I believe many of you might wonder how to copy movies from iPhone to PC from time to time. Maybe your iPhone is running out of space, and you’d like to transfer movies from iPhone to computer. For a better movie-watching experience, you might have to do so.

You can copy movies to your computer or an external hard drive to regain space on your iPhone for more applications or photos. However, you might get into the hassle of transferring and moving movies to your computer back and forth. In this article, we will walk you through how to transfer movies from iPhone to PC in an easier way.

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Part 1: Transfer movie from iPhone to computer via iTunes store

As Apple’s online digital media store, iTunes store also offers applications for different purposes such as gaming, news reading or entertainment. For those who have purchased movies from iTunes store, below you will learn how to transfer movies from iPhone to computer via iTunes store itself.

How to transfer movies from iPhone to PC:

Step 1. Open iTunes.

Step 2. Sign in with your Apple ID if you are not signed in yet.

Step 3. At the top of the iTunes window, select “Account” and then “Purchased.” You will see all of your previous purchases from iTunes store such as music, movies, etc.

select Account and then Purchased

Step 4. In the upper left corner of the iTunes window, click on “Movies” to select purchased movies.

Step 5. Click on “Not in My Library” to view your purchased movies that are not seen on your PC.

Click on Not in My Library

Step 6. Search the movie you want to download and click the download icon in the upper right corner of the movie. The download of movies to your library will start right away.

Part 2: Transfer movie from iPhone to computer via iTunes

iTunes has now become more popular because of its functionality and convenience. It is more than just an application that allows users to play music, videos, etc. In addition to being a music player, iTunes is striving to become one of the best movie players by providing amazing viewing experience.

What you’ve purchased or installed for free from the App store or iTunes store on your iPhone will not automatically be transferred to the iTunes library on your PC. Before syncing content to your iPhone, you need to correctly back up all your media and apps, and manually transfer your purchased items.

How to transfer movies from iPhone to PC:

1. Connect your iPhone to your PC and open iTunes.

2. Make sure your iTunes is up to date. Login to your account if you haven’t yet. You can sign in by clicking “Sign In” under “Account” in the menu bar at the top.

3. To give an authorization on your computer to use your account, go to “Account” and then “Authorizations.” Click on “Authorize This Computer.” For each account, you can only authorize up to five computers.

4. Select “Devices” under “File” in the top menu bar.

5. Click on “Transfer Purchases from iPhone.” iTunes will transfer all your purchased movies and other content to the computer.

Click on Transfer Purchases from iPhone

Part 3: How to transfer movies from iPhone to PC with Leawo iTransfer

Leawo iTransfer is a tool that can not only transfer music but also movies from iPhone to computer. Leawo iTransfer is designed to facilitate the process of data transmission between iOS devices and computers. iTransfer works together with iTunes, so you need to install iTunes on your computer.

iTransfer

Leawo iTransfer 

☉ Transfer files among iOS devices, iTunes and PCs with ease.
☉ Transfer up to 14 kinds of data and files without iTunes.
☉ Support the latest iOS devices like iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, etc.
☉ Play back, view, and delete data and files on iOS devices.

Step 1. Download Leawo iTransfer. You should download the latest version also with iTunes so that iTransfer easily recognizes your iOS devices.

Step 2. Select movies in your iPhone or iOS devices. To select movies you want to transfer to your PC from your iPhone or iOS devices, right click the double-arrow transfer icon in the upper right corner of the movie.

Select movies in your iPhone

Step 3. In the pop-up dialogue, select “Save to folder” and identify the location of the folder for your movie to be transferred.

select Save to folder

Step 4. Click the “Transfer Now” button to execute the movie transferal from your iPhone to the computer.

Click the Transfer Now button

Part 4: Transfer videos from iPhone to PC with Windows Explorer

On Windows PC, the easiest way to import videos is through Windows Explorer. Only videos captured by your iPhone or other iOS devices are suitable for transfer on the computer. Videos synced from iTunes cannot be transferred.

How to copy movies from iPhone to PC:

Step 1. Connect your iPhone or other iOS devices to your computer with a USB cable.

Step 2. Go to “Computer” and double click the iPhone icon in the “Portable Devices” section.

Go to Computer

Step 3. Go to folder “Internal Storage” and select folder “DCIM” to access videos on your iPhone.

select folder DCIM

Step 4. You will all your videos from your iPhone, and you can now copy and transfer videos from your iPhone to your computer.

all your videos from your iPhone