Download iCloud photos and videos

With iCloud Photos, you can download a copy of your photos and videos on any device.

How to download photos and videos from iCloud.com

If you want to salvage copies of your photos and videos from iCloud.com to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or your Mac or PC, follow these steps.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. On iCloud.com, tap Photos.
  2. Tap Select, then tap a photo or video. To select multiple photos or videos, tap more than one. To select your entire library, tap Select All.
  3. Tap the more push .
  4. Choose Download, then tap Download to ostend.

If your photos download as a Nix archive, learn how to uncompress the folder on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

On your Mac or PC

  1. On iCloud.com, click Photos and select a photo or video. Hold the command key on your Mac or command central on your PC to select multiple photos or videos.
  2. Click and agree the download buttonthe iCloud download icon in the upper corner of the window. If you want to download your photo or video as it was originally captured or imported, choose Unmodified Original. For JPEG or H.264 format — including edits, and even if information technology was originally in HEIF or HEVC format — cull Well-nigh Compatible.*
  3. Click Download.

If your photos download as a Cipher archive, learn how to uncompress the folder on your Mac or your PC.

What happens when you delete photos or videos

Remember, when yous delete a photo from iCloud Photos, it also deletes from iCloud and any other device where you lot're signed in with the same Apple tree ID — even if you turned on Download and Keep Originals or Download Originals to this Mac. If you choose to download your originals, this as well impacts your device storage. Learn more about how to manage your device storage. You can besides acquire how to AirDrop your photos and videos to another device.

How to download photos and videos from the Photos app

If you want to download a full-size copy of your photos and videos from the Photos app to your iPhone, iPad or iPod bear on with iOS ten.3 or later on or iPadOS, or your Mac with Os Ten Yosemite 10.ten.iii or subsequently, follow these steps.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Become to Settings > [your name].
  2. Tap iCloud, then tap Photos.
  3. Select Download and Go along Originals.

On your Mac

  1. Open the Photos app.
  2. Choose Photos > Preferences.
  3. Select iCloud, then click Download Originals to this Mac.

On your PC

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on

  1. Open the Photos app, then go to the Albums tab.
  2. Scroll downward to Shared Albums and select an album.
  3. Tap the photo or video, then tap the share button.
  4. Choose Salve Image or Save Video.

On your Mac

  1. Open Photos, and then select a Shared Album from the left-hand card.
  2. Select the photo or video.
  3. Command-click a photograph or video, so choose Import.

On your PC

In iCloud for Windows 11.1:

  1. Choose Start card > iCloud Shared Albums.
  2. Double-click the shared album that you want to download photos or videos from.
  3. Double-click a photo or video, and then copy it to some other folder on your estimator.

In iCloud for Windows 7.x:

  1. Open a Windows Explorer window.
  2. Click iCloud Photos in the Navigation pane.
  3. Double-click the Shared folder.
  4. Double-click the shared album that you want to download photos or videos from.
  5. Double-click a photo or video, then re-create it to another binder on your computer.

To download the full album, open a File Explorer window or Windows Explorer window (Windows seven), open the Pictures folder, then open the iCloud Photos folder. Copy the Shared Album folder to another location on your calculator.

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