A Guide to Transfer the Photos And Videos From Facebook to Google Photos

Facebook has recently launched a couple of much-awaited new features back in May. Every time, Facebook amazes its users with its new features. And it is wonderful to see how this great platform is developing with time. This time, the site has officially launched its new feature of transferring photos and videos from its platform to Google Photos. Yes, you heard that right. Now it is possible to move all your Facebook media files to your cloud services like Google Photos for better management of your data. Well, this is the most important feature that many of us wished to have in the application. Because many times, we might have felt the need to move the uploaded images and videos from our Facebook to cloud services so that we can manage them more efficiently. And now, with this feature, it becomes much easier to do that. Have you checked out this feature yet? Do you also want to transfer all your Facebook media files to your Google Photos, but don’t know how to do that? If that is the situation, then you don’t need to go anywhere, because here we are going to tell you the ways following which you can move all of your photos and videos to the cloud service of Google Photos. Please read the full article to have more information.

The Ways to Transfer Photos and Videos From Facebook to Google Photos

If you are a Facebook user and have gone through the need to move all your uploaded pictures and videos from Facebook to Google Photos, then there is a procedure to do so. Earlier, there was no straightforward way available on the application. But now there is. This feature is a part of the “Data Transfer Project” that enables Facebook users to migrate all of their Facebook media files right into the cloud service of Google Photos. Please take note that this feature is available only for the users who have the cloud service of Google Photos on their devices. But, we hope that Facebook will soon make this feature available on other services as well. For now, it’s time to get straight to the methods through which you can migrate all your media files from Facebook to Google Photos. Let’s see what that method is.

The Steps to Transfer Photos and Videos From the Platform of Facebook to Google Photos Using Computer

The procedure to move the media files from Facebook to the cloud service of Google Photos is simple and includes some steps to follow. These steps are also very easy that can be understood and followed by any of the users. To start with the procedure, consider following the steps mentioned below:

• To start with the procedure of transferring photos and videos from Facebook to Google photos using a computer, firstly, you need to turn on your computer system.
• Open the browser that you use and type “www.facebook.com” in the search bar and hit the search button to visit the official site of Facebook.
• Now log into your account with your email ID and password. After that, select and click on the down arrow icon that should be located at the top right corner of your screen.
• After clicking on the down arrow icon, you will be provided with some of the options. Scroll through the menu and tap on the “Settings” option placed above the option of “Logout”.
• Under the “General Account Settings” section, select and click on the option of “Your Facebook Information”. 
• Search the option of “Transfer a copy of your photos and videos” on your screen and when found, click on it. 
• After going through the option of transfer, it will ask you to enter your Facebook password that you need to enter in the given space.
• And now, select the destination by clicking on the option of “Choose destination” and select “Google Photos” as this is the only available option for now.
• Select any of the options among “Photos” and “Videos” that you want to transfer to Google Photos. If you want to transfer videos along with the photos, simply click on both the options.
• Now, you need to sign in to your Google Photos with your Gmail account email ID.
• Grant all the permission to transfer the photos and videos from Facebook to the cloud service of Google Photos. You need to do that by clicking on the “Allow” button in the pop-up box that appeared on your screen.

After the completion of the transfer process, you will receive an email from Facebook confirming that the process is completed. If you want to transfer the photos and videos from Facebook to Google Photos using mobile devices, you need to follow the same steps as mentioned above. You can perform this procedure on any of your devices.

So, these were the many simple steps that anyone can follow without any difficulty. Try these steps and let us know how it worked for you. For more information like this, please follow us and keep visiting our site.

Source : Facebook to Google Photos