If you're panicking almost how to save those photos y'all've stacked up since 2012, fear non. There is a way to save them all in one get. Unfortunately, Google doesn't make it entirely obvious how to practice this, which is where we come in.

Whether y'all want to back up all your images, or drift to another cloud storage service, here'south 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 as how to download everything from Google Photos, straight to your PC hard drive.

Though Google'due south unlimited photo storage has now ended, it'due south worth noting that Google won't have deleted your photos and videos after 1 June. They'll still be there and available to view. The alter is only that any photos and videos y'all upload after that date will count confronting your quota, even in Loftier Quality.

You tin also check out how to upload your entire photograph collection to Google Photos.

How to download multiple photos from Google Photos

This is the simpler task of the two, and the process is the same whether you're downloading photos or videos from Google Photos.

  • First caput to Google Photos and click on the tick mark on top left corner on the photos or videos you want to download. Hold down Shift and click further downward in the photo coil if you want to select multiple photos at in one case.
  • Click on the three dots at the meridian correct and click Download (or apply Shift + D).
  • Your download should begin.

Google Photos Download multiple images

Here's how to stop automatically backing upwards photos to Google Photos. Y'all tin can also read about what to do with Google Photos now that free storage has ended.

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

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

If you lot tried to download all your images using the method above, you'd have noticed there'southward no fashion to batch download everything straight within Google Phones (we don't know why either). Instead, you'll have to head to Google Takeout.

Google Takeout lets yous download any information from your Google account – whether that's your Chrome history, Google Play activity, Google Play Books, Hangouts history, or Google Photos.

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

Google Takeout Deselect All

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

Google Takeout Select Google Photos

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

  • In one case you're happy with your selections click OK.

Google Takeout Select Albums

  • Scroll to the bottom of all the services and select Next Footstep.

Google Takeout Next Step

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

Google Takeout Export Settings

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

Google Takeout Export Setting delivery method

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  • At this stage, you tin also select how large you want each exported zip file to be. The default setting is 2GB, and the maximum size is 50GB. Keep in heed, exports larger than 2GB will be compressed in zip64 files. Google warns this may not be supported by older systems, so you may need boosted file compression software to unzip your exports.
  • Click Create Exportwhen you're gear up.

Google Takout Export Size Selection

  • Your files will now brainstorm exporting. Y'all may need to wait a few minutes depending on how big your whole collection is. You lot can also cull to abolish at this point.

Google Takeout Exporting

  • Once the export is consummate, you'll be able to download your photos by clicking onTestify Exports.

.Google Takeout Show Export

  • You can now download each exported zip folder to your hard bulldoze.Note: the download link expires after 1 calendar week.

GoogleTakeout Downloading Export

  • If you opted for an email notification, y'all tin besides download the exports directly from your Gmail inbox.

Google Takeout Export Email Confirmation

  • Too note, you should go a security authority email from Google to ostend it'due south you lot requesting to export your photos and not someone else. You may demand to authorize information technology before you're able to download your photos and videos.

Gmail Security Check

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