Download photos or videos to your device

You can copy your photos and videos to your device.

Download your photos or videos

Important: If you have backup turned on, you can find photos on your computer that you took on your mobile device. To create a local copy on your computer, download your photo or video. Learn more about backup.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Select a photo or video.
3. Click More  Download. 

Tip: If you have trouble playing a downloaded video, try the following:

• Use a different browser, like Chrome or Firefox.
• Use a system extension that works with the codec of the video file.
• Use a different video player, like VLC Media Player.

Download all photos or videos

Learn how to export and download your Google Photos data.

Tips:

• To move all your photos to a different Google Account, download all your photos and upload them to the new Google Account in Google Photos. Learn how to add photos and videos to Google Photos.
• Based on the time the photo or video is downloaded, your operating system can assign a new timestamp to the file itself. The photo or video metadata will be available through the file details view. Based on your operation system, the path to the file details might be different.

Related resources

• Transfer iCloud® photos and videos to Google Photos
• Import photos to your library