How to download Google Photos?

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There are many options to download your Google Photos. 

A. Through PicBackMan : 
PicBackMan lets you download your Google photos onto your computer. The program runs in the background, so don't have to necessarily have to monitor it. 
  1. Download & install PicBackMan on your computer.
  2. Register and create your account.
  3. On Accounts tab, associate your Google Photos/Picasa account.
  4. Go to Migrate tab and click on ‘Choose Account to Migrate’ button. Now select Picasa from the drop-down list of associated accounts and click save.
  5. In order to migrate photos to your computer, select the check box corresponding to ‘My computer’ icon.
  6. Now click ‘Migrate’ button that you see at the bottom of the window.
  7. All your Google Photos/Picasa photos will now be migrated to your computer.
B. Through Google Photos Web
  1. Go to https://photos.google.com/ & sign in to your account.
  2. Once you have signed in to your account, you will see all your photos and videos.
  3. Click "Menu" icon located at the top left corner of the screen.
  4. Click "Collections" tab.
  5. Click "Down arrow" icon.
  6. Select "Albums" option. You will see all your albums.
  7. Open the album and click "Three horizontal dots" icon located at the top of the window.
  8. Select "Download" option.
  9. Your browser prompts you to save .zip file, click "Save" and specify a location to download. The downloaded zip file will contain the photos from the Google Photos.
  10. This is how you can download Google Photos album to the computer.
C. Google Photos Android App
  1. Download and install "Google Photos" app on your Android phone from the App store & launch it.
  2. Open "Google Photos" app on your Android phone.
  3. Tap "Menu" icon located at the top-left corner of the screen.
  4. Tap "Photos" tab.
  5. You will see all your photo and video albums.
  6. Select the album and Open video which you wish to download.
  7. Tap "3 Vertical dots" icon located at the top-right corner of the screen.
  8. Select "Download" option.
  9. Your video will now be downloaded to an Android phone.
D. Through Google Drive
  1. Go to https://drive.google.com and sign in to your Google account
  2. Click "Google Photos" on the left side panel. Decide whether to download one or more files, then do either of the following:
    - Left click a photo or video to select one file
    - Press the SHIFT key, and while keeping it pressed scroll down, then select the last photo you want.
    - Left click one photo/video, then at the next photo, you want to download, press the CTRL key then select the photo/video.
  3. In the top-right corner of your Google Drive, look for 3 vertical dots ("More actions"). Click it
  4. Click "Download".
  5. After downloading the .zip file your browser prompts you to save the .zip file. You can also rename the zip at this time.
  6. Click "Save" and specify a location to download.
  7. Unzip the zip file.
  8. In Windows Explorer, right-click the zip file, click "Extract All" then "Extract".
  9. When unzipping is finished, you may delete the zip file.
E. Through Google Takeout
  1. Using Google Takeout to download all your photos and videos including backed up files from Android and iOS mobile uploads (Google Photos app) or via the desktop uploader (Google Photos Backup).
  2. Go to https://www.google.com/settings/takeout and log in using a desktop computer
  3. Under "Select data to include," click the "Select none" button 
  4. Scroll down to "Google photos" and click into the box (the check mark will be in a green box)
  5. Left of the box is a small down arrow; click on it
    - "Include all photo albums" is pre-selected
    - If you want to select specific albums, click "Select photo albums" and see the "note" below.
  6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Next"
  7. Choose how you want to get the data
    - File type: choose Zip format
    - Delivery method: Send download link by email
  8. Click "Create archive"
  9. After awhile, you'll receive an email that says your Zip file is ready to download. Download and unzip the file into a drive that has enough room to store it. The file size could be quite large depending on how many photos are in your collection. 
  10. You can also rename the zip at this time
  11. Click "Save" and specify a location to download
  12. Unzip the zip file
  13. In Windows Explorer, right-click the zip file, click "Extract All" then "Extract" 
  14. When unzipping is finished, you may delete the zip file
F. Through Album Archive
  1. Go to your Album Archive (https://get.google.com/albumarchive).
  2. Click "More option" (the 3 dots in the upper right corner).
  3. Click "Download album".
  4. After downloading the .zip file your browser prompts you to save the .zip file. You can also rename the zip at this time.
  5. Click "Save" and specify a location to download.
  6. Unzip the zip file.
  7. In Windows Explorer, right-click the zip file, click "Extract All" then "Extract". 
  8. When unzipping is finished, you may delete the zip file.

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