A Guide To Extract Images From Google Docs

 

One of Google docs’ selling points is the ease of collaborating with your team. And as a cloud-based platform, it also eliminates data loss from file corruption—no need to back up your computer constantly.

The downside, however, is the inability to save images directly to your PC. So, while you may crop, adjust, or replace images, you can’t use them outside the document.

Albeit, this article explores five ways to extract images from Google docs that everyone who uses the app should have at their fingertips, and I will show you how to use each method easily. 

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Use Screenshots

To take a screenshot, follow these simple steps.

Screenshot on Windows

  1. To take a screenshot of the image on the document you are working on, click and hold the ‘Windows’ logo + Shift + S. your screen will turn light gray, and a crosshair will pop up. 

Now select right-click and drag the portion you want your image to cover, and the image will be saved on your clipboard automatically.

  1. You can save the image to use later or copy it if you intend to use it immediately. 

 

Screenshot on Mac

If you use Mac, press Shift + Command + 4. A crosshair will appear.

Now, select the portion you want your image to cover, and it will appear on your desktop. You can retrieve all saved files from your file explorer whenever you need them.

Screenshot with Third-part Software

You can download third-party software like Skitch or Greenshot on your computer.

Publish to the web

Publishing to the web is suitable if you’ve got a few images or like to edit them before downloading the images. So let’s you publish a live copy of the document to a Google URL.

The steps,

  1. Open the document you want to use on Google Docs.
  2. Click ‘File’ on the top left-hand corner of the. Then, click ‘Publish to the Web on the drop-down menu.’

  3. A page will pop up. Click the blue ‘Publish’ button.

  4. Click ‘ok” on the next pop-up.

  5. Copy the generated link, paste it on a new tab of your browser, and click the ‘Enter’ button.

  6. If you intend to use the image immediately on your PC, right-click the image and click ‘Save Image As.’
  7. Select the location to save your images and click ‘OK.’

When you extract the images, go back to the document you published and repeat step 2. Finally, click on the ‘Stop Publishing’ button.

Be sure to uncheck the ‘Automatically republish when changes are made’ box. Then, click ‘OK’ on the next pop-up.

Use Image Extractor Add-on

This method is suitable if you need to download specific images but not all in a document.

The steps.

  1. Open the document on Google Docs. Click ‘Add-ons > Get add-ons.

  2. Type ‘Image Extractor’ in the search bar and click enter in the new pop-up.
  3. An Add-0n ‘Images Extractor & Remover will pop up. Click on it.

  4. Click on the blue ‘Install button.

  5. You will see a pop-up asking you to grant permission. Click ‘Continue.’

  6. Choose an account to continue installing.

  7. You will get a privacy notification. Click ‘Allow.’

  8. Finally, your image extractor will be installed automatically. Click “Done” to start using.

  9. Once you’ve installed the add-on, go back to the document. Click ‘Add-ons, hover on ‘Images Extractor & Remover’ then, click ‘Start.’

  10. You have five actionable options that you can perform, so select an action to perform.

  11. To extract images, click and choose the action you want to carry out. The images will be extracted and saved to Google Drive, where you can view them.

Download As Web Page And Extract Images To Folder

This method is suitable for multiple images you want to extract simultaneously.

The steps.

  1. On the document you want to extract images from, click ‘File.’ From the drop-down, hover on ‘Download’ to reveal more options. Finally, click on ‘Web page (.html, zipped) from the list.’

  2. You can find the zipped file at the bottom of your screen. Right-click the file and click on Show in the folder.’     

   

  1. In the ‘Download’ folder, right-click the ‘zipped’ file and click on ‘Extract files’ or ‘Extract Here,’ and all the images in the document will be extracted into a folder automatically.

  2. When you open the new folder, you will see that the images are numbered from image1 to imageX. NOTE: This is not a reflection of how the images appear in your document.

Save The Image To Google Keep

Google Keep is integrated with Google Docs, and it’s straightforward to use. I’ll show you how to extract images in a few steps.

  1. On the document you want to extract images from, right-click on the image you want to extract and click on ‘Save to Keep.’

  2. A sidebar will pop up with the image you just extracted. Right-click the image and click on the ‘Save images as’ option.

  1. Rename the image and choose a file to save it in.

Go to your file explorer whenever you want to use the image. It’s that simple.

Summary 

All the methods are suitable depending on the number of images you want to extract.

Taking screenshots is straightforward and suited for extracting a few images. However, if you need to edit them before use, publishing the image to the web will be helpful.

Images extractor add-ons will take time to install if you don’t have one already. Plus, getting full features might require upgrading to a premium package. 

If your goal is to extract multiple images at once, the ‘Download as a web page’ method is might be your best bet. But bear in mind that it doesn’t arrange the images serially.

Saving images to Google keeps is easy and fast but is suited for fewer image extraction. If you have questions or need advice on other ways to extract images from Google docs, feel free to send me an email, and I will get back to you.