Navigate to Google Takeout where all your Google data is stored.
You will see a massive list of app data from all the apps you use. Click on “Deselect all” because it’s much faster than doing each one independently.
Scroll down until you find Google Photos and check the box next to it. If you want to download specific albums or other formats, click on Multiple formats and All photo albums included buttons. Deselect the items you do not want.
Scroll to the very bottom to find and click the “Next step” button.
Choose your delivery method. I used the option to deliver a download link to my email because I know there are many pictures there. Leave the other options – export type, file type, and archive size – as they are and click “Create export.”
Open the file and launch the installation. Click Install. The application should launch automatically after you install it. Open it if it doesn’t launch.
You will be asked to choose the folder where you want to save the photos. You can even create a new one.
To use Free up space on Google Photos, follow these steps:
Open the Google Photos app.
Tap on the profile picture icon at the top followed by “Free up space.” The app will let you know if all of your photos are backed up before you take this action.
Also, open the Google Photos app Settings, turn off the “Back up & sync” option by tapping it. If you don’t do this, you will have backups in both places, which may not be a bad thing.
