Bulk Bing Image Downloader for Search Results
Download pictures from Bing Images in bulk: search Bing inside NeoDownloader and take every picture the results page loads, or paste the link of a search you already have. Each picture comes full size from the site that published it, not as Bing's preview, and keeps the address of the page it was found on.
Images in the screenshot: Katsushika Hokusai, Hokusai School, The Met
Bing Image Scraper Without Code or Extensions
Scripts and extensions
- A script needs Python, a package and a command line
- Often Bing's small preview rather than the picture itself
- The results end where you stopped scrolling
- Nothing records which page a picture came from
- The next time, everything is downloaded again
NeoDownloader
- No code: search on Bing's own page, then one click
- Each picture full size, from the site that published it
- Scrolls the results itself to load more
- Each picture keeps the address of the page it was found on
- The next run downloads only what is new
How to Download Bing Images
For one picture, your browser is enough: open it in the results and right-click “Save image as”. For a whole search, search Bing from inside NeoDownloader:
One-time setup: download NeoDownloader and install it. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. The steps below are what you repeat each time.
Start a New Search
Click “New search” above the list of projects and choose Bing Images. Bing's own image search opens in the NeoDownloader window.
Search and Filter on Bing
Type what you are looking for into Bing's search box and set its filters - size, colour, type, layout, date, licence. NeoDownloader has no search box of its own: the search is Bing's.
Download from This Page
Click “Download from this page” when the results show what you want. NeoDownloader creates the project, names it after your search and starts it at once, with the search and filters you set.
Download Full-Size Images from Bing
Bing Images shows small previews; the picture itself lives on the site that published it. NeoDownloader downloads it from there, at the full size that site serves, rather than Bing's preview.
For large pictures only, set Bing's size filter to Extra large before downloading, or give it the smallest width and height you want.
A picture comes as large as its site publishes it: NeoDownloader does not enlarge anything.
Download Bing Images by Link
Already have the link of a Bing image search - from your browser, or sent to you? Paste it into NeoDownloader:
Copy the Search Address
In your browser, open the Bing image search you want, with its filters set, and copy the address from the address bar.
Paste It into NeoDownloader
Click “New project” - the wizard picks up the copied address by itself - and click “Next”. NeoDownloader recognises Bing Images and selects its Crawler plugin, which has a recipe for this site.
Create the Project
Check the destination folder and click “Create project”. The run starts at once and downloads every picture the search loads.
Which Bing Images Are Free to Use?
Bing Images finds pictures on other people's sites, and their authors decide how the pictures may be used. Bing's licence filter narrows a search to pictures marked as public domain, Creative Commons or free to share and use.
The terms are on the page each picture was found on, and NeoDownloader keeps that page with every picture.
Narrow a Bing Image Search Before Downloading
The search in NeoDownloader is Bing's own, so its operators and filters work as usual:
One Site Only
Add site: and a site's address to search it alone, as in hokusai site:metmuseum.org.
Leave Words Out
Put a minus before a word to drop the results that carry it, as in hokusai -fuji.
Animated GIFs
Set Bing's type filter to Animated GIF. Each GIF is saved as it is, so it keeps its animation.
Wide, Tall or Square
Bing's layout filter keeps pictures of one shape: Wide for a desktop wallpaper, Tall for a phone.
Bing Image Downloader Features
Whole searches, full-size pictures and the page of each one
Every Result the Page Loads
NeoDownloader scrolls the search results itself and takes every picture Bing loads for the search, not only the first screen.
Full Size, Not Thumbnails
Each picture comes from the site that published it, at the size that site serves, rather than as the small preview Bing shows.
Every Picture Knows Its Page
NeoDownloader keeps the address of the page each picture was found on - “Found on” in the file's properties, and “Open on the site” takes you back to it. The title of that page and the picture's size are kept in its properties too.
Only What Is New
Run the project again and NeoDownloader repeats the search and downloads only the pictures it has not saved yet.
Bing Image Downloader FAQ
Is there a free Bing image downloader?
Yes. NeoDownloader is a free desktop program that downloads Bing image search results in bulk, each picture full size from the site that published it. The free version has no time limit; Premium lifts its limits on the number of files per project.
How do I download images from Bing?
For one picture, open it in the results and save it with your browser's “Save image as”. For a whole search, click “New search” in NeoDownloader, choose Bing Images, search as usual and click “Download from this page”: every picture the page loads is saved to a folder on your computer.
Is there a Bing image scraper that needs no code?
Yes. NeoDownloader takes a whole Bing image search without Python, a script or a browser extension: search on Bing's own page in its window and click “Download from this page”. Each picture comes full size from its own site, with the address of the page it was found on.
Can I download full-size images from Bing?
Yes. Bing shows a small preview; the full picture is on the site it came from, and that is the one NeoDownloader downloads. To keep only large pictures, set Bing's size filter to Extra large before downloading.
Can I download Bing images by link?
Yes. Copy the address of a Bing image search from your browser, click “New project” in NeoDownloader and paste it. The run starts once the project is created and downloads every picture the search loads.
How many images can I download from one search?
As many as the results page loads while NeoDownloader scrolls through it. For more, run other searches or change the filters.
Is it legal to download images from Bing?
Bing Images is a search engine: the pictures it shows belong to the people who published them on their own sites. Bing's licence filter finds pictures marked as public domain or Creative Commons. How each picture may be used is said on the page it was found on, and NeoDownloader keeps that page.
Why do some pictures fail to download?
Each picture is downloaded from the site that published it, and that site may have removed it since Bing saw it, or may refuse to hand it over. NeoDownloader carries on with the rest, and running the project again tries the failed ones again.
Can I download images from other search engines too?
Yes. “New search” also offers Google Images and Flickr, and searching there works the same way.
Ready to Download from Bing Image Search?
Search Bing inside NeoDownloader and let it save the results. The free version has no time limit.
Available for Windows, macOS and Linux