[4 Ways] How to Access iPhone Photos on PC

Can I access iPhone photos on PC without iTunes?

Of course you can! You buy iPhone for some reason because of its advanced camera. Indeed, iPhone makes it convenient to take high-quality photos. And there may be thousands of photos on your iPhone.

You may wonder how to access iPhone photos on PC so that you can browse and edit them on a bigger screen or backup iPhone photos on PC and delete the unwanted photos from iPhone to free up storage space. There are four simple and quick ways available for you to view iPhone photos on PC.

Way 1. How to access iPhone photos on PC via AOMEI FoneBackup

As for editing or backing up iPhone photos on PC, you can let AOMEI FoneBackup, one of the best iPhone to PC data transfer software, help you. You can be free to transfer not only iPhone photos, but also music, videos, etc. from iPhone to computer and vice versa.

What AOMEI FoneBackup can provide you:
☛ Preview and selective transfer process. Before the transfer process, it allows you to view all photos on iPhone, no matter whether they are saved in the Camera Roll or any other albums. You can choose to transfer the wanted photos as you like.
☛ Fast transfer speed. With a stable USB connection between iPhone and computer, it just takes 3 seconds to transfer 100 photos.
☛ No data loss. You won’t lose anything during the process. AOMEI FoneBackup won’t compress your photos, either.

Click the icon below to download and install AOMEI FoneBackup to your computer, and enjoy its transfer and more functions.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB > Launch AOMEI FoneBackup, and click Phone Transfer on its homepage. Go to iPhone to PC and click Get Started.

Step 2. Check the Photos icon and uncheck the others > All your iPhone photos are listed in different albums. You can choose the wanted photos to transfer to computer > Click OK to confirm.

Step 3. You’re free to choose the destination to save these photos. All local folders, USB, NAS, and so on are allowed > Click Start Transfer to start the task.

To better manage your Photos app, AOMEI FoneBackup helps you automatically filter duplicate and similar photos from iPhone, saving you much time to delete duplicate photos on iPhone.

Way 2. How to access iPhone photos on PC using Windows Explorer

You may think of relying on the built-in Windows Explorer on Windows computers and laptops because without downloading any software on your computer, just connect your iPhone to computer, and you can get access to iPhone photos.  

Please note that this method works only when your Windows PC is running Win 7 and older. Here are the steps on how to access iPhone photos on PC Windows 10.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with a compatible USB cable > Tap Trust This Computer on your iPhone.

Step 2. Open My Computer > Locate and choose your iPhone > Find the folder named DCIM.

From here, you can access all your iPhone photos. If necessary, you can drag and drop the wanted photos to any local folders on your computer so that you can browse them on PC whenever you want.

Way 3. How to access iPhone photos on PC by Windows Photos

If you’re using Win 10 and later, the default Photos app can give you a hand. Besides accessing iPhone photos on PC, you can do some simple editions to iPhone photos with it. Follow the steps below to try how to access iphone photos on pc without iCloud.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB > Go to the Start Menu > Swipe down to locate Photos.

Step 2. Click Photos to open the program > Click Import icon from its upper-right corner.

Step 3. Choose From a USB device to pick iPhone photos as you like > Click Import Selected to transfer iPhone photos to PC.

Way 4. How to access iPhone photos on PC with iCloud client

If you enable iCloud Photos function on your iPhone, you can make use of its client to download iCloud photos to your computer.

Just in case, please go to the Settings app on your iPhone > Photos > to make sure you’ve enabled iCloud Photos. Then follow the steps to import iPhone photos to PC.

Step 1. Download and install iCloud for Windows on your computer > Sign in with your Apple ID and password.

Step 2. Go to iCloud > Check the Photos icon > Click Options behind the photos icon.

Step 3. Once the Photos Options is opened, you can specify the storage location to save your photos > Click Done to continue.

Step 4. Go to the Windows File Explorer > Click the iCloud Photos icon > Click Download to get your iPhone photos.

You may need to seek other ways to access all iPhone photos on PC without iCloud if you have no enough space in iCloud to save all your iPhone photos.

Conclusion

That’s all for the four ways on how to access iPhone photos on PC. Depending on the operating system your computer using, you can utilize built-in Explorer or the Photos app. You can also download AOMEI FoneBackup or iCloud for Windows to help you out.