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Send videos from Android to PC

Send videos up to 1 GB from your Android to your PC without compression. No app or account.

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Clipboard

Press ⌘V / Ctrl+V anywhere

Clips are visible to devices on your Wi-Fi for 30 minutes. Avoid sending passwords.

On your network

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Looking for files…

A USB cable works if you have the right one and remember to switch the phone to File transfer mode. Wireless options need an app set up on both sides. Videos are the hard part: a minute of 4K phone video is a few hundred megabytes, far over email limits, and chat apps compress it.

The quick way, with fdrop

  1. 1

    Open fdrop.cc on the Android

    Open fdrop.cc in Chrome, tap the drop area and pick the videos from your gallery.

  2. 2

    Open fdrop.cc on the PC

    On the same Wi-Fi, the videos appear under “On your network” automatically. Anywhere else, send yourself the link fdrop gives you.

  3. 3

    Download

    Downloads go to your Downloads folder.

fdrop “On your network” list on a Windows PC showing a photo, a video and a PDF sent from an Android phone
What the PC sees: everything sent from the Android on the same Wi-Fi, ready to download.

Other ways, and their catch

USB cable in File transfer mode

Connect the phone, pull down the notification shade, tap the USB notice and choose File transfer. The phone shows up in File Explorer, with photos in DCIM/Camera.

Good: Fast, full quality, works for any file. Catch: Needs a data cable (many charging cables aren’t), and the USB mode resets every time you plug in.

Quick Share

Install Google’s Quick Share app for Windows, sign in, then share from the phone (Share → Quick Share) or right-click a file on the PC and choose Send with Quick Share.

Good: Wireless and full quality. Catch: Android and Windows only, and the PC needs Bluetooth and the app installed.

Google Photos

Back up the videos with Google Photos on the Android, then open the app or photos.google.com on the PC.

Good: Works across any platforms. Catch: Uploads everything first, needs your Google account on both, and Storage saver backups are compressed.

Bluetooth

Pair the phone with the PC, choose Send or receive files via Bluetooth → Receive files on Windows, then share from the phone via Bluetooth.

Good: No internet needed. Catch: Painfully slow for video.

WhatsApp or Telegram to yourself

Send it to your own chat (Message yourself in WhatsApp, Saved Messages in Telegram) and open WhatsApp or Telegram on the PC.

Good: You probably have the app already. Catch: WhatsApp compresses photos and videos unless you send them as a Document or pick HD, and it fills your chat history.

Email it to yourself

Attach it (or paste it) in an email to yourself and open the email on the PC.

Good: Works on every device. Catch: Gmail attachments stop at 25 MB and Outlook.com at 20 MB, so most videos won’t fit.

Good to know

Questions

How do I send videos from Android to PC without a cable?

Open fdrop.cc on both devices, pick the videos on the Android and download them on the PC. No app or account needed. Of the built-in options, USB cable in File transfer mode is the closest, with the trade-offs listed above.

Will the videos lose quality?

No. fdrop doesn’t compress, resize or re-encode anything. The receiver gets the same file you uploaded.

Do the Android and PC need to be on the same Wi-Fi?

Only for the automatic “On your network” list. If the PC is somewhere else or on mobile data, copy the link fdrop gives you and open it there.

Do I need to install an app?

No. fdrop runs in Chrome on the Android and Edge or Chrome on the PC. Nothing to install and no account.

How long do the files stay online?

2 hours by default. Pick 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days or 30 days before uploading, or delete them yourself at any time from the device you uploaded on.

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