Import photos and files from Google Takeout

The Google Takeout importer reads ZIP files from your computer and uploads their contents to dosya. Google Photos albums become folders, and photos can keep the dates and places supplied by Google.

Prepare your export

1. Open Google Takeout and choose Google Photos, Google Drive, or both.
2. Choose .zip for the export format. The dosya import page recommends 50 GB parts to reduce the number of files.
3. Download every part of the export to your computer. Keep the ZIP files intact, including the notes Google includes beside photos.
4. Check that the destination workspace has enough available storage and that you can upload there.

Choose all the parts together. A photo and its date or location notes can be in different parts. The missing-part warning can detect gaps between numbered parts, but it cannot tell whether the final part is missing. Compare the selected files with the complete export you downloaded.

Steps: choose files and start

1. Select the destination workspace, then open Integrations → Google Takeout.
2. Select Choose files, or drop all the ZIP files onto Drop your Takeout files here.
3. Wait for the archives to finish reading. Review Found inside and the Needs storage estimate. Use Add more for a missing archive or Remove file beside an incorrect one.
4. Leave Use the date each photo was taken enabled to import dates and available places from Google’s notes.
5. Leave Store album photos once enabled to omit a matching year-folder copy when that photo is also in an album. Turn it off if you want both copies.
6. Select Into: Google Takeout to choose a parent folder if needed. The importer creates a Google Takeout folder inside that destination.
7. Select Start import and keep the tab open while it runs.

The archive folders are preserved beneath Google Takeout, including Drive folders and album names. Album deduplication applies to matching copies in albums and the Photos from year folders. It does not promise to remove every duplicate across your library or across different albums.

Dates and places

The date option also controls importing locations from Google’s notes. Photos without usable notes can still upload, but a missing or damaged note may leave the original date or place unavailable. The Google Photos note files themselves are not uploaded as separate files.

After importing, open a media preview and check a few photos whose dates and places you know. A successful file upload does not by itself confirm that all metadata was applied.

Pause or continue

Select Pause to stop after transfers already underway finish. Select Continue to resume.

If the tab closes or the import is interrupted, return in the same browser, select the same ZIP files, and choose the same workspace and parent folder. Start the import again to skip files recorded as completed during that interrupted run. Clearing browser data, using another browser, or changing the destination can prevent that progress from being reused.

This resume record is cleared when an import finishes. Selecting a completed export again is a new import, so check the destination before repeating it.

Check the result

At Import finished, review the imported-file count, dates applied and duplicates skipped. If any files failed, select See list to read their names and reasons. Select Open folder to inspect the imported files, or Import more to choose another export.

If an archive is reported as damaged or unfinished, download that part again. If the import stops because of storage, permissions or a lost session, resolve the reported problem before selecting Continue.

Expected result

The Google Takeout destination contains the selected archive contents. The finish screen reports imported files, applied dates, skipped duplicates and any failures to inspect.

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