How can i get my google photos back

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The home for your memories

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Securely back-up your photos and videos to Google Photos and enjoy them from any device.1

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Find the right photos faster

Your photos are automatically organized and searchable so you can easily find the photo you’re looking for.

Easily save and share
what matters

Share photos and albums with friends and family.

Bring moments to life with editing

Give the perfect moment a perfect finish with editing tools2 and smart filters

From your phone,
to your home

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1. Open any photo at Google Photos.

2. Tap the 3-dot menu or swipe upwards.

3. Choose Download. If the photo is already on your device, the option will not appear.
   On my Android device the photo is saved to DCIM/Restored and in Google Photos shown in Camera.

Download multiple photos back to your device

When you used "Free up space" all photos are still in the Photos tab of Google Photos, but the folder structure is lost.
When photos were uploaded with setting "Storage saver" (or former "High Quality") the original is also lost.

On iPhone or iPad

• • On iOS you can select multiple photos > use the Share button > Save to device.
    See also https://support.google.com/photos/thread/86166997

  • You can also use iTunes.

On Android (and some also on iOS)

• • On Android there is no option to transfer multiple photos from Google Photos back to your camera roll.

  • You can go to https://photos.google.com/ on the phone, select several photos, tap 3-dots > Download.
    They will be saved as a ZIP file, for example in the "Downloads" folder, where you can "extract" them.

  • You can "Share" selected photos with Google Drive and download from there, but that will probably double the storage used by the photos. Therefore not recommended.
    Similarly you can share with "File manager +" when you install that app, and download to the folder you want.

  • You can use Google Takeout: go to https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout in a browser
    You will also get lots of .json files which you can delete. I recommend to try with a small album to start with.

    • Deselect all products, then select Google photos

    • Tap "All photo albums", then deselect all

    • Select an album, for example "Photos from 2022", and tap OK

    • Scroll down till the end and tap "Next step"

    • When settings are OK, tap "Create export" and wait till ready

    • When ready tap "Download" and Unzip

  • You can download the photos on a computer, connect the Android phone with the computer (USB cable) and copy the photos to the device. See https://support.google.com/android/answer/9064445.

  • See more options on https://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Images-from-Computer-to-Mobile-Phone

  • You can use the Google One app once to restore the 200 most recent photos.
    See https://support.google.com/photos/thread/84975423

Also note that it is not really safe to delete from your device without making an extra backup. See this article.

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