How to send photos taken with my phone to my desktop

[ImGlassyEyed]

I have been taking photos using my Android phone. Is there any way I can download or is it upload these photos to my desktop computer l

[Vintorious]

If you have a Google account, it will show up in Google photos, which you can easily download on your computer.

[ImGlassyEyed]

I will try this, thanks!

[ThePurplePuppy]

If you have email on your phone you can just email it to yourself on the computer.

[ImGlassyEyed]

I will attempt this, thanks!

[SewInspiredByJapan · Accepted solution]

You can use the USB cable that charges your phone and connect your phone to a USB port on your desktop and do a data transfer the same way you would on your computer (your phone will pop up in the file manager and you click on it until you find the correct folder... usually DCIM).

[FancyTogs]

Exactly, a phone connected by a usb cable appears in file explorer similar to a usb drive on a windows pc

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[EightMileVintage]

This is what I do.

[ImGlassyEyed]

that sounds great, thanks!

[KKbraceletsandmore]

Take the USB cord that comes with your phone charger, attach it to your phone,  and plug the other end into a USB port on your computer.  Your computer should see your phone as just another hard drive.  Copy photos from the phone to Pictures folder or wherever on your computer.

[VibeEnvy]

With this method you may have to pull down your notifications and click the USB option and select file transfer to get it to show up.

[PiecesOfMePaperCraft]

I use the free version of Dropbox. I have the app on my phone and also have it on my laptop. I save the photos to Dropbox and I can easily grab them on my laptop. 

I also have Google Photos app on my phone and everything is automatically backed up there. I can access them from my laptop. The problem with that is that it backs up everything including screenshots that I don’t necessarily need to keep. I spend a lot of time cleaning junk off my phone and Google photos. lol The good thing about it is that the photos are backed up so if the computer or my phone crash, I won’t lose them. 

[michellepatterns]

I download my photos using my phone charger.  With the charger connected to my phone, the USB end goes into a USB port on my computer and then I open the photos app and it recognizes that my phone is attached and I get the option to transfer them to the computer.   

To get more specific instructions you can google how to do this by searching for instructions for transferring images from your phone model to your computer model.  

[GroundZeroCreations]

If your desktop is windows, you can transfer it wirelessly.  https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-wirelessly-transfer-photos-from-your-phone-to-your-pc

[PillowDetails]

I always email them to myself.  Will look into @GroundZeroCreations  suggestion - that sounds promising!

[VibeEnvy]

On computer turn on Bluetooth, open the settings and find the send/receive option. Select receive

Turn Bluetooth on your phone.

Open the photo, click the share button (looks like a mini constellation with a few dots and lines) and choose Bluetooth and select your computer.

[GroundZeroCreations]

Because I use an iPhone transferring photos is easy for me.

• I just click the photos app icon

• select the images I want to save to the computer

• select the upload icon (little box with up arrow)

• then choose dropbox (because it will upload it to my computers camera uploads file)

• then click the upload button

The image files appear on my computer desktop in seconds. Videos take a bit longer to transfer because the file is so large. But you don't have to upload to drobox. You can choose the method you prefer. You can also upload to social media and Pinterest this way. I have never done that so I don't know what you have to do to authorize the uploads. 

[Naborhi]

Use Google photos, that's the easiest way, just connect your photo gallery to your Gmail account and it will update automatically

[GroundZeroCreations]

For some google photos might work. I just don't choose to sync all my stuff to a gmail account. I prefer to send only items I need to move from my phone to my computer. 

[SewlyButtons]

I also take all my photos with my Android phone. I use an app called AIRDROID to transfer images from my phone to my computer. It's amazingly fast. Installed Airdroid on my computer... installed the app on my phone. After I take pictures I switch both on (phone and computer) and select backup. It will transfer like 250 images directly into a folder on my computer in just a minute or two. Virtually effortless!

Airdroid has TONS of products and options that I will never ever use. Apparently I found them in their infancy as a company. They've grown so much they now even offer enterprise products. Still, there's a free version or a $3.99/mo personal version. I would be lost without it. 
https://www.airdroid.com/

And, just found this on their website. Covers various ways to get files from phone to computer:
https://www.airdroid.com/remote-control/backup-android-phone-to-pc/

[Rubycrazycrystals]

You can also use Dropbox if you want to get extra space for the photos 

[MadModWools]

Great to know! Thank you!!!!