, click the Next push to laid your Archive options.
  7. Choose the file type: The default .zip archive should endure openable on most platforms
  8. Choose the maximum archive size: Note that unopen to devices may non endure able to grip archives larger than the default 2GB file
  9. Choose the delivery method:  If yous receive got a desktop figurer or external difficult induce alongside a lot of storage space, select Send download link via email
    If yous only receive got a mobile device or otherwise non much storage     select the choice to receive got the archive sent to a cloud storage service. If your archive is rattling large yous may receive got to pay for additional storage. 


The options include:
10. Click Create Archive
11. Google volition shipping yous an electronic mail when your archive is ready.

What's inwards your Google Takeout Google+ Stream Photos archive?


After downloading your archive from Google Takeout, yous tin stance your photos:
  1. Unzip the takeout archive file.  On most systems yous tin only double click the file.  If your archive is inwards multiple files, unzip all of them. 
  2. Open the Takeout folder. You should run across an index.html file together with a folder for each production yous downloaded.
  3. Open the index.html file inwards your favorite spider web browser. This volition exhibit yous an index of the archived files, together with whatever mistake messages. 
  4. To access your photograph files, opened upwardly the Google+ Stream folder, together with within that, the Photos folder.
  5. Open each folder to access the contents, which includes epitome files together with metadata files. The metadata files connect the original epitome information (such every bit file refer together with date) to your epitome file
    • Photos from posts: photos yous uploaded to Google+ inwards albums labeled yesteryear date. Images should endure inwards their original format.
    • Miscellaneous Photos: these look to endure albums created inwards Google+ Photos
    • Profile photos:  your profile photos
    • Photos of you:  files alongside links to the photos that yous were tagged in. The original images may non endure available after Apr 2, 2019, thus yous may desire to opened upwardly together with download them.
    • Poll photos: images yous used to create Google+ Polls
    • Scrapbook photos: Google+ profile encompass images
The files aren't organized inwards a rattling user friendly way, unfortunately, but at to the lowest degree it's a backup.

What tin yous practice alongside photos downloaded through Google Takeout?

Images together with videos downloaded through Google Takeout should endure inwards their original file format. That agency yous tin role them similar whatever other epitome file.

If yous only desire your photos to endure accessible online together with shareable, but don't attention if they are public, I think Google Photos is your best bet. That's particularly truthful if yous are already using Google Photos to dorsum upwardly your novel photos, or receive got older photos originally uploaded to Google+ inwards your Google Photos account.

Here are unopen to options for storing all your photos:
If yous only desire to post selected photos together with videos publicly, yous receive got to a greater extent than options:
  • Upload your photos to photograph site like Flickr (up to one 1000 images for gratis accounts, unlimited for Pro accounts) or 500px (limited to seven uploads inwards a seven twenty-four hours period).
  • Upload your videos to YouTube (unlimited), Vimeo (storage limits) or other video site.
  • Share unopen to of the photos together with videos to your favorite social network (other than Google+) similar Facebook, Instagram (upload from mobile devices only), or Pinterest.
  • Blog close your photos together with videos using Blogger, Tumblr, Wordpress or other blogging platform
  • If yous desire to sell your photography, build a site using Google+ launches every bit an invite-only service, includes "Instant Upload" to dorsum upwardly photos on your telephone to a individual album inwards the cloud.
  • September 2011: Google+ launches for everyone.
  • October 2011: Google+ Creative Kit introduced, "a friendly way to brand powerful edits to your photos".

  • December 2011: Updated lightbox sense on desktop together with "new photograph tagging experience"
  • April 2012: Redesigned Google+, alongside bigger "full bleed photos that's brand yous actually proud to post.
  • September 2012: Google acquires Nik Software, makers of the iOS Snapseed app. The New York Times headline: "Snapseed available for Android devices and easier scheme of Instant Upload photos (Google+ announcement)
  • May 2013: Introducing the "new" Google+, alongside Auto Backup, gratis storage of "standard size (2048px) images, Auto Highlight to "find your favorites faster", Auto Enhance (which yous had to undo manually), Auto Awesome enhancements: Motion, Smile, Pano (panoramas), Mix (photobooth), HDR




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