Download iCloud photos and videos

With iCloud Photos, y'all tin download a re-create of your photos and videos on whatsoever device.

How to download photos and videos from iCloud.com

If you desire to save copies of your photos and videos from iCloud.com to your iPhone, iPad, iPod affect, 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 so tap a photo or video. To select multiple photos or videos, tap more than one. To select your unabridged library, tap Select All.
  3. Tap the more button .
  4. Choose Download, then tap Download to confirm.

If your photos download equally a ZIP annal, acquire 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 photograph or video. Hold the command primal on your Mac or command key on your PC to select multiple photos or videos.
  2. Click and concord the download pushthe iCloud download icon in the upper corner of the window. If you want to download your photo or video every bit it was originally captured or imported, choose Unmodified Original. For JPEG or H.264 format — including edits, and fifty-fifty if it was originally in HEIF or HEVC format — choose Nigh Compatible.*
  3. Click Download.

If your photos download every bit 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 photo from iCloud Photos, it also deletes from iCloud and whatever other device where you're signed in with the aforementioned 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 too impacts your device storage. Larn more about how to manage your device storage. Y'all can also acquire how to AirDrop your photos and videos to some other device.

How to download photos and videos from the Photos app

If y'all desire to download a full-size re-create of your photos and videos from the Photos app to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS x.3 or later or iPadOS, or your Mac with OS X Yosemite x.10.3 or later, follow these steps.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact

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

On your Mac

  1. Open up the Photos app.
  2. Cull 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 up the Photos app, then go 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 Save Image or Save Video.

On your Mac

  1. Open Photos, and then select a Shared Album from the left-manus bill of fare.
  2. Select the photograph or video.
  3. Control-click a photo or video, and so choose Import.

On your PC

In iCloud for Windows 11.1:

  1. Cull Kickoff carte > 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, then copy information technology to some other binder on your reckoner.

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 binder.
  4. Double-click the shared anthology that you want to download photos or videos from.
  5. Double-click a photo or video, then copy it to another folder on your computer.

To download the full album, open a File Explorer window or Windows Explorer window (Windows 7), open up the Pictures folder, and then open up the iCloud Photos binder. Re-create the Shared Anthology folder to another location on your computer.

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