5 easy ways to transfer photos from your Android device to your Windows PC
Published on: 2025-05-01 10:35:00
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You may have snapped thousands of photos with your Android phone over the years, and maybe you are preparing to wipe your old phone to trade it in for a new one or just want to look at your photos on a big screen instead of the little black slab in your hand. No problem. You can transfer your photos to your Windows computer via a few different methods.
Plug your device into your PC via a USB cable and access the photos from your phone.
Use the Windows Photos app to import the photos from your phone.
Access your photos from Google Photos and download them to your PC.
Tap into OneDrive to automatically upload new photos from your phone to the OneDrive Pictures folder.
Use Microsoft's Phone Link app to transfer your photos.
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Each method works the same in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Let us go through them all, and you can decide which works best for you.
1. Plug your phone into your PC
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