6 Ways: Transfer Photos from One Google Account to Another Google Account 2023

• Why Transfer Photos from One Google Account to Another
• 3 Common Ways: Move Photos from One Google Account to Another
• 3 Advanced Ways: Transfer Photos from One Google Account to Another
• Further Reading: Can I merge Google Photos from two accounts?
• Summary

Why Transfer Photos from One Google Account to Another?

Nowadays, people prefer to store data in cloud storage because they can access their data anywhere and anytime. In this way, using cloud drive becomes increasingly popular. Google Photos is an excellent photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. In general, as long as you set the storage settings to "High quality", you can get unlimited photo storage for photos up to 1080p resolution.

But to pursue the original resolution and quality of photos and videos, you might choose "Original quality" to store the photos, and this will use storage quantity in the users' Google account quickly. As more original photos are stored, users may prefer to recreate a new account to enjoy more free storage space. However, how to move google photos from one account to another confuses them a lot. Luckily, today we bring 6 reliable methods to help realize the photo migration between two different Google Photo accounts.

3 Common Ways: Transfer Photos from One Google Account to Another 

First of all, we will show you 3 traditional ways used by most people to transfer Google Photo from one account to another.

Way 1: Download and Upload

Step 1. Log in your first Google Photos account.
Step 2. Select the photos that you want to transfer.
Step 3. Click the "Download" icon located at the top right corner.

Step 4. Log in your second Google Photos account.
Step 5. Click on the "Upload" icon or directly drag all the downloaded images into the second account to upload them.

This way can help move photos from one Google Photos to another, but the downloading and uploading is really bothering and time-consuming. Besides, the whole process will be affected by the network speed and the volume of your photos.

Way 2: Transfer Google Photos to Another Account with the "Sharing" Feature

Yes, you can transfer these photos by creating a sharing link. There are detailed steps.

Step 1. Browse photos.google.com in the source Google account.
Step 2. Select photos you want to transfer.
Step 3. Click the "Share" icon located in the top right corner of the display and choose and select the "Create Link" option.
Step 4. Copy the link in the pup-out window and paste it into a new tab.

Step 5. Log in to your second account and click on the "Add to Album" button to add them to your second Google Photos account. Then you can view all the shared photos in the "Photos" interface. This is how to transfer google photos from one account to another via the built-in Share feature.

Way 3: Send a Shared Library Invitation

Step 1. Move to the "Settings" interface of your first Google Photos account.
Step 2. Click on the "Shared libraries" selection.

Step 3. Enter the address of your second Google Photos account and click on the "Next" button to continue.

Step 4. Choose settings in the pop-out window and click on the "Next" icon.

Step 5. Click on "Send Invitation" button in the window.
Step 6. Login your second Google Photos account.
Step 7. Move to the "Sharing" interface and accept the invitation. In this way, you can view all shared photos from your first account.

Step 8. Open up the shared library, select all the photos and click on “Add to library” to transfer them to your account.

Way 2 and Way 3 can help you transfer Google Photos to another account without downloading and uploading, but when you log in to your two accounts at the same time, the Google browser might not figure out which account you are using when operating, thus the operation may be a bit of troublesome. But don’t worry, the below part will introduce a better tool for this task.

3 Advanced Ways: Transfer Photos from One Google Account to Another 

MultCloud is a FREE web-based multiple cloud storage manager that allows users to transfer files between cloud drives like Google Drive, OneDrive, MEGA, Box, pCloud, WebDav, FTP server, etc without downloading and uploading, logging in and out, or switching accounts so you can easily migrate your photos from one Google Photos to another account. Let’s see how to move photos from one Google account to another within easy steps.

Pre-requisites:

1. Sign up before using MultCloud, or log in directly with your Google+ or Facebook account.

2. Enter MultCloud and add Google Photos accounts. Click on "Add Clouds" and add your Google Photos accounts to MultCloud one by one.

When the above preparations are completed, you could choose one of the following two methods that are more suitable for your situation to operate.

Way 1: Copy Photos from One Google Photos to Another with the "Copy to" Function

If you want to copy several photos, videos, or folders to another Google Photos, you can achieve the demand with the function like "Copy to".

Select photos you want to move in your first Google Photos, right-click "Copy to" and select the "Photos" folder under another account as the destination in the pop-out window. Then click on "OK" to transfer them.

Way 2: Transfer Google Photos to Another Google Account with "Cloud Transfer"

If you want to transfer folders or the whole storage to another account, you can directly use the “Cloud Transfer” to perform the operation.

Click on the "Cloud Transfer" button on the tab and select the folder under one Google Photos as the source and another as the destination. Finally, click on “Transfer Now” to complete the task.

Way 3: Move Google Photos to Another Account with "Share"

This method is suitable for some users who want to transfer cloud drive data to the cloud drive account of a family member. If you also have this need, then the "Share" in MultCloud function can help you.

1. Open Google Photos, find the file or folder that needs to be transferred, then right-click the file or folder, and finally select "Share" in the pop-up window.

2. Select the sharing mode. In view of the privacy of the file, you can choose the "Private Share". This kind of sharing can create a password, and only those who know the password can obtain the file data, which can ensure the security of the data.

3. Send the link and password to your family member, she or he can open the link and enter the password to get the content you share. She or he can choose to download the data directly to the computer or save the data to a cloud drive.

Further reading: Can I merge Google Photos from two accounts?

Above is how to transfer google photos from one account to another via 6 different methods. Given that most users ask that whether if they can merge Google Photos from two accounts, here we will talk about this issue. Sorry to tell that you can't "merge" two accounts directly. Luckily, the MultCloud provides a workaround. 

Its "Sync" feature allows you to sync data between different clouds or two accounts of one cloud, along with 8 different custom options. The "Incremental Sync" will only transfer files that has been changed or new added . The "Two-way Sync" and "Real-time Sync" means that added, modified and deleted files in the source directory will be automatically replicated to the target directory. Likewise, the added, modified and deleted files in the target directory will be replicated to the source directory. Thus, the files in the source and target directories are always the same.

📥Download and Upload to transfer photos	Go to your first Google Photos account, select photos to download, and uncompress them; Then head to your second Google Photos account, and tap UPload > Computer to select all downloaded Google Photos to upload.
📝Share Google Photos with another	Log in to your first Google Photos account, then select photos and hit Share, hit Create Link > Create Link, then hit Copy to generate a link. Then log in to another Google Photos account, paste the link in the browser, then click Join to transfer Google Photos to another account.
📤Send a shared library invitation	Please go to Settings of your first Google Photos account, click Partner Sharing, enter your second Google Photos email, choose sharing settings, and hit Send Invitation. Go to your second Google Photos account,  accept the invitation under Sharing, then add all photos to the library.
💽Copy photos to another Google Photos	Add both your Google Photos accounts to MultCloud, select photos in your first Google Photos, choose "Copy to", and select another Google Photos as the destination to save.
☁Cloud transfer Google Photos to another	Add your two Google Photos accounts to MultCloud, then use Cloud Transfer to select your first Google Photos as the source, and another Google Photos as the destination, click Transfer Now to migrate Google Photos to another account.
🔄Private Share	Go to your first Google Photos account after adding both your Google Photos to MultCloud, select photos and Share, choose Private Share, and copy the link. Send the link to the person you'd like to share, and Save them directly to another Google Photos account.

Summary

After reading this post, now you should know how to transfer photos from one Google account to another. Obviously, the MultCloud provides the easiest way. Same methods also work for moving Google Photos to One Drive, Dropbox, Flicker and so on.