How to download all photos from google photos at once in android

After you have uploaded your photos and videos to Google Photos, you can access them from the app or website at any time. However, they are stored in the cloud, not in physical storage. While this does save space and makes those photos and videos easier to share online, sometimes you want to have them physically saved. In this case, you will want to know how to download your photos and videos from Google Photos.

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How to download photos from Google Photos (mobile)

Open the Google Photos app. You should be on the Photos tab at the bottom of the screen.

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Open the photo or video you want to download into full-screen, then tap the button in the top right.

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Tap Download to download that photo or video to your device.

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How to download photos from Google Photos (desktop)

Anything uploaded to Google Photos can be downloaded directly to your computer’s physical storage. First of all, open your browser and go to the Google Photos website. Click whatever photo or video you want to download to open it to full-screen.

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Click the button in the top right corner to open up additional options for that photo or video.

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The final step is to download that photo or video. You have two options:

  • Press Shift+D on your keyboard.
  • Click the Download button from the dropdown menu.

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How to download all photos from Google Photos

The quickest, easiest way to download everything from Google Photos is to use Google Takeout. If you’re like us, you have thousands of photos dating back to around 2010. Checking them all off on Google Photos is a very tedious thing to have to go through.

Google Takeout allows you to download the entirety of your Google Account data, including logs.

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To download all of your photos, go to takeout.google.com in a browser. Under the Select data to include field, click Deselect all.

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Scroll down to the box marked Google Photos and click the checkbox next to it.

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After selecting Google Photos, scroll to the bottom and click Next Step.

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Next, fill out the Choose file type, frequency & destination field.

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In terms of Delivery method, you have five options:

  • Email
  • Drive
  • Dropbox
  • OneDrive
  • Box

Getting the download link via email is the most direct way to download those files. If this is a one-time download, click Export once. Next, choose your ideal File type (.zip is typically the most universally applicable) and size. The size will depend on how many photos and videos you have in your Google Photos library.

When finished, click Create export.

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FAQs

If you download photos or videos from Google Photos to your device, they will likely appear under your Downloads or Images folder. The latter is sometimes called DCIM. On your computer, downloaded photos and videos will appear in your Downloads folder unless otherwise specified.

Yes, it works the same way as a non-Apple computer.

Yes. While you can’t delete your Google Photos account, you can delete your entire account. If you choose to do that, you will have 30 days to download all your data, including photos, before they are gone forever.

How do you download all photos from Google Photos at once to phone?

On Android there is no option to transfer multiple photos from Google Photos back to your camera roll. You can go to https://photos.google.com/ on the phone, select several photos, tap 3-dots > Download. They will be saved as a ZIP file, for example in the "Downloads" folder, where you can "extract" them.

How do I mass download from Google Photos on Android?

Those using Solid Explorer or a similar file manager app on Android can use this method instead. Install Solid Explorer from Google Play. Open the Google Photos app and simply select multiple photos. Then tap the 'Share' menu and select the “Save to..” (Solid Explorer) option.

Can you download all Google Photos at once?

Under the 'albums' tab, select 'view all albums' to see your entire collection. Click an individual album and, once it's loaded, hit those three dots in the top right and select 'download all'. This will compress all of the images and videos contained in the album into a single zip file for you to download.

How do I download my entire Google Photos?

Save your photos or videos.
On your computer, go to photos.google.com..
Select a photo or video..
Click More. Download..