EXPIRY ALERT! Google Photos ending free storage from June 1, Know how you can download all your photos at once

From June 1 unlimited free cloud storage on Google Photos is all set to end. Google had announced last year that it is now monetising the Photos drive, and will charge users a nominal fee for using the cloud storage service. 

The new rules will come into effect from Tuesday (June 1). Many users are afraid that they may lose access to photos and videos that were safely stored until now on Google Photos. 

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As per a report by Zee News, users who have stored less than 15 GB of media content on Google Photos can relax while those who have stored more than 15 GB of media content are now worried about losing their data, and have started downloading the photos and videos from Gooogle Photos. 

Here are some of the ways and steps following which you can download your photos and video from Google Photos to your personal computer or laptop or your smartphone: 

1. Downloading one file at a time 

Step 1. Open photos.google.com or Photos app on your smartphone 

Step 2. Log in to your Google account 

Step 3. Select an image

Step 4. Tap the three-dot menu on the top right corner 

Step 5. Tap on the download button 

2. Downloading multiple images at once

Step 1. Select multiple files

Step 2. Click on the download button

Step 3. Since the file is download as a single Zip, you’ll have to uncompress the file 

3. Download albums at once

Step 1. Go to the ‘Albums’ tab

Step 2. Click on ‘View all albums’

Step 3. Tap on the three-dot menu

Step 4. Select the ‘download all’ option  

Step 5. Unzip the zip file to access your Photos and videos

4. Download all photos at once using Google Takeout

Step 1. Go to ‘takeout.google.com’ and log in to your Google account. 

Step 2. Select the ‘Create a New Export’ option. 

Step 3. Select download photos only from the options and carefully deselect all the other options.  

Step 4. Select Ok and then ‘Next Step’. 

Step 5. Now select the delivery option to get your photos delivered to via email or transfer to other cloud platforms.