Download iCloud photos and videos

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

How to download photos and videos from iCloud.com

If you lot want to save 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, and 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 than push .
  4. Choose Download, then tap Download to confirm.

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

On your Mac or PC

  1. On iCloud.com, click Photos and select a photo or video. Agree the command key on your Mac or control 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 y'all desire to download your photograph 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 Most Compatible.*
  3. Click Download.

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

What happens when you delete photos or videos

Remember, when you delete a photograph from iCloud Photos, information technology also deletes from iCloud and any other device where you're signed in with the same Apple ID — even if you lot turned on Download and Go along Originals or Download Originals to this Mac. If y'all choose to download your originals, this as well impacts your device storage. Learn more about how to manage your device storage. You tin can also learn how to AirDrop your photos and videos to some other 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 x.3 or afterwards or iPadOS, or your Mac with Os Ten Yosemite 10.x.3 or later, follow these steps.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on

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

On your Mac

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

On your PC

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon

  1. Open the Photos app, so get to the Albums tab.
  2. Scroll down to Shared Albums and select an anthology.
  3. Tap the photo or video, so tap the share button.
  4. Choose Salve Image or Relieve Video.

On your Mac

  1. Open Photos, then select a Shared Album from the left-paw menu.
  2. Select the photo or video.
  3. Control-click a photograph or video, then cull Import.

On your PC

In iCloud for Windows 11.1:

  1. Choose Start menu > iCloud Shared Albums.
  2. Double-click the shared album that y'all want to download photos or videos from.
  3. Double-click a photo or video, so copy it to another folder on your computer.

In iCloud for Windows vii.x:

  1. Open up a Windows Explorer window.
  2. Click iCloud Photos in the Navigation pane.
  3. Double-click the Shared binder.
  4. Double-click the shared album that you want to download photos or videos from.
  5. Double-click a photo or video, and so copy information technology to another binder on your computer.

To download the full album, open up a File Explorer window or Windows Explorer window (Windows 7), open the Pictures folder, then open the iCloud Photos binder. Copy the Shared Anthology binder to some other location on your reckoner.

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