How to Transfer Photos from an Android Phone to Windows
Over the years, there might be hundreds of photos on your Android phone. You may want to free up space by sharing them with your Windows PC or edit them. Whatever, the reason transferring photos from an Android to Windows is much simpler than it seems.
In this blog, I will highlight the top two ways for sharing photos from an Android smartphone to a Windows PC.
Windows Photos App
The Windows Photos app allows you to import photos from your phone. Launch the app on your computer. Click the Import button and then choose From a linked device.
Select your Android phone and enable the app to produce all of its photographs. To choose a different folder for importing the photographs, click the Change destination option. Select the option for All items from the Select drop-down menu. To delete the images from your phone, check the box next to Delete original items after import. When you’re finished, click the Import button.
Google Photos
The first thing is to check that your phone’s images are being backed up and synced with Google Photos. This will ensure the photos transfers have the latest images. Launch the Photos app. Select Photos settings from your profile icon. Select Back up & sync and ensure that the Back up & sync option is set on. Also, ensure that you have adequate space in your Google cloud storage for all of your images. You may also adjust the Upload size to conserve space by uploading your photographs in a compressed format.
On your computer, go to and sign in to the Google Photos website. You should see the photographs that were synchronized from your Android phone there. Assume you want to save all of the photographs to your computer. Select the first picture, then the Shift key, and finally the last shot. Select Download by clicking the three-dot symbol in the top right. Your images are saved as a ZIP file in your normal Download location.
You can also try sharing images with OneDrive or Microsoft’s Phone Link. Both of the apps will successfully transfer your photos.
