Set up and utilise iCloud Photos on your Windows PC

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

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

Turn on iCloud Photos

Make sure that yous set iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or Mac, that you turned on iCloud Photos, and that you're signed in with your Apple tree ID.

  1. Download iCloud for Windows.
  2. Open iCloud for Windows. Make sure you're signed in with your Apple ID.
  3. Next to Photos, click Options.
  4. Select iCloud Photos.
  5. Click Washed, so click Apply.
  6. Plow on iCloud Photos on all of your Apple devices.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or afterwards, you tin can also choose to use Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If yous're using iCloud for Windows 7, you can likewise choose to use My Photo Stream.

When yous plough on iCloud Photos on your PC in iCloud for Windows 7, My Photo Stream is turned off automatically. If you lot want to send new photos to your devices that don't use iCloud Photos, you tin plow My Photo Stream back on.

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

Yous can upload your photos and videos from your PC to iCloud Photos when you lot follow these steps:

In iCloud for Windows x or later

  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 desire to add to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that y'all want to add.
  5. Drag them into the iCloud Photos folder.

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

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

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

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

Download your photos and videos from iCloud Photos

In iCloud for Windows 11.1 or afterwards

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

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

If you alter a photograph or video on another device or on iCloud.com, information technology updates automatically on your PC.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

New photos and videos you lot add 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 ten, click the Notification area in the taskbar, then click Download Photos in the iCloud Photos notification. Choose the photos and videos you want to download by year.
    • In iCloud for Windows 7, click "Download photos and videos" in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Choose the photos and videos yous desire to download past yr, then 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 y'all modify a photo or video on another device or on iCloud.com, information technology updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version seven, you lot need to re-download the photos to meet whatsoever updates.

Observe your photos on your PC

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

On Windows ten:

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

Windows 8:

  1. Go to the Get-go screen. If y'all use Windows 8.1, click the down arrow in the lesser-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows seven:

  1. Click the Windows Start button, and so 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 besides shows up as a binder in the window that appears.

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

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