This puts Google Photos into selection mode, from there you just repeat the process for the other photos you want to download.

Begin by hovering over the photo you want to select, and then click the check mark in the upper left corner of the image. If you want to download only a few select photos, the process is also very simple.

Google Photos lets you select multiple photos for download. Download select images from Google Photos IDG Depending on the size of your Photos collection it could be a few hours or a few days. Google will forecast how long the export will take.

Once you’ve got everything set the way you like, click Create export. IDGĭepending on the size of your photos library your Google Photos export may take a few days. It’s also possible to make your archived ZIP files larger if you want to, though it’ll be easier to download a bunch of 2GB files as opposed to larger 10GB files that might suddenly pause or mess up.

By default, each archive folder will be compressed into a ZIP folder, but you can also choose the TGZ format if you’d prefer. The next page shows the default settings for your data export, such as the file type for your archive and the size of each archive file. Getting there via Photos, as opposed to going directly to Takeout, means all your stuff on Google Photos will be selected, but no other data from your Google Account will be. This will take you to Google Takeout, the company’s service for downloading your data stored on Google’s servers. Google Takeout makes it easy to download all your Google Photos in a few clicks.

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