Transfer iCloud® photos and videos to Google Photos
You can request a copy of your iCloud® photos and videos to transfer to Google Photos.
Learn more about transferring your photos from iCloud®.
Important: The transfer doesn’t remove your photos and videos from iCloud®. After the transfer, additional photos and videos stored in iCloud® won’t sync to Google Photos automatically.
To transfer photos and videos, the content must be:
- Stored in iCloud® Photos
- Saved as one of these file formats in Back up photos & videos
These content types don’t transfer from iCloud® to Google Photos:
- Shared albums
- Smart albums
- Photo stream content
- The video portion of Live photos
- Photos and videos not stored in iCloud®
Before you request a transfer from iCloud® Photos to Google Photos, check the following:
- You use iCloud® Photos to store your photos and videos.
- Your Apple ID uses two-factor authentication.
- You have a Google Account to use Google Photos.
- Your Google Account has enough storage available to finish the transfer.
- Tip: Apple will show the required storage you need when the transfer process begins.
- To check how much space you currently have in your Google Account, go to your Drive storage.
- If you don’t have enough space for the transfer, learn how to buy more storage.
Request your photos & videos transfer
Important: Some data and formats available in iCloud® Photos may not work when you transfer your content to Google Photos. Check what transfers from iCloud® to Google Photos.
To request your transfer from iCloud® to Google Photos:
- Sign in with your Apple ID at privacy.apple.com.
- Select Request to transfer a copy of your data.
- To start the transfer, sign in with your Google Account.
- To finish your request, follow the on-screen instructions.
Tip: The transfer process takes 3–7 days. If you cancel your transfer request before it’s complete, items that have already been copied over stay in Google Photos.
About photo & video transfer
- Only the most recent edits of photos and videos are transferred.
- To save space, if a photo or video already exists in Google Photos, only one copy of the photo or video is kept.
- When possible, photos are transferred within their albums. Videos are transferred separately and won’t be in albums.
- Tip: The filenames of albums and videos transferred to Google Photos start with "Copy of."