For anyone with photos in both Google Photos and OneDrive
Move your Google Photos into OneDrive. Every date right, nothing lost, no duplicates.
Your photos are split between Google Photos and OneDrive, and lots of them are in both. We copy only what's missing into OneDrive, put each photo on the day it was taken, and rebuild your albums. Your Google photos stay exactly where they are. When you're happy with the result, you can stop paying for two.
In my own library, 56% of the photos and videos in my Google download were already in my OneDrive.
Sound familiar?
- You pay for Google One and for Microsoft 365, and a lot of the photos are in both.
- Your phone backed up to both, then one stopped. Now you can't tell what's where.
- You copied photos over by hand and now they show the day you copied them, not the day you took them.
- Your OneDrive is nearly full, and you know it's packed with doubles.
- You'd cancel one plan tomorrow if you knew nothing would be lost.
Why it's such a pain. Google lets you download your photos, but in big bundles. Each photo's real date and place sit in a separate note beside it, not inside the photo, and OneDrive doesn't read those notes. So if you just copy the bundles into OneDrive, photos can end up on the wrong dates, and anything OneDrive already had can arrive a second time. Sorting that out by hand is a miserable job.
That's the job we do for you.
How it will work
Three steps. Nothing to install.
1. Ask Google for a copy of your photos.
Google has its own download tool, called Google Takeout. Tick Google Photos, choose Google Drive (your Google account's online storage, the same storage your photos use), and click the button to start. Google tells you when the copy is ready. Mine was ready the same day. We'll show you exactly where to click. The copy uses some of your Google storage until you delete it.
2. See your free report.
Sign in with your Microsoft account (the one OneDrive uses). A window from Google opens, and you tick your photo copy. In a few minutes you get a quick estimate: roughly how many of your photos are already in OneDrive, and how many are missing. Nothing is copied or changed.
3. Pay once, then press Merge.
If the report looks good, pay once for a Merge Pass ($19 to $49, depending on size) and press Merge. We copy only what OneDrive is missing, with each photo's date and place, and rebuild your albums. We check every copy. If we're not sure two photos are the same, we ask you. Skip the question and we copy the photo, so nothing is lost.
Coming next: the tidy-up Coming next
Your OneDrive may already hold duplicates of its own. After the merge, we'll find them and ask you before anything is removed. It will be included in every Merge Pass.
What you get
One tool that merges your clouds, then tidies them.
- The right date and place on every photo. OneDrive sorts by the day you took a photo, not the day you copied it. Where Google knew where you took it, we save the place with the photo too.
- Your albums, rebuilt in OneDrive. Your Google Photos albums come across as OneDrive albums.
- Nothing copied twice. Photos OneDrive already has are skipped. We compare the pictures themselves, not just the file names. In my own library that was more than half.
- Nothing lost. The merge only adds. Photos that look alike but aren't the same, like ones taken a second apart, are never thrown away.
- You choose what happens to the extra edited copies Google made. Keep them next to the originals, put them in their own folder, or skip the ones that look the same as the original.
- A tidy-up that finds the duplicates already in your OneDrive and asks you first. Coming next
Tested on my own photos first
I'm testing every step on my own library: 400 to 500 GB spread across both clouds, with about 13,500 photos and videos in my Google download. Real numbers, with no photos or file names.
See every number and how I counted
Where things stand: the merging part works on my own library. The website you'll use is still being built. That's why this is a waitlist, not a shop.
Safe to try
Photos matter, so these five rules don't bend.
- We look, we don't touch, until you press Merge. The free report can't change a thing.
- We only add. Nothing is deleted from Google Photos or OneDrive.
- Every copy is checked. After each photo is copied, we check it matches the original exactly.
- A full list, and undo for 30 days. You can see everything we did, and undo it.
- We never keep your photos. They pass through our computers on the way to OneDrive and are never stored.
You'll also always see it working: live progress while it runs, and an email when it's done. And if a merge doesn't finish, you get a full refund.
What it will cost
Planned launch prices. Not on sale yet.
You pay once. No subscription. You see your free report first, and you only pay if you want to go ahead. A Merge Pass is the one-time payment that covers one merge. Which size you need depends on how big your Google copy is.
| Price | In plain words | |
|---|---|---|
| Free report | $0 | A quick estimate of what's already in OneDrive and what's missing. Nothing is copied. |
| Merge Pass Small | $19 | For a Google copy of up to 100 GB |
| Merge Pass Standard | $29 | For a Google copy of up to 500 GB. Mine is about 190 GB, so this is the one I'd pick. |
| Merge Pass Large | $49 | For a Google copy of up to 2 TB (1 TB is 1,000 GB) |
Extras: +$12 for each extra Google account (add a partner's or child's photos to the same OneDrive). $12 for a repeat merge after 60 days, to pick up only what's new.
Not sure which size you need? Your free report tells you how big your Google copy is, before you pay.
Every Merge Pass includes the merge, your albums, 30 days of undo and, when it's ready, the OneDrive tidy-up. Prices are in US dollars and don't include sales tax.
Money-back promise: a full refund if your merge doesn't finish, or within 14 days if you haven't started a merge.
Questions
Will it delete anything?
No. The merge only adds photos. Nothing is deleted from Google Photos or OneDrive, and nothing changes on your phone. Your photos stay in Google until you decide otherwise, so you can check OneDrive first and stop paying for Google only when you're happy. The tidy-up that's coming next will ask you before it removes anything.
How do you know a photo is already in OneDrive?
First we look for exact matches: the very same file. For photos that look the same but aren't exact copies, we compare the pictures themselves. Photos taken seconds apart are different photos, so they're never thrown away. If we're still not sure, you decide. If you skip the question, we copy the photo.
Will my dates, places and albums come across?
Dates and places, yes: we read them from Google's download and save them with each photo. Albums, yes: we rebuild them in OneDrive. Three limits. A photo with no date anywhere stays undated. The names Google gives to faces don't come across. And OneDrive can be slow to show places, and often doesn't show them on videos.
Do I have to install anything? What can you see of my accounts and photos?
Nothing to install. It runs in your web browser and on our computers. You sign in with Microsoft so we can add photos to your OneDrive. For Google, a window from Google opens and you tick the files you want. We can only see the files you tick, nothing else in your Google account. Our computers read your photos to copy them, but never keep them. Any picture you see on screen is fetched when it's needed and never saved.
What if something goes wrong, or I change my mind?
You can undo a merge for 30 days. Undo moves the photos we copied to your OneDrive recycle bin and leaves everything else alone. One catch: OneDrive doesn't let apps delete albums, so if you want ours gone you'd delete them by hand (the photos inside aren't touched). And if a merge doesn't finish, you get a full refund.
Google has a free way to move photos to OneDrive. Why pay?
If your OneDrive is empty, Google's own "Transfer a copy of your data" tool may be all you need. Try it first. But it copies everything without checking what OneDrive already has, so if you have photos in both places you can end up with two of everything, and Google itself warns that a second transfer may create duplicates. Our free report shows how many of your Google photos OneDrive already has, before you spend anything.
When can I use it, and how long will a merge take? Do I need to leave my computer on?
I'm aiming to open a small private test in early 2027 and to launch in the US by May 2027. Dates can slip, and people on the list hear first. A bigger library takes longer: my own took about six hours. It runs on our computers, not yours, so you can close the page and switch your computer off. You'll always be able to see how far along it is, and you'll get an email when it's done.
Is this made by Google or Microsoft?
No. MergeMyLibrary is independent and isn't connected to Google or Microsoft. It works with Google Photos and OneDrive, but neither company makes, backs or sponsors it.
Who's building this
Hi, I'm David. I'm an online English teacher, not a developer. No tech background at all.
I'm building this for myself first. I was paying for Google One and for Microsoft 365, hundreds of GB in each, and half the photos were the same. I want to stop paying twice for them.
Back in 2017 I paid some freelancers to build a duplicate photo remover for Windows. I stopped working on it in 2018. Now I'm rebuilding it from scratch with AI, in public, on a cheap plan and the old laptop I teach my students on.
The one rule I won't break: nothing gets deleted without you saying yes.
I'm posting every number on X as I go, including the mistakes. If you pay for two clouds too, join the list below.
David
Get on the list. It's free.
I'll email you when a small test opens, aiming for early 2027. People on the list hear first.