Transfer Photos from Android to PC and Reorganize them into Different Folders by Date Taken

These days, smartphones have almost replaced our digital cameras for grabbing quick shots. Google Play Store is full of incredible apps (free ones also) that help you polish & fine-tune your images, fix distortions, and use a variety of color filters.

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These Android apps offer many invaluable tools for free (often at the cost of watching few ads), that are otherwise available to professional photographers for hefty subscriptions to specialized computer software. If you’re looking to transfer photos from your Android phone to PC and re-organize them in an orderly manner, thankfully, the process has been fairly simple and straightforward. Read on.

Transferring Photos from the Android Phone to Your PC

Method 1: Using the Photos App

Windows 11 and Windows 10 come with the Photos app pre-installed. The Photos app lets you view individual photos, slideshow of your photos, compare two similar photos, touch up your images, adjust brightness, polish your images with filters, rotate and edit them. Not just that, you can also import your existing photos from other devices (such as Android phones) to your PC.

1. Connect your Android phone to your PC.
2. Make sure to unlock the phone, otherwise your computer may not detect it.
3. Click on Start, type Photos and open the Photos app from the Search Results.
4. Click on Import > From a USB device.
5. Windows will prompt you to select the photos to import, and the destination folder.
6. Once you start the transfer, it may take some time depending on the number and size of your photos.

Method 2: Using File Explorer

File Explorer (earlier known as Windows Explorer) is the tool we use to browse our drives, folders and create, copy, open and manage our files. It is easy to transfer photos using File Explorer to your PC.

1. Connect the Android phone to your PC and unlock it.
2. Open File Explorer.
3. Go to the folder that contains your photos.
   1. If your photos are directly stored on your phone, they may appear under: /storage/emmc/DCIM.
   2. If your photos are stored on a memory card, they may appear under: /storage/sdcard0/DCIM.
4. If the folder contains other files in addition to your photos, you may want to group your files by their types. To do so, just right-click on an empty area and select Group by > Type.
5. Select the photos you want to transfer. The easiest way is to click on the group head icon. Alternatively, you can manually bulk select your photos by pressing and holding the Shift key or Alt key. (Use the Shift key to select photos in consecutive order, while you can use the Alt key to select them randomly).
6. Click on the Copy icon on the Ribbon interface, or right-click your selection and choose Copy.
7. Go to the folder where you want to store the transferred photos.
8. Right-click on an empty area and select the Paste option.

Note: The actual location of your photos in step # 3 above may vary depending on which apps you use to capture your photos. The best way to determine the exact location is to check the website of the app you use.

Re-organizing Your Photos into Different Folders

Once you’ve transferred all the photos, it’s important to re-organize them into different folders based on their date taken. Re-organizing the photos will help you find them when you need them the most, and keep your photo library organized at all times. Thankfully, the task is not difficult. With PictureEcho, you can re-organize your photos quickly and safely without messing up with your files. Here’s how:

1. Download & install PictureEcho.
2. Select Image Organizer from the Scan Mode drop-down menu.
3. To organize your photos by their creation date, select the Date created option in the Organize by drop-down box. Similarly, you can also organize photos by date taken, date modified, etc.
4. Select the date format- for example- Year Month Date.
5. Choose an organizing pattern from the Organize As drop-down box. For example: Year/Month/Date.
6. Choose if you want to copy the images or move them to the destination.
7. Now specify the destination directory in the Destination textbox and then start the process.

Other features:

• PictureEcho offers an incredible duplicate finder for your photos. It helps you find and delete duplicate photos that match exactly, or partially.
• If you’re using Adobe Lightroom, you can dedupe your Lightroom library using PictureEcho’s in-house feature.
• Beginner-friendly interface, no complex menus at all.
• PE also contains an empty folder finding feature to get rid of unwanted empty folders.
• You may also get access to other complementary services provided by Sorcim to find & delete duplicates from popular cloud storage platforms such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, and Box Cloud.