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How to download photos and videos to a computerThere are several options to download photos from Google Photos to a computer: Please note:
Download a single picture or videoIn Google Photos: OPTION 1:
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In Album Archive
Download up to 500 selected pictures or videos using Google PhotosThis method has a limitation of up to 500 pictures and/or videos that can be downloaded at one time. If you want to download more at once, you can add them to an album first. Albums do not have that limitation.
The pictures will be downloaded in a zip file. When a photo is edited in Google Photos, only the edited copy will be downloaded. Download albums using Google PhotosDownload your own albums or albums shared with you
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Download albums using Album Archive
Note: when you make your own albums in Google Photos there may be duplicates between your albums and the day albums under "Auto Backup". Download using Google TakeoutOn 30/03/2022 we discovered that shared albums (also albums for which a sharing link is created) are no longer listed in Takeout!! You can still download them one by one via Google Photos. To download all photos there is still the option to download all year albums. Using Google Takeout to download all your pictures and videos including backed up files from Android and iOS mobile uploads (Google Photos app) or from a computer. Takeout does not remove files from Google Photos.
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How to get a real backup of your "mobile photos"Photos from mobile devices can be synced with Google Photos, but that is not a safe backup:
Since the link between Google Photos and Google Drive stopped working in July 2019, the only automatic way offered by Google no longer does work. See https://blog.google/products/photos/simplifying-google-photos-and-google-drive/ There however are a few other methods:
See also Google Photos is NOT a "Backup" of Your Photos
How to preserve Descriptions, Locations and Date/time added in Google PhotosIn Google Photos, "Captions" added before uploading are now shown as "Other" in the info of a photo. They always remain part of the photo. "Descriptions" added in Google Photos are lost when downloading from Google Photos, but transferred by other methods (Partner sharing, sharing albums). When using Google Takeout,a .json file in the downloaded ZIP file includes info about the added description, location, and changed date. There are tools able to merge .json and image:
If you know other ways of downloading pictures and video from Google products, please let us know in the Google Photos Help Community: https://support.google.com/photos/community How do you get original date and time on a photo in Google Photos?Change Date and Time of Photos in Google Photos on Android and iOS. First open the photo that you want to edit the date and time.. Now swipe up to get the option and other info about the photo. ... . To change it, you just need to tap on the pen icon beside the date and time.. How do I get rid of the date change on Google Photos?Undo edits. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.. Open the photo with edits you want to remove.. Click Edit .. Click Undo edits. Done.. How do I Download date and time from Google Photos?You can hold down Shift and click further down the page to select multiple photos at once, or hover over a date and click the tick that appears to select all photos and videos from that day. Click on the three dots at the top right and click Download (or press Shift + D). Your download should begin.
Does Google Photos save date?Do photos and videos uploaded via Google Photos keep their Date Taken information? On Android devices, this information is properly retained. However, this information may not always be properly retained when uploaded directly from Google Photos on iPhone(iPad).
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