Download iCloud photos and videos

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

How to download photos and videos from iCloud.com

If you want to save copies of your photos and videos from iCloud.com to your iPhone, iPad, iPod bear on, 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 ane. To select your entire library, tap Select All.
  3. Tap the more push button .
  4. Choose Download, then tap Download to confirm.

If your photos download as a Zippo annal, learn how to uncompress the folder on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon.

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 key on your PC to select multiple photos or videos.
  2. Click and concur 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 it was originally in HEIF or HEVC format — choose Most Compatible.*
  3. Click Download.

If your photos download as a Zip annal, larn how to uncompress the folder on your Mac or your PC.

What happens when yous delete photos or videos

Remember, when yous delete a photo from iCloud Photos, it as well deletes from iCloud and whatsoever other device where y'all're signed in with the same Apple ID — even if you lot turned on Download and Keep Originals or Download Originals to this Mac. If you choose to download your originals, this likewise impacts your device storage. Learn more well-nigh how to manage your device storage. You lot can also learn 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 touch with iOS 10.iii or subsequently or iPadOS, or your Mac with OS X Yosemite ten.ten.three or later, follow these steps.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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

On your Mac

  1. Open up 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, and so go to the Albums tab.
  2. Whorl down to Shared Albums and select an album.
  3. Tap the photograph or video, so tap the share push button.
  4. Choose Save Image or Salvage Video.

On your Mac

  1. Open up Photos, then select a Shared Anthology from the left-hand card.
  2. Select the photo or video.
  3. Control-click a photograph or video, and then cull Import.

On your PC

In iCloud for Windows 11.1:

  1. Cull Start carte du jour > iCloud Shared Albums.
  2. Double-click the shared album that you desire to download photos or videos from.
  3. Double-click a photograph or video, then copy it to another binder on your estimator.

In iCloud for Windows 7.10:

  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 lot want to download photos or videos from.
  5. Double-click a photo or video, and so re-create it to another folder on your computer.

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

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