Adobe Lightroom Downloader app

Last updated on 28 April 2023 | Also applies to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic

Learn how to download all your synced Lightroom photos and videos to your computer.

About the Adobe Lightroom Downloader app

The Adobe Lightroom Downloader app helps you download all your synced Lightroom photos to a destination on your computer's hard-drive.

Note:

The app downloads all your Lightroom photos and videos from the cloud as original files and writes them into a date-based folder hierarchy at the hard-drive location that you specify.
The edits made to the raw images are written into the XMP sidecar files that accompany the downloaded raw files.
For the photos originally uploaded from Lightroom Classic that only have a Smart Preview synced to the cloud, the app downloads DNG Smart Previews only for such photos.

Supported operating systems

macOS v10.13 or higher
Windows 10 or higher

Note:

Update: Recent issues with the Lightroom Downloader on Windows are fixed.

With these updates, some users may experience issues with logging in via Google. If you do, try these steps:

Quit the Lightroom Downloader and sign in to Google on your default browser. Relaunch the Downloader and try again.
If that fails, click Try Again on the Couldn’t Sign In warning page. If you previously tried logging in with your email, log in this time using your phone number instead. If you previously tried logging in with your phone number, log in this time using your email.
If both of those options fail, use the Adobe sign-in option. If you don't know your Adobe password, go to the Account page, sign in with your Adobe ID, select Reset Your Password and follow the steps to set it. You can verify that your Google and Adobe accounts are connected on that page. Then, relaunch the downloader and sign in with your Adobe ID and new password.

Steps to install the app and download your Lightroom photos

Download and install the app.

Go to https://lightroom.adobe.com/lightroom-downloader

In the Lightroom Downloader web page that opens in your browser, choose your operating system to begin downloading the setup file.

Windows

To install the app:
1. After downloading the LightroomDownloader.zip file, extract the contents using the default operating system utility or a third-party software such as WinZip or PKZIP.
2. Double-click the Set-up.exe file to launch the setup.
macOS

Double-click the LightroomDownloader.dmg file to mount/install it.
Launch the app and choose to begin.

After the installation is complete, launch the Lightroom Downloader app.

On the start screen, click Begin.

Begin downloading your Lightroom photos
Sign in to your Lightroom account.

Sign in with your Adobe ID, Facebook, or Google account.

Sign in

Wait for the analysis of library.

Once you sign in, the app begins analyzing library and finding your photos.

The blue bar displays the progress.

Analyzing library
Choose a destination folder.

Click the Choose a Folder button.

In the dialog box that appears, choose a destination on your hard-drive where you want to download the photos.

Ensure that you have sufficient disk space to download your Lightroom library content.

Choose a destination folder
Start download.

After you've chosen a download destination that has enough free space, click Start Download.

Start Download

Wait for completion.

The app now begins downloading your photos.

The blue bar indicates the Overall Progress percentage. The Currently Downloading section displays the name and extension of the image files and its download progress.

At the bottom of the screen, you also have the option to pause and resume the download activity.
View the output folder.

Once the app completes downloading your photos, click the Open Folder button at the bottom to view the downloaded files on your computer.