How to Download Photos from the KinderCare App

If your child goes to KinderCare, the app has quietly filled up with photos and videos of their days, meals, naps, paint-covered hands, the lot. At some point you'll want to keep them properly, and that's where most parents hit the wall: the KinderCare app lets you save photos one at a time, which is a long evening of tapping when there are hundreds.

It helps to know what the app actually is. The KinderCare app runs on the Lillio platform (formerly HiMama). KinderCare is the branding, Lillio is the engine underneath. So if you've read that Lillio downloads are one-at-a-time, that's why KinderCare works the same way.

Why it's worth doing sooner rather than later

The photos live on the childcare provider's system, not yours, and your full access is tied to your child being enrolled. When they move up or move on, your account is usually downgraded, and the photos get much harder to reach. There's no guarantee the centre keeps a copy for you. So the safest time to save everything is while you still have full access.

Download every KinderCare photo in one click

NurseryDownloader is a Chrome extension that saves them all, full quality, sorted into folders, in a single click.

1. Install it. Open Chrome or Edge on a laptop or desktop (it doesn't run on phones), and add NurseryDownloader from the Chrome Web Store.
2. Sign in to KinderCare. Go to classroom.kindercare.com and log in with your parent account, then open your child's photos.
3. Click download. The panel appears top-right, click Download all photos and videos. Everything saves at full quality, into a folder per child and month-by-month sub-folders, with date-first filenames.

What you get

• The originals, not screenshots, full-quality photos and videos, the same files the app holds.
• Tidied by date, a folder per child, then by month. Prefer one big folder? There's a toggle.
• Older photos too, it loads the archive, not just recent posts.
• Your photos stay private: they go straight from the app to your computer, never through our servers, and it never asks for your password because it works in the browser where you're already signed in.

Your first 20 downloads are free, so you can check the quality before you buy a licence.

Related

• The full walkthrough: How to download all your KinderCare photos
• Does KinderCare delete your photos when your child leaves?
• Same app, other name: How to download your Lillio (formerly HiMama) photos
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