If y'all're panicking about how to relieve those photos you've stacked up since 2012, fear not. There is a style to save them all in one become. Unfortunately, Google doesn't make it entirely obvious how to do this, which is where we come in.

Whether you want to back upwards all your images, or migrate to another cloud storage service, here's how to batch download all your photos and videos from Google.

In this article, we'll look at how to download multiple photos or videos from Google Photos as well equally how to download everything from Google Photos, straight to your PC hard bulldoze.

Though Google's unlimited photo storage has now ended, it's worth noting that Google won't have deleted your photos and videos after 1 June. They'll nonetheless exist there and available to view. The change is just that any photos and videos y'all upload subsequently that engagement will count against your quota, even in High Quality.

You can also cheque out how to upload your unabridged photo collection to Google Photos.

How to download multiple photos from Google Photos

This is the simpler job of the two, and the procedure is the same whether y'all're downloading photos or videos from Google Photos.

  • First head to Google Photos and click on the tick mark on top left corner on the photos or videos you want to download. Concord down Shift and click further down in the photo ringlet if you want to select multiple photos at once.
  • Click on the three dots at the summit correct and click Download (or use Shift + D).
  • Your download should begin.

Google Photos Download multiple images

Here'due south how to stop automatically backing upward photos to Google Photos. You tin can besides read almost what to practice with Google Photos now that free storage has ended.

How to download all Google Photos at once to PC or difficult drive

Downloading all your photos from Google Bulldoze is a lot less straightforward.

If you tried to download all your images using the method above, you lot'd accept noticed there's no way to batch download everything direct within Google Phones (we don't know why either). Instead, you'll accept to caput to Google Takeout.

Google Takeout lets you download whatever data from your Google account – whether that'due south your Chrome history, Google Play activity, Google Play Books, Hangouts history, or Google Photos.

  • Caput to Google Takeout and clickDeselect all – this ensures you're not downloading your unabridged Google history

Google Takeout Deselect All

  • Whorl down the list and select Google Photos.
  • Click on "All photo albums included" to download but specific albums from Google Photos.

Google Takeout Select Google Photos

Note: If you haven't separated all your pictures into albums (because who has time for that?), Google will automatically separate them past year.

  • Once you're happy with your selections click OK.

Google Takeout Select Albums

  • Scroll to the lesser of all the services and select Next Step.

Google Takeout Next Step

  • In the export settings that follow, you tin can choose how often you want to download all your Google Photo content.

Google Takeout Export Settings

  • You lot can as well specify whether you want the final exported zipped file to exist emailed to yous, or sent to another cloud storage option. Nosotros'll stick to an email link in this instance.

Google Takeout Export Setting delivery method

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  • At this phase, you tin also select how large yous desire each exported zip file to be. The default setting is 2GB, and the maximum size is 50GB. Go along in mind, exports larger than 2GB will be compressed in zip64 files. Google warns this may not be supported by older systems, so you may need additional file pinch software to unzip your exports.
  • Click Create Exportwhen you're ready.

Google Takout Export Size Selection

  • Your files will now begin exporting. You may need to wait a few minutes depending on how big your whole collection is. You can also cull to cancel at this point.

Google Takeout Exporting

  • In one case the export is consummate, you'll be able to download your photos by clicking onShow Exports.

.Google Takeout Show Export

  • Yous tin now download each exported nil folder to your hard drive.Notation: the download link expires after one calendar week.

GoogleTakeout Downloading Export

  • If you opted for an email notification, you can likewise download the exports directly from your Gmail inbox.

Google Takeout Export Email Confirmation

  • Besides annotation, you should become a security dominance email from Google to confirm it'due south you requesting to consign your photos and not someone else. You lot may need to authorize information technology earlier you're able to download your photos and videos.

Gmail Security Check

Also see: How to articulate out Google Drive and free upward space for new files

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