# Transfer many large files from Android

DevFeed: [Transfer many large files from Android](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/transfer-many-large-files-from-android-28702.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2022/12/17/pull-files-android/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2022-12-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [adb](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/adb.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>)

Tags: [adb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adb.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [backup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backup.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [disk-space](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/disk-space.md>), [dry-run](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dry-run.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [large-files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/large-files.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on using ADB to transfer many large files from an Android phone when Android File Transfer is unreliable or disk space is limited. It explains pulling files in batches and safely deleting only files that were synchronized.

## Source excerpt

Trying to get a large number of files from your Android phone, but Android File Transfer freezing up? Here's what I learned trying to pull ~170 Gb from my Pixel phone.