[3 Ways] How to Backup iPhone Videos to PC

To keep iPhone videos safe, you may want to backup iPhone videos to PC. Just read this guide to know how to backup videos from iPhone to PC.

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By Demi / Updated on May 25, 2023

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How to backup only videos from iPhone to PC?

I want to ask if someone has any idea about how to backup only videos from iPhone to PC. I have at least 20GB of videos on my iPhone, and I want to save them to my hard drive on computer. Is it possible to do so? Thanks.

- Question from Apple Community

You may find it far more complicated to backup only a single type of data inside iPhone than to backup iPhone to iCloud/iTunes. Indeed, iCloud and iTunes can only create full iPhone backup for you. Then, here comes to this question - How can you backup wanted types of data on iPhone, like backing up iPhone videos to PC?

Transfer Videos To PC

In this guide, you will be given three effective methods to backup iPhone videos to PC, which helps you keep iPhone videos safe and free up limited storage space on iPhone.

Best way to backup iPhone videos to PC via FoneTool

To backup videos from iPhone to PC, the most direct and quick way is to rely on professional data backup software for iOS, and FoneTool must be one of the best.

FoneTool

▶ Preview and select the wanted videos you want to backup to PC.
▶ Support for backing up iPhone videos to hard drive on PC, as well as external hard drives, USB, NAS, CDs, etc. 
▶ Quickly backup data with one-click. The simple interface makes it easy to handle, and the backup process can finish in seconds.
▶ Keep each backup individually. Every time you backup iPhone to PC with FoneTool, your backup files will be saved individually.
▶ Compatible with iPhone 4 to iPhone 14, Windows 7/8/10/11 and Windows Server.

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Free download FoneTool on your computer, and keep reading to know how to backup videos from iPhone to PC in three simple steps.

Step 1. Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer > Click Phone Backup on its homepage > Choose Selective Backup and click Get Started.

Custom Backup

Step 2. Click the Videos icon to preview and select the wanted videos you’d like to backup > Then, click OK to confirm. If you wonder how to backup photos and videos from iPhone to computer at a time, just click Photos icon, too!

select photos videos

Step 3. Choose a storage path as you like > Click Start Backup to begin the task.

Click Start Backup

Anytime when you want to browse, restore or deleted the videos you backed up, just open the software, you can locate your backup files in the Backup Management screen.

Restore To Device

Backup iPhone videos to PC with Windows Photos

If you are using Windows 10 or Windows 8/8.1, you can try the built-in photos management tool - Photos app to access iPhone videos, and save the wanted iPhone videos to somewhere safe on your computer. Here are the detailed steps.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer and run the Photos app.

Step 2. Click Import > Select From A USB Device > Click Import Settings to change the destination as you like > Decide whether to deleted the videos from your iPhone after importing them to PC > Click Done to confirm.

Step 3. Check the videos you want to backup to PC > Finally, click Import Selected.

Import Selected

Backup iPhone videos to PC with iCloud.com

Although iCloud backup includes almost everything on your iPhone (all videos should also be included), it makes videos in iCloud available on your computer, so that you can rely on it to backup iPhone videos to PC.

Step 1. On your iPhone, go to Settings app > Tap [your name] > Select iCloud > Photos > Toggle on iCloud Photos if it is disabled. You may wait for all your iPhone photos and videos for minutes or hours to be uploaded.

Turn On iCloud Photos

Step 2. Go to iCloud.com on your computer > Sign in with your Apple ID and password > Choose Photos on the iCloud page.

iCloud Site

Step 3. Choose the videos you’d like to backup to computer > Click Download button on the top of the page > Tap Download to save them to your computer.

Download From iCloud Windows

When it is finished, you can locate these videos and move them to somewhere you want on your computer.

Conclusion

That’s all for the three ways to backup iPhone videos to PC. To some degree, you can safely save iPhone videos to PC with the help of iCloud or built-in Photos app. If you want a more reliable way to backup iPhone videos to PC, it is highly suggested FoneTool. If this guide helps you, please share it with others.