Is There a Way to Transfer Google Photos to Another Account?
Fortunately, Google has tools which make transferring photos fast and easy to do.
On your Google Photos account, clickSharing.
If this is your first time using the Sharing feature, clickGet started.
If you already have an account and so you don’t see that prompt, openSettingsand selectPartner sharing.
In the search bar, throw in in the name of your other account.
hit the name to add it to the partner list, then tapNext.
Choose the photos you want to share or select All photos,then tapNext.
ClickSend invitationto give your other account access to the photos.
Go to your other account and you will see aNew Activitynotification in the Sharing tab.
hit the notification and accept the invitation.
Now the photos from the first account can be seen in the second.
When transfering a few photos or an album, this method is highly recommended.
Open your Google Photos app and click onSharing.
TapCreate shared albumat the top.
Write in the title of the photos you want to transfer to the other account, then tapSelect photos.
choose the photos you want to share then tapAddin the upper right hand corner.
pick the other account with which you are sharing the photos.
ClickSendat the bottom to send the invitation to your other account so that gain access and transfer photos.
It’s a great way to move your entire Google Photos library in a single move.
Go to the Google Takeout website, scroll down and poke the box next to Google Photos.
If you want to see what will be exported, clickAll photo albums included.
In that same window, uncheck the items you want to exclude from the export and then clickOK.
Scroll to the bottom and selectNext step.
you’re free to select how frequent you want the export to happen and the file size.
This guide will choose to download 10GB for a one time export.
Once you’ve decided which bang out of file you want, selectCreate export.
For this article’s example, it took the Takeout service about 30 minutes to finish.
Once done, click theDownloadbutton to download the ZIP file.
You’ll receive an email once the download is complete.
Select whichever app you have that opens ZIP files and clickOK.
Select a location where to place your Takeout folder, then clickOK.
Go to the Google Photos account that will receive the photos.
Drag and drop the folder you downloaded from Takeout to the new account.
Select your upload size then clickContinue.
The pictures and videos uploaded will appear in the new account.
From there, chooseSave to equipment.
For an entire album, chooseDownload all.
