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How to Transfer Photos from Huawei P10/P10 Plus to Computer

Huawei has released the latest flagship of Huawei P10, which is an upgrade of last year's Huawei P9 on design, chipset, display and of course, the dual camera. The new dual camera system is also Leica powered, and this time not only the rear camera but also the front selfie camera are Leica-cooperated. With the upgraded camera and new Portrait Mode, Huawei P10 gives you great experience of taking photos or selfies. It's reported that Huawei 10 even takes better photos than Apple iPhone 7 Plus under many circumstances. So if you are an Android addict who loves shooting photos, Huawei P10/P10 Plus can be a great option for you.

	Huawei P9	Huawei P10
Camera	Dual 12 MP, f/2.2, Leica optics; front 8 MP, f/2.4, 1080p	Dual 20 MP + 12 MP, f/2.2, Leica optics; front 8 MP, f/1.9
Display	5.2 inches, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Emotion UI 4.1	5.1 inches, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Emotion UI 5.1
Battery	Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery	Non-removable Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery
Platform	Android OS, v6.0(Marshmallow). HiSilicon Kirin 955	Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat). HiSilicon Kirin 960
Features	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Fast battery charging: 44% in 30min	Fingerprint (front-mounted), Fast battery charging

And after taking many photos or selfies with your phone, you may wonder how to backup them on your computer in case of data loss. Of course, you can simply upload these photos to Huawei Cloud since Huawei offers big cloud storage for free. But if you don't like using cloud storage to save your photos for some reason, maybe backup them to your computer is a better way you could try, since it can be much safer, you don't have to worry about the leakage of privacy and, you can access them whenever you want. And this article is here to help you easily backup your photos from Huawei P10/P10 Plus to your computer.

How to Transfer Photos from Huawei P10/P10 Plus to PC

Method 1: Transfer P10 photos to computer by using USB cable
Method 2: Download Huawei P10 photos to computer from Huawei cloud
Method 3: Sync your photos to computer via Syncios Manager
Method 4: Transfer all photos from Huawei P10 to PC on one click

Method 1: Transfer P10 photos to computer by using USB cable

Step 1: Connect Huawei P10 to your computer via USB cable, and your computer will recognize it and install the driver for Huawei P10 phone automatically.

Step 2: Drag down Notifications panel from the top of your Huawei P10's screen, connect as "Media device(MTP)" or "Camera(PTP)" Mode.

Step 3: Ensure Huawei P10'S drive installed succecefully on your computer, then a window will pop up automatically(Windows 7) as screenshot shows. Select "Import pictures and videos" module.

Step 4: System would scan your device for pictures after clicking on the button, when the process done, import all your pictures to your computer.

Tips: There will be a little differences if you are running Windows 8 or Windows 10 system.

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Method 2: Download Huawei P10 photos to computer from Huawei cloud

Step 1: Connect your Huawei P10 to WiFi, find and tap the "HiCloud" on your Huawei P10's screen, enter your Huawei account and password(you need to sign up at the first time).

Step 2: Select and turn "Cloud Photos" on, your photos will upload to HiCloud automatically.

Step 3: Ensure all your photos have been uploaded to HiCloud successfully, open and log in HiCloud on your computer, select the photos you need to transfer to the computer.

Tips: Huawei provides every customer free cloud storage called HiCloud, almost 176 GB storage available if you don't pay for more. You can go to the Settings to allow your phone upload the photos and pictures to HiCloud automatically if your Huawei P10 connected to WiFi networks.

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Method 3: Sync Huawei P10's photos to computer via free Syncios Manager

Syncios Manager is a free and helpful application, which makes it easy to help you sync all types of files to your computer from your Huawei P10 phone. The best advantage of this approach is that with visual interface, you are able to preview, edit, manage photos on computer, besides, you could choose and transfer certain picture from Huawei P10 to PC. Tips are as follows:

Transfer pictures from Huawei P10 to computer

Step 1: Download and Set up Syncios Manager on your computer, connect your Huawei P10 to it. Any detection problem, check tutorials here.

Step 2: Click on "Photo" under the "My devices" interface.

Step 3: Select photo(s) what you'd like to transfer to your computer.

Step 4: Click on "Export" and choose your backup path.

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Method 4: Transfer all photos from Huawei P10 to PC on one click

The final method could be the easiest and the best way to transfer your P10 photos to computer, since Syncios Data Transfer only takes you ONE CLICK to backup all DCIM photos from your Huawei P10 to computer, finish its job even better than you expected. What's more, it enables you to restore iTunes/iCloud backup files to Huawei P10 as well, including contacts, text messages, music, videos, bookmarks, etc, worth a try!

backup photos from P10 to pc

Step 1: Download and install Syncios Data Transfer on PC, launch it and connect Huawei P10 phone to it with USB cable, enable USB debugging mode.

Step 2: Select "Backup" module from the homepage, connect your device and click "Next".

Step 3: After Syncios loading your data, tick off "Camera roll" and "Photo Library" on the checkbox, then click on "Next", your photos will be transferred quickly to the computer.

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Transfer Photos from Huawei P10/P10 Plus to PC