How to Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Photos without Downloading

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• User Case
• Why Need to Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Photos?
• Method 1. Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Photos by Downloading and Uploading
• Method 2. Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Photos without Downloading and Uploading
• Conclusion
• FAQs

User Case: How to Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Drive

Why Need to Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Photos?

When it comes to data backup of multimedia content, among the many cloud storage servers, OneDrive and Google Photos are undoubtedly the best in providing top-ranking data synchronization. However, in terms of image storage, Google Photos is most definitely the better pick out of the two. Why is this so? You will find the answer in their comparison.

Overall, transferring photos from OneDrive to Google Photos can help you take advantage of the different features and benefits offered by each service, and better meet your storage and organization needs. Then, how to achieve this goal? This post will present 2 methods below, so you can choose one according to your needs.

Method 1. Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Photos by Downloading and Uploading

This is the most frequently used one when the situation that transferring OneDrive photos to Google Photos occurs, and it is undoubtedly the cost-effective one as well. Here is it!

Step 1. Go to https://onedrive.live.com and sign in to your account.

Step 2. Open your "Photos" in the app menu at the top left corner to access your photos.

Step 3. Check the photos which you want to download according to your preferences, which allows you to download according to albums, tags, and places.

Step 4. Click "Download" on the top menu bar that shows up after step 4 is done or right-click to select "Download". Your photos will be downloaded to your selected computer drive.

Step 5. Go to https://photos.google.com/ and sign in to your account.

Step 6. Click "Upload" at the top right of Google Photos, and choose "Computer".

Step 7. A file upload window will pop up. Select photos or the folders that have been unzipped on your computer.

Step 8. The uploading will be done soon, then you could choose "Add to album" to add your uploaded pictures to your Google Photos albums or create a new album to categorize them.

Ok, that’s all about method 1. As its undoubted accessibility, there is also no doubt, after the whole process is finished, that you will find this method is such a waste of time and space. Just because of its fussy operations, demanding network speed, and huge memory size of pictures, so the result will be a loss and a failure once one single step is failed.

Method 2. Transfer Photos from OneDrive to Google Photos without Downloading and Uploading

After mastering method 1, and to maximize time-saving, now and here is a new method offered to you, migrate photos with MultCloud. With this tool, you could move pictures from Onedrive to Google Photos without downloading and uploading. And, you can also perform the following operations easily.

As a free cloud file manager, MultCloud can hold many cloud servers. And some of its fantastic features may become your favorite in the future:

• Folders transfer between clouds: MultCloud enables faster folders transfer between clouds, which makes the transfer without downloading your albums of huge size possible.
• Offline transmission: Off-line transmission, a significant feature of MultCloud, makes your photo transferring possible even without a network connection.

Now, let’s learn to transfer your photos from OneDrive to Google Photos with MultCloud.

Step 1. Enter the MultCloud by signing up or signing in with your email. You can also log in directly with only your Google or Facebook account.

Step 2. Add your OneDrive & Google Photos accounts to MultCloud separately. Click the "Add Cloud" and choose the OneDrive icon, then authorize MultCloud to connect your OneDrive account. Then, add Google Photos in the same way.

Step 3. After step 2 is done, click "Cloud Transfer" in the toolbar at the top, select pictures of OneDrive as the directory you want to transfer, and select the albums of Google Photos as the target directory you want to save your photos to. Then click "Transfer Now" to carry out your task.

Method 2 is a one-click operation to transfer many pictures from OneDrive to Google Photos with the support of "Cloud Transfer" of MultCloud. By this means, you can save a lot of your time. And, if you have some photos in OneDrive to move to Google Photos, you can also use the "Copy to" option to achieve this goal.

Step 1. First, find the pictures folder you want to transfer in your OneDrive within the MultCloud. Right-click the picture folder and click the "Copy to" option.

Step 2. Then, select the Albums or Photos of Google Photos as your destination. Finally, click "OK" to copy pictures to your Google Photos.

Conclusion

After the above 2 methods have been presented, it’s easy to see that using MultCloud to transfer photos from OneDrive to Google Photos is the easiest way. As a multiple cloud storage manager, MultCloud doesn’t require downloading and installation.

Since you have known how to transfer pictures from OneDrive to Google Photos, you may also wonder how to transfer photos from Flickr to Google Photos and want to upgrade your account to a premium one so that you will get a super-transfer speed, which would help complete the transfer process quickly.

FAQs

How do I move photos from OneDrive to Google Photos?

As mentioned before, you can move photos from OneDrive to Google Photos by manually downloading and uploading. Or, you can choose to use MultCloud Cloud Transfer to automate the transfer process and move photos directly and easily.

How do I move files from OneDrive to Google?

MultCloud supports 30+ cloud drives, including OneDrive, Google Drive, Google Photos, Google Workspace, Google Shared Drive, and Google Shared with Me. Whether you want to move files from OneDrive to which Google service, you can use Cloud Transfer to create an automatic file transfer task.

How do I transfer photos from OneDrive?

If you want to transfer photos from a local place, you can upload them to OneDrive on the web app or easily drag & drop with the desktop app. However, if you want to transfer photos from another OneDrive account or cloud, MultCloud Cloud Transfer will be a good choice.

Does OneDrive work with Google Photos?

No, OneDrive and Google Photos do not directly integrate. However, you can manage them together on the  MultCloud website. Moreover, you can easily transfer photos between them by the Cloud Transfer function.