How to Save Pictures From Google Docs on Phone and PC

Typically, when you want to save an image from the web, you right-click on the image and choose the Save Image As option. Unfortunately, Google Docs does not support this. If you right-click an image in Google Docs, the Save Image option is missing. So how do you save images from Google Docs? In this article, we will tell you how to save images from Google Docs on Android, iPhone, iPad, and PC.

Extracting images from a Google Docs document is handy if you want to use the same images in different documents or elsewhere. There are several ways to export images from Google Docs on mobile and desktop.

Let’s start with the desktop, followed by Google Docs mobile apps on Android and iOS.

How to export images from Google Docs to the desktop

There are four ways to export images from Google Docs document to PC.

Method 1: Save to Google Keep

Google Docs and Google Keep are connected in a useful way. With two clicks, you can copy your Keep notes to Google Docs and vice versa. The latter helps us extract images from Google Docs on PC. You will need to save your image to Google Keep using the available feature and then save the image using right click to Keep. This method is one of the easiest and fastest ways to extract a single image from Google Docs on the web.

Here’s how to do it.

Step 1: Open the Google Docs document you want to extract an image from.

2nd step: Right click on the image and select Save to Hold.

Step 3: Keep will open in the right sidebar of Google Docs. Your image will be saved as a note. Now right click on the image in Keep and select Save Image As.

Step 4: Give the image an appropriate name and save it to the desired location on your computer. You can store the image in Keep or delete it after saving it to your computer. Repeat the steps for the other images.

Method 2: download as webpage

If you have multiple images that need to be pulled from Google Docs, the above method can get tedious. So, save your document as a web page on your computer to store all the images there at once.

Here are the steps to save multiple images from Google Docs document to computer:

Step 1: Open the Google Docs document on your PC.

2nd step: Click on the File option and then on Download> Web page.

Step 3: The Save As window opens. Click on Save.

Step 4: Open the folder on your computer where you saved the generated file in step 3. You will find a ZIP folder with the same name as the one you saved in step 3. Extract the contents of the ZIP folder.

Step 5: After the ZIP folder is extracted, open the newly created folder. You will find a folder named images.

Open it and all your images exported from the Google Docs document will be saved in this folder.

Pro tip: If you are familiar with Microsoft Word and master the art of downloading multiple images from Word, you should select Microsoft Word in step 2 i.e. File> Download> Microsoft Word.

Method 3: Using Web Publishing

If you want to upload multiple selected images from Google Docs, you need to use the Publish to Web feature. A link to a document will be generated which you will need to paste into your browser. You can then quickly save images as shown below.

Step 1: Launch the Google Docs document.

2nd step: Click File, then click Publish to Web.

Step 3: Copy the URL under the link header and paste it into a new tab in your browser.

Step 4: Now right click on the images you want to save on your computer. You can also bulk download images from Google Docs document after publishing it using Image Downloader Chrome extension.

Method 4: take a screenshot

If the above methods seem exhausting, you should try the age-old screenshot technique. Once the screenshot is captured, save the image and you will have successfully extracted the image from Google Docs. Learn about different ways to take a screenshot on a Windows computer and how to take a screenshot on Mac using the menu bar. You can also try third-party apps to take screenshots on Windows and Mac.

Pro tip: Find out how to take scrolling screenshots on Windows and Mac.

How to extract images from Google Docs on Android and iOS

As with desktops, Google Docs mobile apps do not support direct downloading of images. Use the following methods to save images from Google Docs on Android and iPhone.

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Unlike Microsoft Word, saving images is prohibited in Google Docs. We hope that our guide will help you to easily download images from Google Docs on mobile and desktop. Do you know of any other ways to extract images? Let us know in the comments below.