Can I Retrieve Photos from Google Photos After Turning Off Backup?

Nope, once you turn off the backup, those files aren't automatically saved anywhere else—Google doesn't keep copies of what you didn't expressly want to be stored. If you didn't delete them and they were uploaded before you turned off backup, they should still be accessible in your account.

To clarify, when you turned off backup, did you just stop syncing? If that’s the case, your previous uploads should still be intact. Files only get erased if you manually delete them. Plus, Google photos often holds deleted items in a recycling bin for about 30 days, so if you did delete something, you might still recover it. Check your Google Photos web page and look around there!

Unfortunately, once you turn off the backup feature in Google Photos, it generally means that the photos and videos won't sync anymore. However, if you simply disabled the backup and didn't delete anything, your older files should still be available in your Google Photos or Drive. Check those services to see if your files are still there. Just remember, anything taken after you turned off the backup might not be saved since it wouldn't have been uploaded to the cloud.