How to Easily Download All Your Google Photos

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  • Опубліковано 26 жов 2021
  • Learn how to download all photos from Google Photos to your computer or desktop at once with Google Takeout.
    Find more at tonyteaches.tech
    Check out my vlog channel ‪@TonyFlorida‬
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  • @sailorjack9070
    @sailorjack9070 Рік тому +84

    Thank you ! It can be frustrating as hell trying to get a "quick" answer to a situation on the internet. Guys like you really are a blessing! Thanks again!

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  Рік тому +5

      Glad to help!

    • @Ellenad369
      @Ellenad369 11 місяців тому

      Does this keep all the photos safely on the device,so once downloaded they cannot be removed by google.

  • @gorillaguy1000
    @gorillaguy1000 Рік тому +209

    Thank you! It’s crazy to me that there is not a simple “download all” on Google Photos.

    • @reddysoft
      @reddysoft Рік тому +28

      It's simple, really. Google makes money by selling you storage space. They have no interest in helping you minimize that space. It's a shame, for sure, but it makes perfect sense. I'm hoping this video's solution works as I hope to do this every year as opposed to paying Google for the cloud space.

    • @AGILISFPV
      @AGILISFPV 11 місяців тому +6

      I'm glad I'm leaving google photos before I actually have a massive storage full of my files. The fact that they make it hard puts a sour taste in my mouth.

    • @kylelaser6705
      @kylelaser6705 11 місяців тому

      It's fucking extortion. I'm locked out of my email unless I pay for storage or delete everything. It won't even let me download the pictures before i delete them. I never asked for my pictures to be backed up, but now they are being held hostage. Their should be a class action.

    • @kylelaser6705
      @kylelaser6705 11 місяців тому +5

      @@AGILISFPV Do it. This company is evil.

    • @kylelaser6705
      @kylelaser6705 11 місяців тому +1

      @@AGILISFPV They don't even let you contact customer support without a monthly fee.

  • @VelezBiH
    @VelezBiH 7 місяців тому +10

    Never seen more complicated process to simply download your photos. Thanks for sharing.

  • @kimzacho5268
    @kimzacho5268 Рік тому +4

    I watched a lot of videos, and I must say you are the one who is giving usable
    value here. Cool Work!

  • @LB-ou8py
    @LB-ou8py Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much for this tutorial. I just found your channel and have been banging my head against the wall for years trying to figure out how download my Google photos. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

  • @joannedavis9621
    @joannedavis9621 7 місяців тому +5

    YOU ARE THE BEST. I can't believe how google basically holds YOUR property hostage. I am going to check out more of your tutorials and thanks again. I was a little worried being so old of a video it may not work. thanks again, and again.

  • @anneanonuevoannekulitkidzy5160

    thank you so much u help me to sort out my problem for how many times I been searching I've got watch ur video and u amazed me I know this video was 1 yr ago but absolutely u help me to find my solution on how to transfer those photos from google... thank you and I like it so much how u explain and visualize on that video....God bless you.

  • @annajoy9780
    @annajoy9780 Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much! Saving me lots of time and energy. Also, lovely format you created here on YT. Looking forward to following around.

    • @stevan55
      @stevan55 Рік тому

      Did you do it on mobile

    • @annajoy9780
      @annajoy9780 Рік тому

      @@stevan55 nope, on the computer. ^^ My phone is from 2017...

  • @iamn360
    @iamn360 Рік тому +5

    Thank you! This is definitely much easier than forums claim. Google should make this an option in the Google photo app

    • @Mandy_39
      @Mandy_39 Рік тому +1

      They don't want it easy for us, they want us to buy more space 🤬

    • @myyoutubeaccount9
      @myyoutubeaccount9 Рік тому

      @@Mandy_39 yes, they make it super easy to back up and then delete the actual picture files from your phone... but confusing and tedious to download your picture files back onto your phone

  • @meretriciousinsolent
    @meretriciousinsolent Рік тому +1

    Thank you! This was the fourth video I tried. It should definitely be the first.

  • @nischalvasishta
    @nischalvasishta Рік тому +5

    Hello Mr.Tony! Thanks for the video
    Just a little question, would ALL the photos be included in the Takeout? Nothing would be missed or converted into other forms right?

  • @janbran6744
    @janbran6744 7 місяців тому

    Thank you so much! Very informative!

  • @georgeman8128
    @georgeman8128 10 місяців тому

    Oh wow what a nice quality! I'm able to zoom in from my phone and see everything so clear! 👍

  • @pavithraks7755
    @pavithraks7755 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for making this wonderful video for us. This video will be useful for those who are struggling to manage their storage👏👏

  • @pablomax3045
    @pablomax3045 Рік тому +22

    Thanks for the upload, but a WARNING to everyone who plans to do this to move your google photos to iphotos.
    NONE of the meta data is in the photo. This means that all the dates and stuff where you can nicely sort by in google photos is not there when you import your photos into iphotos.
    The data is there in the json, but most people dont have time to manually search and edit 30000 photos.

    • @krystalamartinez
      @krystalamartinez 10 місяців тому +3

      Do you know any good hdd /ssd drives that save LIVE photos along with the meta data like google photos does?

  • @Pronunciation101
    @Pronunciation101 Рік тому +1

    You're a hero! Thank you for this!

  • @wesrichter1664
    @wesrichter1664 Рік тому +2

    I really appreciate it. Its almost as if they dont want us to figure out how to retrieve our photos. Im buying a ssd tmr and just downloading my albums from now on. To hell with the subscription service for 200 gb.

    • @wesrichter1664
      @wesrichter1664 Рік тому +1

      nevermind. every file i download is not able to be opened on my laptop. there .mov .heic and the .mp4 videos are just audio. Im stuck with my photos being on google photos at the momment.

  • @happylearning-gp
    @happylearning-gp 9 місяців тому

    Excellent Tony. very nicely explained. I just want to download and clean my drive. After downloading as you explained, should I keep those JSON files or can I delete if I don't need meta data

  • @kirandeepkaur8828
    @kirandeepkaur8828 Рік тому

    very usable video, direct to the point. thanks buddy

  • @thomas1699
    @thomas1699 6 місяців тому +1

    Question: do you cover downloading TO an external drive? Are these downloads auto directed to the desktop "download" file? I don't want my photos on my primary drive. I already KNOW they take up a lot of space. Thanks.

  • @TheBaker573
    @TheBaker573 Рік тому +1

    Thanx for video! Did the same way, but just realized that not all the photos have meta date (json), why so? And those pics were made at the same date, at the same time. Some of them have json format and another no

  • @dobaleedo
    @dobaleedo Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much. My mom passed 2 days ago and I've been searching for a way to get all her photos to family.

  • @thejourneyingmillennials
    @thejourneyingmillennials 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing this information. Is there a way to also download shared albums? I have some albums from people that have shared with me and that album does not appear in the download option. thank you.

  • @Magic_sk8board_media
    @Magic_sk8board_media Рік тому

    Much appreciated.

  • @DougPipersr
    @DougPipersr 4 місяці тому +1

    Any suggestions on a workflow to download a dozen years of Google Photos (over 50GB) and retiring the files in a usable format? I want to retain all of the metadata too (original dates etc).

  • @fotisstringos801
    @fotisstringos801 10 місяців тому

    Thanks !!! Great video Direct and simple

  • @hazelmacias6717
    @hazelmacias6717 Рік тому

    THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!

  • @aniutrahim1742
    @aniutrahim1742 11 місяців тому +1

    Is there a way/setting you can click on where Google also organizes your pictures by month also?

  • @sethwilliams3683
    @sethwilliams3683 Рік тому

    Thank you! I would have never guessed that Google needed to have a separate program to manage its own content.

    • @stevan55
      @stevan55 Рік тому

      If you did it on mobile did it transfer it to gallery or?

  • @mountainplumbing
    @mountainplumbing Рік тому

    I liked. You saved the Day.

  • @ronsmith3837
    @ronsmith3837 Рік тому

    Thanks, Tony. I completed the first step. I'm now waiting for the zip file to copy to the hard drive. I trust all goes well.

    • @stevan55
      @stevan55 Рік тому

      If you did it mobile did it go to your gallery or what?

    • @ansissksiwnsjs
      @ansissksiwnsjs 11 місяців тому

      @@stevan55 it'll most likely go to your files app or the main app you have for where your downloads go.

  • @user-vh6sv3gt7f
    @user-vh6sv3gt7f Рік тому

    Thanks great help.

  • @vamankumar8557
    @vamankumar8557 3 місяці тому

    really amazing man ... Thank you so much :)

  • @fredyfox2000
    @fredyfox2000 Рік тому

    THANK YOU!!!

  • @ihop1040
    @ihop1040 Рік тому

    Thanks a lot !!!

  • @KennyRamasawmy
    @KennyRamasawmy Рік тому

    Thank you!

  • @DWESENTERPRISE
    @DWESENTERPRISE 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for this! My 2TB is full and next size they have is 5TB but the price is gonna kill me... So I'm ordering a Samsung 4TB SSD and will be clearing up my Google photos (lots of videos for my business and many personal pictures)... Then I'll just start over with the 2TB.

  • @meitarkatz8176
    @meitarkatz8176 Рік тому

    Thank you for the video it was very helpful! is there an easy way to combine the JSON files into the pictures? or all the mata data is already in the picture as well?

    • @dhernandee
      @dhernandee 8 місяців тому

      Im getting rid of this crap show- if I were you I would keep it. Its your data, plus, once you download it, the dates change to the day you download for all pics, so the original date is wiped and only availble on metadata

  • @krystalamartinez
    @krystalamartinez 10 місяців тому

    Do you know any good hdd /ssd drives that save LIVE photos along with the meta data like google photos does?

  • @leftycrafter
    @leftycrafter 5 місяців тому

    Maybe a silly questions, but do I HAVE to download the json files as well, or can I just get the jpg / images?

  • @huayjiunlim9798
    @huayjiunlim9798 2 місяці тому

    thank you!

  • @ClaraFrancken
    @ClaraFrancken 10 місяців тому +2

    Thank you! I'd like to structure them all - by the date they were made with metadata - on my computer, but even with this download as you say, the date sorts itself to today... Why is that and how could that be solved? Thank you and have a great day!

    • @angelicaaquino1362
      @angelicaaquino1362 2 місяці тому

      Hello! Are you able to download your datas according to their original date? If so, can you teach me? Thank you

  • @signforu
    @signforu 6 місяців тому

    Hi Tony - you did a fantastic job of teaching us how to download the photos from our Google Drive, but you neglected to show us how to actually remove the Google photos from the drive to make more room. When viewing the photos in the Google Drive, they are not organized like they are when you download them. Any help with this?

  • @Grinto00
    @Grinto00 Рік тому

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

  • @accazen5674
    @accazen5674 Рік тому

    I just want to save my google photo pictures on my hard disk..i download the bulk data with google take out. Can i just delete the json file? Is there any risk to lost photos by removing json file? Or are they just metadata "trash" which can be removed without problem?

  • @ramizballou5197
    @ramizballou5197 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for sharing this easy to use steps. Is there any automated way to update the metadata of downloaded jpg files with the actual data; to replace the data/time of the actual download? It will be great to find a tool that can process 1000s of pictures automatically.

    • @angelicaaquino1362
      @angelicaaquino1362 2 місяці тому

      Looking for this as well. We're you able to do sucu? Do you mind sharing? Thank you!

  • @berainrc3784
    @berainrc3784 Рік тому

    all the love ♥♥♥ thanks

  • @mo8amednemrr
    @mo8amednemrr 10 місяців тому

    Question please
    I have memories of photos and videos on an old device, so I backed them up using Google Photos, and I made a factory reset for the old device and left it, and I registered my account on the new device and Google Photos, but after I registered my account on the new device, these photos can I see them in the internal storage of my device, or are they in the account In-app only
    Do you mean that it is only stored in the company's servers??

  • @KJR583
    @KJR583 Рік тому

    Would this work if you were a person who unknowingly pressed free up space and wanted it back on the device?

  • @Botanifiles
    @Botanifiles 2 роки тому

    Very useful, thanks

  • @karambiler349
    @karambiler349 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing, but Can I delete the photos from Google photos after I download them in my computer? Because my Google is full, and I’m not receiving any emails anymore

  • @Gurwinder_Sran
    @Gurwinder_Sran 8 місяців тому

    Thank you brother !!!

  • @rr122608
    @rr122608 10 місяців тому

    Will we have to delete the files after receiving the zip file or do they automatically delete them?

  • @Jack-jl1ui
    @Jack-jl1ui 2 роки тому +6

    How do you plan on adding the metadata back to the photos? I'm facing this problem.

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 роки тому +4

      My metadata was never stripped from my photos because they were uploaded in original quality. I don't know how to add that info back into the file

  • @Jimmy-id2oq
    @Jimmy-id2oq Рік тому +2

    When i finally downloaded them some of my photos weren't downloadable, i don't know whats causing it

  • @jftingson
    @jftingson Рік тому

    dude, you saved my ass. thank you tony!

  • @dkfresh6656
    @dkfresh6656 Рік тому +3

    If i wanted to import the photos into another gmail account, can I just upload the photos and not the JSON? Will it keep the metadata if I just upload the photos? And thanks for the video!

    • @Mandy_39
      @Mandy_39 Рік тому

      Did u ever figure out if you can move it to another Gmail account?

  • @nathandos
    @nathandos Рік тому

    how long did it take to export photos?

  • @garybankston883
    @garybankston883 Рік тому

    I had to buy a new phone recently. My photos are in Google photos on my new phone. I want to move them to my phone photos and create albums like I had on my old phone. I did something and downloaded them in the files folder. Do I need to turn Google photos off? I'm stumped!

  • @Shanti-wd2tq
    @Shanti-wd2tq 25 днів тому

    Thank you
    I have Google photos with 27 GB .. how long will it take to download

  • @seshubellamkonda2155
    @seshubellamkonda2155 Рік тому

    After extracting all photos/videos to my phone from the Google takeout zip folder, can we delete all json files?

  • @SargeSwamp
    @SargeSwamp Рік тому

    Thanks! saved me hours of single clicking photos

  • @scottclements2219
    @scottclements2219 17 днів тому

    How do you upload the albums fully intact with layouts and comments to another google account? For example, if you are fully closing down and deleting one google account and want to save your albums in another.

  • @RockyMtnGobblers
    @RockyMtnGobblers 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you very helpful video. Of course, Google doesn't wanna be helpful it just wants to sell us more storage.

  • @syltoy67
    @syltoy67 Рік тому +3

    Your instructions were very clear and easy to follow. It did take me more than a day to download all of my files but I know I have them safely on my 1 TB USB drive thank you

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  Рік тому

      Great to hear it

    • @Mandy_39
      @Mandy_39 Рік тому +1

      How long did it take you to get the link from Google?

  • @BGone-mb7wz
    @BGone-mb7wz Рік тому +4

    Great work. And, maybe it's just me, but, why do I need another app, to efficiently export my library of images? Why isn't that a feature within 'Photos'? Certainly a 'deliberate absence' - why?

    • @reddysoft
      @reddysoft Рік тому +2

      The poster doesn't reply to most comments. But I can handle this one... It's because Google makes money by charging you for storage. They give you a small amount free knowing that you will eventually go over your limit and then have to pay. There's nothing wrong with that. Would you expect a storage facility down the road to let you keep storing stuff there for free? They have no interest in making it easy for you to take advantage of their free storage. It's unfortunate, for sure. I wish I could delete all the worthless pictures I've taken over the years, easily. Good luck.

  • @vaneloniel3654
    @vaneloniel3654 Рік тому

    Thank you 👍🏻

  • @ellieyoung8389
    @ellieyoung8389 Рік тому

    I have 300 gb worth photos, this will help me a lot!

  • @sonjahowell1442
    @sonjahowell1442 Рік тому

    The shared album on my iPhone didn’t download to google photos when I first started this app

  • @ginac7458
    @ginac7458 2 місяці тому

    Thank you My question is I am trying to avoid putting 6,000 photos on my new phone and I thought the only way is to put all the photos on a memory card but I think you are saying in this video that if I export them with Google and download all my photos to Google take out then it won't take up a lot of storage on my new phone and I still will have access to each photo on my new phone without transferring them to the new phone. But I believe I can only use the memory card in a tablet or computer not my new phone.

  • @annlarrabee8745
    @annlarrabee8745 Рік тому

    THANK YOU. ARE YOU THEN ABLE TO PUT ON A EHD ??

  • @DidArey
    @DidArey Рік тому +4

    Why do I need jason files? Can I delete them?

  • @LDRep
    @LDRep 8 місяців тому

    And how to reuse that downloaded zip files into some offline software that searchable or presentable .. ?

  • @maheshgvelly
    @maheshgvelly 2 роки тому +4

    Do we need to make albums ? Or can we download everything by default ?

    • @klintg8464
      @klintg8464 2 роки тому

      You don’t need to create albums

  • @Journey9593
    @Journey9593 Рік тому

    thank you

  • @Nanashi-d9e
    @Nanashi-d9e 3 місяці тому

    thanks sir

  • @karenloperena8115
    @karenloperena8115 10 місяців тому

    I tried it before seeing your video and panicked. When I saw all the json files I thought they were unreadable photos that were lost forever. Therefore, you helped this grandma a lot. My question is, can I delete the json files on my hard drive to save space or are they needed.

    • @mjadimaiwat
      @mjadimaiwat 9 місяців тому

      hi karen! I have the same question. Have you found out yet if these can be deleted?

  • @nosycatUK
    @nosycatUK 9 місяців тому

    Thank you Like!

  • @RippRoast83
    @RippRoast83 Рік тому

    Is there a way to download from android phone to usbc thumbstick.

  • @RhyonCaldwell
    @RhyonCaldwell 10 місяців тому

    Thanks!!!

  • @kittymeow6588
    @kittymeow6588 4 місяці тому

    Thanks

  • @hungbuiquang1286
    @hungbuiquang1286 Рік тому

    many thanks

  • @jmr2448
    @jmr2448 8 місяців тому

    can I do it directly to my phone?

  • @lucyelizabethbarbera3604
    @lucyelizabethbarbera3604 5 місяців тому +1

    What do you do, Tony, if you don't get the email?
    Thanks for any advise you can give me...

  • @chetuwanderlust8374
    @chetuwanderlust8374 Рік тому

    can we delete photos from Google photos after receiving the mail?

  • @goccia23
    @goccia23 Рік тому +3

    Hi, how can I download my photos with the original date? Recently, each time I download a group of photos all the photos have suddenly the download date and the original date is lost. I din't have this issue before and I really don't know how it happened.

    • @jal619
      @jal619 Рік тому

      PLEASE With google photos now only allowing 15 free GB I want to be able to download all of my pictures and have their original dates, maybe store them elsewhere. Anyone at all have a solution PLEASE

  • @pietjehans206
    @pietjehans206 Рік тому +6

    Warning: tried this and only 50% of my downloaded photo's got transfered correctly (other half only had a JSON file).

    • @_._.22
      @_._.22 10 місяців тому

      What does it mean? Do they still save?

    • @pietjehans206
      @pietjehans206 10 місяців тому

      @@_._.22 no they dont

  • @AlfonsoMart
    @AlfonsoMart 7 місяців тому

    Do I just download the photos with the .json files into my phone?

  • @manishbaghel2640
    @manishbaghel2640 Рік тому

    Will that remove the data from Google photos. Because it says export, take out or archive and no where it says download. 😢

  • @bloodedge1528
    @bloodedge1528 2 роки тому +2

    I know this is a dumb question but does this process delete the photos? And also, after download, can the photos be add back into Google Photos? Please respond!

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 роки тому

      No it does not delete photos.

    • @nataschadrubek7705
      @nataschadrubek7705 2 роки тому +1

      @@TonyTeachesTech Hi, thank you. How can I delete them to reduce storage.

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 роки тому

      @@nataschadrubek7705 You can do that on a computer at photos.google.com

  • @seanlaroche1740
    @seanlaroche1740 Рік тому +1

    Anyone else having an issue of the photo being backed up[ in a much smaller format, resulting in a crappy download? Like original pic is 9.1MB but backed up 1.7MB. And i do not have storage saver on, i have original quality for upload. Thanks

  • @Outlandandassociates
    @Outlandandassociates 2 роки тому

    Great Information, Thank you.

  • @mizzourita3896
    @mizzourita3896 8 місяців тому +1

    Did you say 500 GB? That's a lot compared to my pitiful 15 GB, I go through my photos and delete what I don't need at least once a year, I don't save photos I don't need unless it's of my kids or family because honestly who is going to look at thousands and thousands of our photos once we die? Possibly a relative but I doubt they would have the patience to go through all of them, especially if it was like 200,000 photos. Reminds me of the people who used to put their favorite photos in a photo album and it took 30 minutes to flip through the big ass thing but now it's like we have so many photos anymore that it's almost overwhelming to have to go through all of them.

  • @qani613
    @qani613 2 роки тому

    Do you have a video on how to setup OpenVPN with raspberry pi?

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 роки тому

      No but I do have Raspberry Pi videos and OpenVPN videos which will tell you what you need to know. Have a search on my channel

  • @Nahhmah
    @Nahhmah 10 місяців тому

    I downloaded zip and it contains over 3k photos, I opened and it only shows me .json files for all of them on my mac. What can i do?

  • @SumanSharma-bw9oy
    @SumanSharma-bw9oy Рік тому

    08:07 thanks for coming to India how was the experience can you tell us our cons please

  • @fatimaalazzeh667
    @fatimaalazzeh667 8 місяців тому

    How do usually it takes to download like 13 GB?

  • @annaorozco9541
    @annaorozco9541 3 місяці тому

    I did all the steps. But when actually downloading and adding to a file folder they all say "unconfirmed". The file type is not supported to downloand on a chrome OS computer. What do i do? I am trying to download them straight to the hard drive, not the computer & im still getting the same message

  • @hellooli2825
    @hellooli2825 Рік тому +5

    I have been struggling to download all my pictures. I tried the take out method but my computer couldn't open half of them and they were all over the place. And a bunch of different files it gave me a head ache. I also put them in albums and downloaded each album and I couldn't find them in my computer. Can it be because i dont have memory in my computer? I am relly struggling

    • @kdel3694
      @kdel3694 Місяць тому +1

      I think it’s crazy that nobody replied to you and tried to help you! 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @hellooli2825
      @hellooli2825 Місяць тому

      @@kdel3694 lol I agree! No one indeed helped me with this. I even called google themselves and they "didn't know how" I went to geek squad and all they told me to do was connect my phone to a computer and transfer them there with a USB. But it is very draining!

  • @islandaerial3414
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    I have the photos downloaded. Now, I need a viewer. Which one? Thanks