Photos that are in your own albums are also in the year albums. In takeout you find year albums and albums you created yourself. When a photo is edited in GP the ZIP folder includes both the original and the edited photos. To my knowledge there is no UNZIP feature in OneDrive. In OneDrive or the like you will find a ZIP file with the photos/videos. Or where it is stored, for example 'View in OneDrive'. The file size could be quite large depending on how many photos are in your collection. Download and unzip the file into a drive that has enough room to store it.

'Export type' (One-time or scheduled every 2 months)Ĭlick ' Create archive ' or ' Link account and create archive ' (depends on delivery format you selected)Īfter awhile, you'll receive an email that says 'Your Google data archive is ready'įor example your Zip file is ready to download. Search for example 'Google Drive' unzip to find how to unzip in Drive.

Note that this will create a ZIP file in all cases, but not all services can UNZIP. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ' Next step 'Ĭhoose how you want to get the data (' Customize format ')Ĭhoose 'Delivery method' (includes Email, Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box. To find albums down the list you can use the Find function of the browser (Ctrl+F).Ĭlick 'OK' to continue.

Downloading year albums and own albums all will result in duplicates between your albums and the year albums. There are year albums ('Photos from 2020' etc) and your own albums (if not shared!!). To select specific albums, click ' Deselect all ' and select the albums you want to download. When you do not see that text right away, you may have to wait a few minutes. The button 'Multiple formats' gives some info about what will be downloaded.Ĭlick 'All photo albums included' to get the list of albums. Scroll down to 'Google photos' and select it. Go to and login using a desktop computer.Ĭlick 'Deselect all' to deselect all Google services You may have to wait a few minutes to get the full size with EXIF data. When you download too rapidly you get small copies and the EXIF data are stripped. When you open an album or shared album it may first show smaller photos (I have seen 1600 pixels). After I shared the album by 'Create link,' and opening the album from my browser, I was allowed to download a. A user signaled albums as big as 40 GB.Įdit Jan 2021: See : a user signaled that downloads are limited to 2 GB. While downloading selected photos is limited to 500, much bigger albums can be downloaded. When a photo is edited in Google Photos only an edited copy is downloaded See below for how to extract images from a zip file. Open the album by left-clicking on the album or on the link to the albumĬlick 'More options' (three dots in the top-right corner)Īll files in the album will be downloaded in a zip file. Download your own albums or albums shared with you

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