Set and use iCloud Photos on your Windows PC

iCloud Photos safely stores all your photos and videos in iCloud, then they're bachelor on all your devices.

iCloud Photos uploads new photos and videos from your Windows PC so you tin can view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos that yous have automatically show upward on your PC, and you tin can download them with a double-click.

Turn on iCloud Photos

Brand sure that y'all gear up iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact or Mac, that you turned on iCloud Photos, and that you're signed in with your Apple ID.

  1. Download iCloud for Windows.
  2. Open iCloud for Windows. Make sure y'all're signed in with your Apple ID.
  3. Next to Photos, click Options.
  4. Select iCloud Photos.
  5. Click Done, then click Employ.
  6. Turn on iCloud Photos on all of your Apple tree devices.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later on, yous can likewise choose to use Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If you lot're using iCloud for Windows vii, you tin also choose to use My Photo Stream.

When you plough on iCloud Photos on your PC in iCloud for Windows seven, My Photograph Stream is turned off automatically. If you want to send new photos to your devices that don't use iCloud Photos, you lot can turn My Photograph Stream back on.

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

You can upload your photos and videos from your PC to iCloud Photos when y'all follow these steps:

In iCloud for Windows x or afterward

  1. Open a File Explorer window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. In some other window, open the folder where you currently store the photos that you lot want to add to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that you want to add.
  5. Drag them into the iCloud Photos folder.

You lot can view the photos and videos you uploaded in the Photos app on iCloud.com and on all your Apple devices.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

  1. Open up a File Explorer window.
  2. Under Favorites, click iCloud Photos.
  3. Click Upload photos and videos.
  4. Choose the photos and videos you want to upload and click Open up.

You can view the photos and videos you uploaded in the Photos app on iCloud.com and on all your Apple tree devices.

Download your photos and videos from iCloud Photos

In iCloud for Windows 11.i or later

New photos and videos you lot add together to iCloud Photos are shown on your PC automatically. To download the file from iCloud when yous view it, double-click its thumbnail. You tin can also keep your photos downloaded on your PC with these steps:

  1. Open up File Explorer.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. Select the images you desire to keep on your PC.
  4. Right-click the selection and choose "Ever keep on this device."

If you modify a photo or video on another device or on iCloud.com, it updates automatically on your PC.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

New photos and videos yous add together to iCloud Photos will automatically download to your PC. Yous tin can also download older photos and videos with these steps:

  1. Open up File Explorer (Windows 10) or Windows Explorer (Windows 7).
  2. Click iCloud Photos in the Navigation pane. If you don't see iCloud Photos, click Pictures in the Navigation pane, then double-click iCloud Photos.
    • In iCloud for Windows 10, click the Notification surface area in the taskbar, then click Download Photos in the iCloud Photos notification. Choose the photos and videos you want to download past year.
    • In iCloud for Windows vii, click "Download photos and videos" in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Cull the photos and videos you desire to download by twelvemonth, so click Download.

Your photos and videos download to the location you lot set in iCloud Photos Options.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or after, if you change a photograph or video on another device or on iCloud.com, it updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version 7, y'all need to re-download the photos to see any updates.

Find your photos on your PC

To find your photos, follow the steps for the version of Windows y'all apply on your PC.

On Windows 10:

  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. Click iCloud Photos from the Navigation pane.

Windows 8:

  1. Become to the Kickoff screen. If you lot use Windows viii.one, click the downward arrow in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows 7:

  1. Click the Windows First push button, then click Pictures.
  2. Click iCloud Photos or Photo Stream under the Favorites menu in the panel on the left.
  3. Double-click My Photo Stream to view your photos. This also shows upward as a folder in the window that appears.

My Photo Stream isn't available in iCloud for Windows 10 or later.

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