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This Itechguide teaches you how to move photos from Google Drive to Google Photos. The guide covers 3 methods to move photos from Google Drive to Google Photos.
Option 1: Download and Upload
This is a manual option but if you have a few photos to move you can use this method.
There are 2 steps to complete this task – 1, download the photos from Google Drive. 2, Unzip the Photos and Upload them to Google Photos.
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Step 1: Download the photos from Google Drive
- Open Drive.Google.com from a browser on your PC.
- Then, open the folder containing the photos you want to move. If the photos are saved to Your Drive, skip this step.
- Locate the photo you want to move in Google Drive and click it. The photo will be selected.
- Once the first photo is selected, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard. Then, click ALL the photos you want to move – click one photo per time. This will select all the photos.
- After selecting all the photos, right-click the selected photos. Then click Download.
- Google Drive will zip all the photos and download the zip file.
- After zipping the files, a Save As window will open. Select the folder you want to save the zip file. Then, at the bottom right of the Save As window, click Save.
Step 2: Unzip the Photos and Upload them to Google Photos
Once you have downloaded the photos, the next step is to unzip and upload them to Photos. Here are the steps…
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- Open the folder you saved the downloaded photos. Then, right-click the zipped file and select Extract All.
- When the Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders window open, at the bottom right of the window, click Extract.
- A folder with the same name as the zip file will be created with all the downloaded photos saved in the folder. The folder will also open automatically.
In the remaining part of this section, you will upload the downloaded photos to Google Photos.
- Open Photos.Google.com from a browser on your PC.
- Place Google Photos browser window side by side the unzipped folder containing your downloaded photos.
- Then, select all the photos in the folder and drag it to Google Photos.
To select all the photos, click on the folder containing the photos then press Ctrl and A keys on your keyboard.
- When you see Drop files anywhere to upload, drop the files. The photos will start uploading to your Google Photos.
- Once the photos are uploaded, Google Photos will offer you the option to Add the photos to an Album.
You have successfully moved photos from Google Drive to Google Photos! If the reason you moved your photos is to free up space in Drive, go back to Google Drive and delete all the photos you just uploaded to Google Photos.
Option 2: Use Google Photos Upload Feature
Google Photos offers you the option to upload photos directly from Google Drive. This is also a manual process but faster than the previous method…
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- Open Photos.Google.com from your PC.
- At the top right of Google Photos, click Upload.
- Then, on the UPLOAD FROM menu, select Google Drive.
- When Google Drive opens, click MY DRIVE tab.
- Then, locate the folder with the photos you want to move to Google Photos. Then, click the first photo.
- Once the first photo is selected, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard. Then, click ALL the photos you want to move – click one photo per time. This will select all the photos.
- Once the photos are selected, at the bottom right of the page, click UPLOAD.
- The photos will be uploaded from Google Drive to Google Photos. After the upload, a notification will be displayed at the bottom left. To view the uploaded photos, click View.
If the reason you moved your photos is to free up space in Drive, go back to Google Drive and delete all the photos you just uploaded to Google Photos.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Option 3: Use MultCloud
This is a 3-step process….
Step 1: Create a MultCloud Account
The final method to move photos from Google Drive to Google Photos is to use a FREE tool called MultCloud. Here are the steps…
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- Click MultCloud.com to open the sign up page.
- When the page opens, complete all the fields and click Create Account.
- To activate your account, open your email and click the activation link.
Step 2: Link Google Drive and Google Photos to MultCloud
- Login to MultCloud.com with the email address and password you used to sign up.
- Then, on the top menu or left pane of the page, click Add Clouds or Add Cloud Drives respectively.
- On the Select a cloud to add page, click Google Drive.
- To proceed with adding Google Drive, at the bottom right of the page, click Next.
- Then, on the Add Google Drive page, click Add Google Drive Account. You will be redirected to Google Account page.
- If you are logged into the same browser with multiple Google accounts, Google will request you to select an account to grant MultCloud access.
- Remember to select the Google account for the Google Drive with the photos you want to move to Google Photos.
- On the next page, confirm that you want to grant MultCloud access to your Google Drive account by clicking Allow (bottom right of the page).
- Your Google Drive account will be added to your MultCloud account.
- The next step is to add Google Photos. To proceed, click Add Clouds.
- Then, select Google Photos from the list and click Next.
- Finally, click Add Google Photos Account. Then, follow the steps to grant MultCliud access to the Google Photos account you want to moves photos to.
Step 3: Move Photos from Google Drive to Google Photos with Multcloud
- On the top right of MultCloud, click Cloud Sync.
- When the first page of cloud Sync opens, click CLICK SOURCE.
- When the Choose pop up opens, click the arrow beside Google Drive to expand it.
- Finally, locate the folder with the photos you want to move and select it. Then, click OK.
- You will be returned to Cloud Sync page, click CLICK DESTINATION.
- Then, click the arrow beside Google Photos to expand it.
- Select Photos folder then click OK.
- Finally, to move photos from Google Drive to Google Photos with MultCloud, at the bottom right of the Cloud Sync page, click Sync Now.
- The task will move to your MultCloud Task Manager. To monitor the progress of the sync, click the Task Manager icon (beside your user name).
If the reason you moved your photos is to free up space in Drive, go back to Google Drive and delete all the photos you just uploaded to Google Photos. MultCloud offers the option to Move instead of Copy but this is a paid option.
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