Windows 10: How do I import pictures to folders by date taken in Windows 11?

This has been a feature of Windows forever but doesn't seem to be available on my new PC. Pictures were all imported under the same folder with today's date. When I look at the details of each individual picture, the dates and times are there. How can I correct this so my pictures import to folders based on dates taken? Thank you!

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Photo import not saving in folders by month of date taken

Hi, I’m Nicole, I’ll be happy to help you out today.

If Photos is not sorting your imported photos into Year/Month folders based on the Date Taken attribute, you can try the following steps:

Open the Photos app on your computer.

Click on the "Settings" gear icon in the top right corner of the app.

Scroll down to the "Import" section and click on the "Advanced" link.

In the "Import Settings" dialog box, make sure that the "Group photos by time" option is selected.

Choose the "By month" or "By year" option from the drop-down menu.

Click on the "OK" button to save your changes.

Now, when you import your photos using the Photos app, they should be sorted into Year/Month folders based on the Date Taken attribute. If this does not work, you can try importing your photos using a different app or manually creating Year/Month folders in the Pictures folder and then dragging and dropping the photos into the appropriate folders

Additional

You can try the following steps to import your photos to the Pictures folder based on the date taken attribute:

Connect your memory card to your computer and open the Photos app.

Click on the Import button located at the top right corner of the app.

Select the memory card from the list of devices and folders that appear.

In the Import settings, select the option "Sort into folders by date" under the "Import to" section.

Click on the Import All button to start the import process.

This should create folders in the Pictures folder based on the date taken attribute of your photos. If this doesn't work, you can also try importing your photos using the File Explorer. Here's how:

Connect your memory card to your computer and open File Explorer.

Navigate to the folder containing your photos on the memory card.

Select all the photos you want to import and right-click on them.

Click on the "Copy" option from the context menu.

Navigate to the Pictures folder on your computer and right-click on an empty area within the folder.

Click on the "Paste" option from the context menu.

Windows should automatically create folders within the Pictures folder based on the date taken attribute of your photos.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Photo import not saving in folders by month of date taken

Sorry but...

Scroll down to the "Import" section and click on the "Advanced" link.

There is no "Import" section under settings therefore no Advanced

And...

Select the memory card from the list of devices and folders that appear.

There is no list of devices. It immediately starts searching for and indexing the memory card

Finally...

Windows should automatically create folders within the Pictures folder based on the date taken attribute of your photos.

It doesn't, it just dumps them all into the root of Pictures

For info:

Microsoft Photos 2022.30120.12007.0

© 2020 Microsoft Corporation

 

importing photos from iphone not showing in folders by date taken

Dear stclayton1, actually your suggestion to use "Photo Gallery" worked for me.
A few stumbling blocks have to be addressed.
FYI, I am using the latest Win10-Update, 10.0.19042.

1. You need to install "Windows Live Essentials 2012," (yes, right in 2021!), which contains "Photo Gallery".
No need to install the other components.
You can get it a.o. from:
Windows Photo Gallery

2. Photo Gallery may not open if you try to open the program the regular way (Start - Recently added).
Actually, it does open when you right click on any picture on your computer (Open with ...).

3. Within Photo Gallery, the steps to follow are:
a- select the device (e.g. your SD card): you get the "Import Photos and Videos" screen

b- FIRST click on "More options" and select at "Folder name" select "Date Taken + name"
This step is critical and has to be repeated every time you import because the default is "Name".

Click OK: you revert to the previous screen
c- Select "Review ...." - this will allow you to select which pictures to import
Click Next

d- You see all your pictures neatly sorted in a folder by date - oeffff!
Select the dates you want to import = done, you have dated folders on your computer as well!

So, as long as this old-timer works, there is a solution; please check and let me know whether this works for you!