Download All Photos from Google Photos π₯
Learn how to easily download all your Google Photos to your computer, flash drive, or external hard drive with Timmy's step-by-step guide.

Tech Time With Timmy
34.5K views β’ Jun 17, 2025

About this video
In this video, Timmy shows you how to download all your photos from Google Photos to your computer (or a flash drive, or external hard drive).
To check how much storage space your photos take up, you can visit this link:
https://one.google.com/storage
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If you need to change your download location to download the files directly to an external drive, Timmy has several tutorials for that:
Chrome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvvk9mEyJhc
Firefox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knkMuJm9NvM
Safari:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMH5nDZDw04
Microsoft Edge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56l-Jv2Uq74
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To begin downloading your photos, you'll need to go to:
https://takeout.google.com/
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Once the files are downloaded, you'll need to extract them from the zip file, Timmy has tutorials on that here:
Chromebook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-OTYQZTDew
Mac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkR8Pnk5UB4
Windows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwxBQa6KUF0
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And, if your photos are split into multiple separate zip files, you'll need to merge them back together, by following one of these tutorials:
Chromebook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baJncJ6RLUA
Mac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-use8DXiKfs
Windows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMg1M2nH_k8
Table of contents:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:11 How Much Storage Will It Use?
00:00:59 Downloading Directly To An External Drive
00:01:49 Prepare The Download
00:06:32 Downloading The Zips
00:09:46 What To Do With The Zip Files
00:10:19 Extracting One Zip File
00:11:03 Extracting (And Merging) Multiple Zips
00:12:07 archive_browser.html
00:12:51 The Result
00:14:03 .json Files Explained
00:17:28 See You Next Time
To check how much storage space your photos take up, you can visit this link:
https://one.google.com/storage
--
If you need to change your download location to download the files directly to an external drive, Timmy has several tutorials for that:
Chrome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvvk9mEyJhc
Firefox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knkMuJm9NvM
Safari:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMH5nDZDw04
Microsoft Edge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56l-Jv2Uq74
--
To begin downloading your photos, you'll need to go to:
https://takeout.google.com/
--
Once the files are downloaded, you'll need to extract them from the zip file, Timmy has tutorials on that here:
Chromebook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-OTYQZTDew
Mac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkR8Pnk5UB4
Windows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwxBQa6KUF0
--
And, if your photos are split into multiple separate zip files, you'll need to merge them back together, by following one of these tutorials:
Chromebook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baJncJ6RLUA
Mac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-use8DXiKfs
Windows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMg1M2nH_k8
Table of contents:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:11 How Much Storage Will It Use?
00:00:59 Downloading Directly To An External Drive
00:01:49 Prepare The Download
00:06:32 Downloading The Zips
00:09:46 What To Do With The Zip Files
00:10:19 Extracting One Zip File
00:11:03 Extracting (And Merging) Multiple Zips
00:12:07 archive_browser.html
00:12:51 The Result
00:14:03 .json Files Explained
00:17:28 See You Next Time
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Duration
18:02
Published
Jun 17, 2025
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