Phone View Photos and Screenshots in Phone Link app on Windows 11 PC


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This tutorial will show you how to view photos and screenshots on your phone in the Phone Link app on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.

With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android phone, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more — all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard.

You can view up to 2000 photos and screenshots you've taken on your linked phone in the Phone Link app on your PC.

The Phone Link app will only show photos that are in the Camera Roll or Screenshots folders on your linked phone. If you moved or saved your photos to a different folder, they will not appear in the Phone Link app.

References:

Setting up photos in the Phone Link - Microsoft Support

How to set up Phone Link to view your photos
support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com

View and manage photos from your Android device on your PC - Microsoft Support

Set up photos in the Phone Link app
support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com

Troubleshooting photos in the Phone Link - Microsoft Support

support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com



Here's How:

1 Open the Phone Link app on your Windows 10/11 PC.

2 Click/tap on Photos on the toolbar. (see screenshots below)

3 You will now see a thumbnail of photos and screenshots from your linked phone.

You can right click on an image to Open, Open with, Copy, Save as, Share, or Delete the image.

You can click/tap on an image to see it larger, and have Copy Text, Open, Open with, Copy, Save as, Share, or Delete available on the toolbar.


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That's it,
Shawn Brink


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Last edited:
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OK, I'm stupid - why can I only see/scroll through 8 photos of the hundreds on my phone?

Edit - Seems it's only the ones in Internal storage/DCIM/Camera
1. Why are there these two sets of photos? What determines where the two are stored?
2. How do i see the ones not under DCIM/Camera?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Mesh
    CPU
    12th Gen Intel Core i3-12100
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime H610M-D D4
    Memory
    16 Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Graphics 730
Tombar said:
OK, I'm stupid - why can I only see/scroll through 8 photos of the hundreds on my phone?

Edit - Seems it's only the ones in Internal storage/DCIM/Camera
1. Why are there these two sets of photos? What determines where the two are stored?
2. How do i see the ones not under DCIM/Camera?
Click to expand...
Hello Tom, :alien:

The Phone Link app will only show photos that are in the Camera Roll or Screenshots folders on your linked phone. If you moved or saved your photos to a different folder, they will not appear in the Phone Link app.

It just depends on where the app(s) on your phone were set to save the images at.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Brink said:
Hello Tom, :alien:

The Phone Link app will only show photos that are in the Camera Roll or Screenshots folders on your linked phone. If you moved or saved your photos to a different folder, they will not appear in the Phone Link app.

It just depends on where the app(s) on your phone were set to save the images at.
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I'e solved it. The stupid Google Pixel 7a, when it copied photos from my Redmi Note 7a, foe some unknown reason, set up two extra folders under Internal Storage/DCIM, so I had IS/DCIM/Camera (with 8 photos) and IS/DCIM/storage-01/Camera and 02/Camera with all the rest. I've moved them all to IS/DCIM/Camera and can access them. Not impressed with Google
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Mesh
    CPU
    12th Gen Intel Core i3-12100
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime H610M-D D4
    Memory
    16 Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Graphics 730
Tombar said:
I'e solved it. The stupid Google Pixel 7a, when it copied photos from my Redmi Note 7a, foe some unknown reason, set up two extra folders under Internal Storage/DCIM, so I had IS/DCIM/Camera (with 8 photos) and IS/DCIM/storage-01/Camera and 02/Camera with all the rest. I've moved them all to IS/DCIM/Camera and can access them. Not impressed with Google
Click to expand...
Great news. :shawn:
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
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