[4 Ways] How to Move Photos from Google Photos to Gallery

—Question from Reddit

If you are also a user who wants to know how to move photos from Google Photos to Gallery, this is the right place. I once faced the same problem because my phone was broken, and I lost all the photos inside the Gallery. Fortunately, I have uploaded photos to Google Photos as backups. Therefore, I need to download the photos to my phone’s Gallery to access them more efficiently when there is no internet. I tried multiple methods to transfer Google Photos to Gallery and finally made it. In this guide, I will share some practical methods to solve the problem.

How to Move Photos from Google Photos to Gallery on Phones [Android&iPhone]

If you want to transfer your photos from Google Photos to your phone’s Gallery directly, here are some methods. The steps are mildly different on the two model phones. Let’s begin with Android phones.

📱On Android phones:

Method 1: Use the Google Photos app on Android

If you don’t have too many photos, you can directly use the Google Photos app Android version to download the photos one by one. 

• Step 1. Open Google Photos on your Android.

• Step 2. Find and select the photo you want to download to your phone’s Gallery.

• Step 3. Tap the three dots (settings).

• Step 4. Tap Download. Your photo will be saved to your Android phone’s Gallery.

Method 2: Use Google Photos via Google Chrome

If you want to download multiple photos from Google Photos, method one is not suitable because the Google Photos Android version app has no option for transferring multiple photos. Hence, you need to utilize Google Chrome, which supports downloading multiple photos on Android. Here is how to download multiple photos from Google Photos via Google Chrome. 

• Step 1. Open Google Chrome.

• Step 2. Search Google Photos.

• Step 3. Sign in to your account.

• Step 4. Select the photos you want to download. 

• Step 5. Tap three dots at the top right corner. > tap Download.

• Step 6. These photos will be saved as a Zip file on your phone in your Download folder. 

• Step 7. Tap the Zip file and extract it.

• Step 8. Then, you can access these photos from your Android phone’s Gallery.

📽️Video tutorial: 

At 0:19–Save a single photo. 

At 0:58–Save multiple photos via Google Chrome

🍎On iPhone:

Method 3: Use the Google Photos app on the iPhone

Google Photos iOS version app supports downloading single or multiple photos. 

The steps to download photos from Google Photos iOS version app are pretty much alike on Android. Here is how to do it.

• Step 1. Open Google Photos on your iPhone.

• Step 2. Tap and hold to select the photos you want to download on your iPhone.

• Step 3. Swipe the tool at the bottom to the right, and tap Save to device. These photos will be saved to your iPhone’s Gallery.

How to Transfer Google Photos to Gallery on the Computer

Method 1: Use Google Photos on the Webpage

Do you want to safeguard your photos? Downloading your photos from Google Photos to your computer will back up these photos on the local disk, as long as you do not delete them. You can export these photos to any device you like. 

• Step 1. Go to your Google Photos.

• Step 2. Select the photos you want to download and click on the three dots at the top right corner.

• Step 3. Click on the Download button.

• Step 4. If you select multiple photos, these photos will be downloaded as a Zip file. If you select a single photo, it will be saved as an image.
• Step 5. Find the Zip file on your computer and unzip it.

• Step 6. Then you can access these photos and export them to your device.

Bonus tips: How do I download all photos from Google Photos?

You can download all photos from Google Photos via Google Chrome on Android phone (method 2) and computer (method 4), Or alternatively use the Google Photos iPhone app (method 3). But, here I have a more straightforward way to download all photos at once which is to utilize the Google Takeout feature to do it. Google Takeout is also called Download Your Data. You can download and copy your data from your Google account. It’s a free tool to use. Here are steps on how to use Google Takeout on a computer and phone.

💡Use Google Takeout on your computer:

• Step 1. Go to your Google Photos.

• Step 2. Click on the gear icon (settings).

• Step 3. Scroll down to find the “Export your data” item and click to the down-pointing arrow button next to it. 

• Step 4. Click on the Backup option. It will redirect to the Google Takeout page.
• Step 5. You can choose specific photo data to export by clicking on the “All photo albums included” option.

• Step 6. Click on the Continue button.

• Step 7. Choose which way to get your exported file of photos.

• Step 8. After all the selections are made, click on the “Create export” button.

• Step 9. The waiting depends on the file size of your photos. 

• Step 10. After receiving the file, click on the Download your files button to download the file. It will redirect to the download webpage.

• Step 11. The exported file will download as a zip file. 

• Step 12. Exact the file and you can access your photos.

💡Use Google Takeout On Phone:

The steps are similar on the computer.

• Step 1. Open your browser and search for Google takeout.

• Step 2. Click on Deselect all buttons and select Google Photos. Make sure only Google Photos is selected.

• Step 3. Scroll down and click on the “Next step” button.

• Step 4. You can choose specific photos data to export by clicking on the “All photo albums included” option.

• Step 5. Choose which way to get your exported file of photos.

• Step 6. Scroll down and click on the “Create export” button.

• Step 7. The following steps are exactly the same on the computer.

📽️Video tutorial: 

Use Google Takeout on phone at 0:20

Conclusion

That’s it. No matter whether you use an Android phone, iPhone, or computer to transfer photos from Google Photos to Gallery, all the above methods and steps will be helpful. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us.