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How to I get my pics out of photobucket?
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If you uploaded photos to Photobucket you should have the originals available on your computer or phone, if that is what you used. However, if you did not keep a copy then;
Photo bucket has a means to download (copy the image from photobucket to your computer) images.
I will assume you are using a computer to do this.
Go to Photobucket
Log In
Select the Album your photo is in. Click
on the album name so it opens and you can see your photos.
Click on the photo you want to download.
When the photo opens; on the right is a list of actions, one is download photo.
Click on download photo: it wil ask you where you want to store the photo
Pick a folder to put the photo in. If you don't have a specific folder, just select the pictures folder. (if you open File Explorer in Windows 10 it has a list of folders under Quick Access, One of then is pictures) click OK.
It will copy the photo to your pictures folder on your computer.
If this is confusing ask any 10-20 year old how to do it.
The only problem is sometimes the photos get scrambled during the download. I don't know why. I think photobucket does it to discourage people from leaving..
But I ALWAYS!!! make two copies of my photos, which I store on external hard disks that I can plug into any computer. That way I always have a backup.
I have transferred all my on-line photos to flickr except those I use on my website. I have them in a separate folder on the website. And as I said I have backup copies.
Photo bucket has a means to download (copy the image from photobucket to your computer) images.
I will assume you are using a computer to do this.
Go to Photobucket
Log In
Select the Album your photo is in. Click
on the album name so it opens and you can see your photos.
Click on the photo you want to download.
When the photo opens; on the right is a list of actions, one is download photo.
Click on download photo: it wil ask you where you want to store the photo
Pick a folder to put the photo in. If you don't have a specific folder, just select the pictures folder. (if you open File Explorer in Windows 10 it has a list of folders under Quick Access, One of then is pictures) click OK.
It will copy the photo to your pictures folder on your computer.
If this is confusing ask any 10-20 year old how to do it.
The only problem is sometimes the photos get scrambled during the download. I don't know why. I think photobucket does it to discourage people from leaving..
But I ALWAYS!!! make two copies of my photos, which I store on external hard disks that I can plug into any computer. That way I always have a backup.
I have transferred all my on-line photos to flickr except those I use on my website. I have them in a separate folder on the website. And as I said I have backup copies.
Targets Guy
US Veteran
Yep. Like PeterDE said. One at a time. I'm about half done. Great winter project.
DWalt
Member
All photos can be downloaded at once as a ZIP compressed file. No need to download them individually. I did it that way, uploaded all of them to IMGUR. Very simple to do, directions are on Photobucket as to exactly how it is done.
Yes you can if you have a good high speed connection. But if you have a slow, crappy connection like I do, it doesn't work. Give it a try. If it works, great. But if it doesn't do them one at a time. It takes forever but it works.
Targets Guy
US Veteran
It does not work for me and I have a high speed set up. I click on download album, verify I am not a robot and click on download and am told there was a problem. After that nothing works and I have to back out. When I do one photo at a time there is no problem.
Chrome, Windows 10. Just tried again and same issue.
Chrome, Windows 10. Just tried again and same issue.
I just checked and the download album function does seem to be on the fritz. It worked fine back when Photobucket first made their change in policy. The cynic in me wonders if they broke it on purpose to make it harder for people to leave and use another posting service. I have always used copy and paste when posting pics so I have no issue with them at this time.
I think you are right. Photobucket has made it difficult. I tried to cancel my account after I removed all my photos, and they stopped charging me, but won't let me actually cancel until this period runs out in January 2018. You actually have to send them a separate e-mail to cancel your payment. Then they say "oh but you can't leave yet" Huh? I'm not paying them but they are making me stay?? nuts! And I would guess that about 1 percent of my photos did not download correctly. Doesn't sound like much but out of 1200 photos, that's a dozen. Fortunately I have backups and was able to restore them for upload to flickr.
