How to Save Pictures Onto Your PC

Open an Internet browser., Navigate to the picture you want to download., Click the photo you wish to save., Right-click the enlarged photo., Click Save image as., Enter a name for your image., Select a save location., Click Save.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Open an Internet browser.

    You can type search queries into an Internet browser's URL bar, which is the field at the top of the browser's window.
  2. Step 2: Navigate to the picture you want to download.

    For example, if you want an image of a forest, you might type "pine trees" or something similarly related into your browser.

    While searching, you can narrow your results to include only pictures by clicking the Images tab near your browser's search bar after entering a search term. , Clicking the photo will enlarge it. , This will invoke a drop-down menu.

    If you're using a trackpad instead of a mouse, use two fingers to click the photo. , It's toward the middle of the drop-down menu.

    On some web browsers, this option may just say Save image or Save. , You'll do this in the "File name" field. , You can do so from the left-hand pane of the "Save as" window by clicking a folder (e.g., "Desktop").

    Your picture will appear in the selected save location once it finishes downloading. , It's at the bottom of the window.

    Doing so will prompt your picture to begin downloading to your selected save location.
  3. Step 3: Click the photo you wish to save.

  4. Step 4: Right-click the enlarged photo.

  5. Step 5: Click Save image as.

  6. Step 6: Enter a name for your image.

  7. Step 7: Select a save location.

  8. Step 8: Click Save.

Detailed Guide

You can type search queries into an Internet browser's URL bar, which is the field at the top of the browser's window.

For example, if you want an image of a forest, you might type "pine trees" or something similarly related into your browser.

While searching, you can narrow your results to include only pictures by clicking the Images tab near your browser's search bar after entering a search term. , Clicking the photo will enlarge it. , This will invoke a drop-down menu.

If you're using a trackpad instead of a mouse, use two fingers to click the photo. , It's toward the middle of the drop-down menu.

On some web browsers, this option may just say Save image or Save. , You'll do this in the "File name" field. , You can do so from the left-hand pane of the "Save as" window by clicking a folder (e.g., "Desktop").

Your picture will appear in the selected save location once it finishes downloading. , It's at the bottom of the window.

Doing so will prompt your picture to begin downloading to your selected save location.

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