How to Backup Photos on Android

Regular backing up your important files and data are quite essential. A backup comes in handy when you have accidentally deleted a file from your device and you wish to restore it on your device. For many Android users, one of the important things on your device is the precious photos that you would never want to lose in any case.

Therefore, it is extremely important that you know how to back up photos on the Android device. Your photos backup ensures you have a copy of all of your photos and you can restore these photos when the original ones go missing from your device. Fortunately, it is pretty easy to create a backup of photos on an Android device and the following guide shows how you can do it.

How to Backup Photos on Android in 1 Click

While your manufacturer may have included a backup utility with your Android device, it may not necessarily be the most efficient and convenient app to backup your photos. If you have already used it and you do not think it is the best tool to use for backing up your media, we have an alternative for you.

Enter AnyDroid, an application for your desktop that allows you to safely and securely backup the photos on your Android device. The app specializes in helping you backup both all the photos or selected photos on your device. It lets you choose what you would like for your backup to have on your device.

If you would like to know how the app works to help you backup your photos, the following shows how it works.

Option 1. How to Backup Photos on Android at Once

If you would like to backup all the photos stored on your Android device to your computer at once, you can do so using AnyDroid as shown below.

Step 1. Connect your phone to the computer.

Free Download AnyDroid on your computer. Connect your Android device to your computer and click on Content to Computer in the app.

Step 2. Choose photos to back up.

On the following screen, you will be asked what you would like to backup to your computer. Checkmark the option for Photos and click on Next.

Step 3. Backing up photos on Android.

Soon as you click the button in the previous step, the app will start backing up all the photos from your Android device on your computer.

You will get a notification when all of your photos are backed up to your computer. When that is done, you should be able to view your photos on your machine.

Option 2. How to Backup Photos on Android Selectively

If you would like to create a backup of certain chosen photos on your device, this section shows how you go about doing it with the Anydroid app.

Step 1. Connect your phone to the computer.

Free Download AnyDroid on your computer. Plug-in your Android device to your computer and click on Photos in the app.

Step 2. Backup photos on Android.

Choose the photos you would like to backup to your computer and click on To PC at the top. It will start backing up your chosen photos from your Android device to your computer. When it is finished, you will see a confirmation message on your screen.

Using PhoneTrans to Back up Android Photos with Ease

PhoneTrans can also back up Android photos. It provides several options for Android phone backup. You can selectively back up your Android phone with Phone Backup. Also, you can clone your Android phone with Phone to Phone to transfer your photos to another Android device.

Different options with different data transfer methods, all of them can back up your Android phone photos successfully. Let’s take a look at how to selectively back up your Android phone photos with Phone Backup.

Step 1. Download and run PhoneTrans on your computer while connecting your Android phone to the computer.

Step 2. Launch it and click Phone Backup on the left panel. Choose Selective Backup on the right and then tap Start Backup to go on.

Step 3. Follow its instructions on the screen and choose Photos. The next is to tap the Back Up Now to start the photos backup.

This journey won’t take long. Just several minutes later, there will pop up a window that says the backup has successfully done. You can tap on the view buttons to see all these photos have backed up on your computer.

How to Backup Photos on Android via AutoPlay

AutoPlay is a feature that comes preloaded on most Windows PCs allowing you to quickly select what you would like to do with the attached device, in this case, the attached device is your Android device. You can choose to import photos from your device over to your computer to create a backup of your Android photos.

Step 1. Plug-in your Android device to your computer using a compatible cable. Tap on Allow when prompted on your device.

Step 2. Pull down the notification bar on your device and select Transferring media files via USB.

Step 3. The AutoPlay prompt will appear on your computer asking you to choose an action to be performed on your device. Select the option that says Import pictures and videos. You will be able to import photos from your Android device over to your computer.

How to Backup Photos on Android via File Explorer

How to Backup Photos on Android via AutoPlay
If you are used to the File Explorer utility on your computer and you would like to use it to back up your Android photos, you can do so using the following steps.

Step 1. Connect your Android device to your computer and choose MTP as the connection mode.

Step 2. Open your device’s storage using File Explorer on your computer and launch the DCIM folder followed by the Camera folder.

Step 3. Select and copy the photos you would like to backup to your computer. The copied photos on your computer is a backup of your Android photos.

How to Backup Photos on Android via Photos (For Windows 8/10 Users)

Photos is a photo management app for Windows PCs and you can use it to backup photos from your Android device to your computer. The following is how it works.

Step 1. Connect your Android device to your computer and launch the Photos app on your computer.

Step 2. Click on the Import button in the command bar and select the photos you would like to backup from your Android device.

Step 3. Click on Import to begin importing photos from your Android device over to the Photos app on your computer. Once your photos are saved to your computer, you will have a backup of your Android photos on your computer.

The Bottom Line

If you have never backed up photos on your Android device and you would like to do it now, the above guide should teach step by step how you can do it on your device. We hope it helps you create a copy of your important photos.