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Save photos on Android

In short: open the gallery in Chrome, tap Save, then Save to Photos. Your phone asks where to put the photos — pick your gallery or photos app.

One photo

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  1. Open the photo and tap Save at the bottom.
  2. This photo is already chosen. Wait until the button says Save to Photos, then tap it.
  3. Your phone’s share menu opens. Choose the app to keep the photo in.
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  1. Tap Save on the bar at the bottom of the gallery.
  2. Choose what to save: All photos, a section, or This photo.
  3. Keep the size For phone and social media (2048 px) unless your photographer asked you to take the originals.
  4. Tap Save to Photos. Photos are saved in batches of up to 20: tap Save N photos and pick the app in the phone’s menu each time.
  5. Repeat until you see Done. The photos are saved. Tap Stop to quit at any time.

On some phones there is no share menu: the photos simply download, one file each, to the Downloads folder.

A ZIP archive instead

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In the same window, tap Download archive (ZIP). The archive goes to Downloads; open it in your Files app to unpack the photos. On mobile data, download a large gallery by section — it’s more reliable.

If it didn’t work

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  • Nothing happened after the tap. Tap the button again.
  • There’s no Save button. Your photographer has turned off downloads for this gallery, or for your password. Ask them.
  • The photos are in a different order. See Why photos appear in a different order.
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