You may end up losing all WhatsApp photos, if your mobile phone is lost, stolen or gets damaged. Hence, it is good practice to periodically transfer WhatsApp photos from your Android phone to PC.
Another good reason for transferring WhatsApp photos from Android Phone to PC would be to free up the storage space on your mobile device, which can get quickly filled up with all kinds of photos & videos.
In addition to above, having WhatsApp photos available on a computer makes it easier to edit, organize and share them; using the web version of WhatsApp.
Transfer WhatsApp Photos from Android to Computer
WhatsApp stores photos in a dedicated “WhatsApp Images” Folder, which can be easily accessed by the File Explorer utility as available on a Windows computer.
Hence, all that is required to transfer WhatsApp photos from an Android phone to computer is to plug your mobile device to the computer and drag “WhatsApp Images” Folder to Desktop.
1. Transfer All WhatsApp Photos from Android to PC
Connect your Android phone to computer and follow the steps below to transfer all WhatsApp photos to the desktop on your Windows computer.
1. Open the File Explorer on your computer.
2. On the File Explorer screen, select your Android Phone in the left-pane and double-click on Phone in the right-pane.
3. From the next screen, navigate to Android > Media > com.whatsapp > Whatsapp > Media > Drag WhatsApp Images Folder to desktop.
4. Wait for all WhatsApp Images to be transferred to your computer.
2. Transfer Selected WhatsApp Photos from Android to PC
You can transfer specific or selected WhatsApp photos to computer by using the following steps.
1. Connect your Android phone to PC and open the File Explorer on your computer.
2. On the File Explorer screen, select your Android Phone (left-pane) and double-click on Phone in the right-pane.
3. From the next screen, navigate to Android > Media > com.whatsapp > Whatsapp > Media > and open WhatsApp Images Folder.
4. In WhatsApp Images Folder, select the Photos that you want to copy to desktop.
Note: You can press/hold the CTRL Key to select mutiple photos.
5. Once the Photos are selected, right-click anywhere within the selected photos and select the Copy option.
6. Paste the selected Photos into any Folder on your computer – Open an Empty Folder > Right-click within the folder and select the Paste option.
The selected Photos will be transferred to the empty folder on your computer.
3. Transfer WhatsApp Photos from Android to PC Using Gmail
Another way to Transfer WhatsApp photos from Android to computer is to Email the photos to yourself and download the photos from Email to computer.
1. Open WhatsApp > open the Chat from which you want to transfer photos to PC.
2. Once you are in the Chat, tap on 3-dot icon located at top-right corner and select More option in the drop-down menu.
3. Next, tap on the Export Chat option.
4. On the pop-up, select Include Media option.
5. In the Sharing menu that appears, select Gmail and follow the instructions to send this WhatsApp Chat along with Photos to your Email Address.
6. After this, login to your Email Account > open the Email containing WhatsApp Images > click on the Download option, as available in Gmail.