How to Transfer Files from iPad to PC

It is quite gratifying that we can easily sync files like Music, Photos, Movies, and iBooks from computer to iPad. Thanks to the new iPad’s retina display, reading, watching movies and showcasing photos on iPad become very delightful. If you want to copy your iPad files to your home computer without iTunes, you will not want to miss this guide.

Below a tutorial will show you a shortcut to transfer files from iPad to Windows PC. Absolutely, before starting the tutorial about how to transfer files from iPad to PC, you need to know the tool we’ll use first.

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The Tool We’ll Use

How do I transfer files from iPad to PC via USB? What is the easiest way to transfer files from iPad to PC? To transfer any kind of files from iPad to PC, you need to choose an efficient iPad to PC file transfer tool. And AnyTrans is the tool that meets all your needs.

• It supports transferring more than 20 kinds of iOS contents from iPad to PC, including Music, Photos, Videos, Text Messages, Movies, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, etc.
• It allows you to restore files onto your iPad from PC/Mac without wiping data.
• It’s compatible with all models of iPads, no matter the old iPad or new iPad Pro/Air/Mini.
• It supports transferring files from the iPad to both Windows 10 and Mac OS (X).

How to Transfer Files from iPad to PC Computer with AnyTrans

Step 1. Install and run AnyTrans on your PC, and then connect your iPad to PC. Waiting for AnyTrans to load your iPad contents. If you want to transfer iPad files to PC quickly, click the Content to Computer shortcut.

Step 2. Select the files you want to transfer from iPad to PC, set the destination on your computer, and then click the right arrow button to start. After it is done, the exported files will be stored in computer.

Step 3. When you finished your files transferring, you will see this page.

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How to Transfer Files from iPad to Windows PC with iTunes

For iOS users, iTunes is also a good way to transfer files from iPad to PC. Here are the steps below.

Step 1. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of iTunes on your computer. Connect your iPad to your computer and run iTunes.

Step 2. Click the iPad icon in iTunes.

Step 3. In the part of Backups, choose Automatically Back up to “This Computer”. Then click “Restore Backup” to start.

When the backing up process has finished, your iPad files are transferred to PC in the form of backup. Your iTunes backup files are in C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup. However, you cannot directly manage the iTunes backup File, so normally we recommend you applying method 1, with ease and no effort.

Transfer Files from iPad to PC without iTunes

After knowing the above two methods, you may have the same question: How do I transfer files from iPad to pc without iTunes? Don’t worry, in this part, you can transfer files from iPad to laptop/PC with iCloud. What you need just an Apple ID, and you can transfer the data you want from the iPad to the computer through iCloud. Please refer to the following steps:

1. Log in to iCloud on the iPad, enter your Apple account and password.
2. Click “Settings” > “iCloud Photo Library”.
3. On the computer, open iCloud.com with a browser and log in with your Apple ID.
4. You will see the file type you want to transfer in iCloud, select one or several items, and download them to your computer.

Transfer Files from iPad to pc without iTunes – Email

If you don’t remember your Apple ID password, you can use email to transfer files like documents and photos from iPad to Windows 10 PC. But due to limitations on the file size of the attachment, you can only send a few photos or documents at once. If you have a lot of files to pass, this will be a hassle：

Step 1. First, please find the file you want to transfer on iPad.

Step 2. Click the Select button > Tap the share icon in the upper left corner > Select Mail in the popup menu.

Step 3. Once you tap the mail icon, you’ll be taken to the Mail app > Enter your email address and click Send.

The Bottom Line

As you can see, it is easy enough to transfer files from iPad to PC. More than anything, AnyTrans supports transferring more than 20 kinds of iOS files and data among iDevices, computer, and iTunes library, even between two different iDevices. No matter what kind of files you want to transfer, no matter where you want to transfer to, iMobie AnyTrans can help you make it easily and quickly! Free Download AnyTrans to Explore More >