How to move photos to google photos?

If you move photos from the Google Photos folder to a different folder and delete them from there, they’ll also be deleted in Google Photos. Check your storage. Your photos and videos are stored using your Google Account's storage space. You have 15 GB of free storage. If you upload photos directly to Google Drive, they will count against your storage quota. If you upload using Google Photos or Backup and sync, it will count against your storage quota if you upload in original quality. read more

Lastly, you will then need to go back through Google Drive and Google+ and delete the photos you downloaded and then uploaded to Google Photos. Again, it's easier on Google+ because each album has a Move to trash option, saving you from going photo by photo. read more

When Gmail was launched, they used to say things like: "never delete emails, archive them". The same logic should be applied to Google Photos. Of course, sometimes, specially on the phone, some unwanted pictures might go to our Google Photos. read more

There's no way to directly import your photos from Flickr and upload them to Google Photos. Instead, you'll need to download your Flickr photos and then re-upload them to Google's photo service. To download Flickr photos, select the ones you want under the Camera Roll tab and click the "Download" button located at the bottom of the screen. read more