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Downloading content from Flickr

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You can download your Flickr content and content from other members (when permissions allow) using a variety of methods.

Download a single item

Web browser

Flickr app

Photo

  1. While on the photo page, select the Download icon.
  2. Select the desired size & the photo will automatically download.


 

Video

  1. While on the photo page select the Download icon.
  2. Next steps will depend on your web browser. You will either need to select the 3-dot icon then Download, or right-click on the video and select Download/ Save. 
  1. Tap the image or video you want to save to open it.
  2. Tap the Share icon. 
  3. Tap Share | tap the desired application you wish to save it to.
     

OR, 

  1. Tap the image or video you want to save to open it.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu.
  3. Tap Download.

Notes: 

  • Free accounts cannot offer downloads of original or large-size photos (larger than 1024px), regardless of the permission setting.
  • Pro accounts can allow full-size and original downloads for their own content, as long as permissions are enabled.
  • Videos uploaded by free accounts are not available for download via this method.
  • When downloading a video that a Pro member has uploaded, the largest file size will be 1080p 30fps. Only the owner of the video will be able to download the original file size.

Web only actions

Download multiple items from your account

  1. Hover over You | select Camera Roll.
  2. Select the items you’d like to download (maximum 500 items).
  3. Select Download | select Create .zip file.
  4. Once your .zip files are created, you will receive notifications to both your FlickrMail and the email address associated with your Flickr account containing links to download your files.

Notes: 

  • Free accounts are limited to downloading images at a maximum size of 1024px when using bulk download options.
  • Videos are excluded from all bulk downloads, regardless of account type.

Download Albums

From your account
  1. Hover over You | select Albums.
  2. Select the album you’d like to download.
  3. Select the Download icon that appears on the album thumbnail, or when you open the album.
  4. Select Create .zip file (500 photo limit also applies to albums).
  5. Once your .zip file has been created, you will receive notifications to both your FlickrMail and the email address associated with your Flickr account containing a link to download your files.

From another Flickr member's account
  1. Head to the Albums tab.
  2. Hover over the desired album | select the Download icon.
    Or, select the album | select the Download icon.

 

Download all your Flickr Data 

This method is always available for Free and Pro users.

Compiling your Flickr Data can take anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks depending on the amount of content in your account. 

  1. Select your profile photo | select Settings.
  2. Under Your Flickr Data, select Request My Flickr Data.
  3. Once your .zip files are created, you will receive a notification to the email address associated with your Flickr account to let you know that your downloadable links are waiting for you in your account settings under Your Flickr Data.

Notes:

  • Keep in mind that links to the requested data are time sensitive and will expire, so check your emails regularly to see if your files are available for download. 
  • If your files have already expired, you can request the data again as long as it hasn’t been deleted from your Flickr account. 

The files will have the same EXIF data they had when originally updated. Any details added to your photos after upload will be compiled in a separate JSON file. 

 

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