How to Transfer Photos from One OneDrive to Another Quickly?

So you don’t know how to transfer photos from one OneDrive account to another, and it is giving you a lot of trouble. Perhaps your primary account is nearing its full capacity, and you neither want to delete your precious memory nor want to buy more cloud storage.

Don’t worry, there is a way to move photos between OneDrive accounts, and I will teach it to you. Let me first list all the reasons why users come up with this request.

Why Do People Transfer Photos from One OneDrive to Another?

Storage management is the primary reason. The OneDrive account isn’t just a space for photos but also a storage for all email attachments. Now, if your OneDrive gets full, your Outlook will stop processing emails even if its own 15 GB mailbox has enough leftover space.

Also Read: How to Move Photos from OneDrive to Google Drive

Not wanting to get stuck with a never-ending cloud storage subscription can cause people to make a new OneDrive account and keep their old images there. This is especially true for those who don’t want to delete the pictures.

Sharing digital photographs with loved ones is another reason why people search for how to move photos from OneDrive to another.

No matter what your intention is, the methods I am about to describe will help you out.

How to Share a Single Photo from One OneDrive to Another on a Browser?

• Step 1. On your default browser, visit https://onedrive.live.com/login.
• Step 2. Type your credentials and log in.
• Step 3. Then, use the toggle at the top left corner and switch to the OneDrive Photos tab.
• Step 4. Hover over any image and click on the Share (an arrow emerging from a box) icon.
• Step 5. In the Share “Image Name” window, type the name of another OneDrive account with whom
• you wish to share this image.
• Step 6. Select whether the recipient OneDrive account can ‘edit’ or just ‘view’ the file.
• Step 7. (Optional) Add a custom message to accompany the photo you are sharing to provide more context. This is helpful if the recipient isn’t aware of your intention to share pictures with them.
• Step 8. All that’s left is to hit the Send button. Once you do that, the box will change to display the text “Link shared with [Profile Icon]. Anyone with the link can edit.”

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This is how to transfer photos from one OneDrive to another without transferring ownership. On the recipient side, they should see the photos under the Shared tab of the OneDrive portal.

How to Share Multiple Photos from One OneDrive Account to Another​?

You don’t have to limit your sharing to one photo. Let’s see the ways to send multiple images:

• Step 1. Log in to OneDrive > Switch OneDrive Photos tab.
• Step 2. There, you should see all of the images that you have kept in this OneDrive account.
• Step 3. Hover over any image and click on the radio button at the top right corner to select it.
• Step 4. When you select one image, the rest of them also start to display the radio button. So select as many photos as you want.
• Step 5. Then click on Share.
• Step 6. In the Share window, enter the name of the recipient OneDrive account and choose the ‘edit’ or ‘view’ permission level.
• Step 7. Finally, hit Send.

An alternative is to create an album of images and share the album instead of individual messages. Now, anytime you add or remove an image from the album, the same will happen for the recipient.

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Moreover, unlike regular photo sharing, the Albums will appear directly inside the recipient’s Photos tab.

Sharing is a great way to send images between two OneDrive accounts. However, it is not a true transfer, as the sender retains full control over the photos. Moreover, if saving storage space is the main goal, then sharing does not help you achieve that. Instead, what you can try is the download and upload option.

Download and Upload to Move Photos from One OneDrive Account to Another

This is how I transfer photos from one OneDrive to another one my free accounts.

• Step 1. Log in to OneDrive.
• Step 2. Select a bunch of photos.
• Step 3. Click the Download button in the bottom toolbar.
• Step 4. Wait for the download to finish; you will receive a zip file.
• Step 5. Send this zip over to the recipient via email or any other means.
• Step 6. The recipient will have to unzip the attachment and place the images in a regular folder.
• Step 7. Then, open their own OneDrive Photos and select all the unzipped images and drop them in the OneDrive account. Soon, all the images will be uploaded to the recipient’s Photos.

Now it’s safe to clear/remove the images from the original account. Moreover, this isn’t the only way; you could use Outlook as your OneDrive image transporter. Let me teach you how.

Use Outlook to Transfer Photos from One OneDrive to Another

• Step 1. Log in to Outlook
• Step 2. Draft a new email
• Step 3. Click on Attach File, then OneDrive.
• Step 4. Browse your source OneDrive image collection and select all those you want to transfer.
• Step 5. Toggle the Share link arrow and choose the Attach option instead.
• Step 6. Wait for the photos to upload to your email draft, add the recipient’s email address and a suitable subject, then press send.
• Step 7. As the Outlook attachment limit is 25 MB, repeat till you send all the images.
• Step 8. Now, on the recipient side, open the mail.
• Step 9. There, you should see an option to add all attachments to OneDrive; use it.
• Step 10. Repeat for every email you receive.

Sometimes you get an error. If it happens, click on the error message; it opens the image, then use the dedicated button to add the photo to OneDrive.

This covers how personal OneDrive users can shift photos. If you are an admin and wish to move photos between your organization’s users, then I have an excellent utility for you.

How to Transfer Photos from One OneDrive to Another in Professional Scenarios

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Conclusion

Here I explained how to transfer photos from one OneDrive to another. Personal users can make use of OneDrive, the internal sharing option, so that the data is visible to the recipient. Moreover, the download and upload method is also suitable when the number of photos is small. For organizations seeking a bulk transfer, the tool offers the best speed and security.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. With how many people can I share photos in OneDrive?
For personal accounts, there is no fixed limit; you can add as many people as you want in the sharing dialog, and a link to access the photo will be sent to them.
Business and enterprise users who want to transfer photos from one OneDrive to another may face restrictions set by the admin. This is to prevent accidental data leakage.

Q. Is there a way to transfer ownership of photos between OneDrive accounts, like what we see in Google Drive?
No, OneDrive (even in its paid version) does not allow users to transfer ownership of items, which include photos.

Q. I sent the zipped OneDrive images to the recipient a bunch of times, but they are unable to receive the mail. What’s wrong?
The recipient may have a filter/rule that forwards/redirects all messages to some other account. Moreover, if the option to not leave a copy in my mailbox is checked, the recipient won’t even know that this redirection is taking place. Ask them to revisit the Outlook rules settings/forwarding mechanism to end it.

Q. I am trying to drag and drop the photos from the zip into OneDrive, but I see an error: “Items weren’t uploaded.” How to fix this?
It happens because you are trying to directly deposit the zipped photos. OneDrive can’t process these and thinks those images don’t have any data in them. So the best practice and the only option that I have found to work is to unzip the contents on your local computer first. Keep the photos in a regular folder. Select all the photos from the regular folder, then drag and drop these folders into OneDrive.