How can I transfer photos on my phone to my laptop?

Hi there, I'm Arlene, an independent advisor from the Microsoft Community. Thanks for reaching out I'd be happy to help you with that!

To transfer photos from your phone to your laptop, you have a few options depending on the type of device. If you're using a Windows PC and an Android phone, the easiest way is to use the “Photos” app or File Explorer. Connect your phone to your laptop with a USB cable, unlock your phone, and set the USB mode to "File Transfer" (you might see "MTP"). Then, open the Photos app on your laptop and choose Import > From a connected device. For iPhones, you can connect via USB, unlock your phone, and trust the computer when prompted. Then, use the Photos app or File Explorer to view and import your pictures.

Let me know what devices you're using so I can guide you more precisely

Regards,

Arlene D.

I have a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 and an AT&T android phone. Thank you for your help.

Thank you very much. I will try this way.

Having had similar issues myself, I could lend a couple of tips your way...

• If your phone can be connected to a cable with a USB attachment, you could access the phone and perform a regular copy-and-paste of your photo files. Be mindful that some photos may not copy properly if they have a certain depth of zoom set when the photographs were taken.
• Alternately, if you can access your Internet browser through your phone, you can log into your E-mail address and compose a Draft E-mail and add your photo files as downloadable attachments. No need to send the message, as it will eventually save itself to your Draft messages folder; from there, you can log into your E-mail, then download the attached photo files directly to your computer. It's a roundabout way of getting your files and can be tedious, and it may take multiple Draft messages due to attachment size limitations per E-mail message, but it does work. Better yet, if you have overly-zoomed photos that don't respond to a copy-and-paste with the above strategy, you can retrieve those types of photos that way instead.

Don't know if this is what you would need, but having dealt with this issue myself over the past year, you find creative ways to get around things like this. Hope that helps!

:-)

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