How to move iPhone photo albums to a Windows PC

Copy whole iPhone albums to a Windows PC as JPEG files, one folder per album, without iCloud or iTunes.

When you connect an iPhone to a Windows PC, you get a long list of files sorted by date — not your albums. And many photos are in HEIC format, which older versions of Windows can't open.

Export albums as a .zip with Photo Sensei

In Photo Sensei, open the ⋮ menu and choose Export album (.zip).
Tick one or more albums, or “Not in any album”.
Tap Export. The app builds a .zip with one folder per album and every photo as a JPEG.
Send it with AirDrop to a Mac, save it to Files or OneDrive, or email it, then open it on the PC.

Exporting never deletes anything from your iPhone. Before deleting photos from the phone, open the .zip on the computer and check that everything is there.

Good to know

Large albums make large files: plan for as much free space as the photos take.
Photos stored only in iCloud are downloaded during the export, which takes longer.