Do you want to explore more ways than the traditional right-click to download image from website? This post will tell you another 3 effective ways to save images by screenshotting, inspecting, and a Chrome extension.
There are some probable reasons why you want to learn how to save an image from a website:
It is undoubtedly that the easiest way to save images from website is by right-clicking on the image. It always works when this image is not protected and you can see the save image option. To begin with, let’s see the most common ways to download image from website on some popular web browsers Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.
Step 1. Open Chrome and navigate to the website.
Step 2. Right-click on the image and choose Save image as… in the dropdown menu.
Step 3. Choose where you want to save this image in the local and click Save to download it.
Step 1. Open Firefox and navigate to the website.
Step 2. Right-click on the image and choose Save Image As… in the dropdown menu.
Step 3. Choose where you want to save this image in the local and click Save to download it.
Step 1. Open Firefox and navigate to the website.
Step 2. Right-click on the image and choose Save image as in the dropdown menu.
Step 3. Choose where you want to save this image in the local and click Save to download it.
The right-click solution may not work when the image is protected. But do not worry! There are 2 methods that can help you get around the limitation. One is by screenshotting and another is by inspecting.
If you do not care much about the photo quality, you can easily save an image by screenshotting and editing. Actually, there are some screenshot apps that can mostly preserve the original quality of photos and you can choose a reliable one to try. Here are the example steps for quick screenshots with your keyboard button.
Step 1. Open the website and navigate to your desired image.
Step 2. Press the Print Screen or PrtSc (Windows) or Command+Shift+3 (Mac) buttons on your keyboard and select the screenshot area.
Step 3. Open the screenshot on an image editor and precisely crop the image to your ideal one.
Another workaround to extract images from website is by inspecting the webpage and getting the URL of your desired images.
Step 1. Open the website to go to the image you want to download.
Step 2. Right-click on the image and choose Inspect in the dropdown menu.
Note: If you cannot right-click on the image on the first webpage, you can press Ctrl + U on your keyboard to view all the code on this webpage. Then, press Ctrl + F and enter image on the search bar. Next, find the image URL among the search results.
Step 3. Find the image URL and copy it.
Step 4. Paste the URL in a new tab and right-click on the image. Then, choose Save image as… to download it.
If you do not have much local storage and are used to using cloud drives to save files, you can try the MultCloud Save extension to directly save an image from a website to a cloud with one click.
Step 1. Download and install the MultCloud Save extension.
Step 2. Open the extension and sign up for an account on the Account page.
Step 3. Go to the Setting page and click Add Cloud to add your preferred cloud destination.
Step 4. Open the website and navigate to the image.
Step 5. Right-click on the image and choose Save to Cloud in the dropdown menu. Then, this image will be saved to the added cloud.
This extension can not only save an image to the cloud but also save an entire webpage to the cloud as a PDF file. After adding a cloud drive, you can go to the webpage, click on the Convert button on the extension, and choose to save this webpage to the local or cloud. Although this webpage is converted into a PDF, all the links on it can be also opened.
There are 4 solutions on how to save an image from a website. Commonly, you can just right-click on the image to save it to the local. However, if that way cannot work, try to screenshot or use the Inspect feature to download an image. Besides, if you want to save a website image or webpage to the cloud, MultCloud Save, a Chrome extension will do you a favor.