Google Photos has some basic editing tools which will allow you to convert a color photo to black and white, and it’s simple and easy to use for when you don’t want to spend a lot of time with Photoshop.
Upload the picture you want to edit into Google Photos on your computer.
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Original |
Then open the photo by clicking on it. In the upper right, the second icon, a pencil, is the Editing icon.
Google Photos has pre-selected color filter options for you to work from. Several are already in Black and White, like Vista, Vogue, and Eiffel.
Also, again in the upper right, are 3 icons.

The last icon allows you to crop and rotate to suit.

The first is color filters

The middle icon

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B&W |
By the way, there's Done and there's Save A Copy. "Done" will overwrite the original, although you can go back in and undo the edits. You'll likely want to Save A Copy, leaving the original alone.
And that's not all.
Instead of choosing a pre-set B&W color filter, you can work directly from the color image.
Select one of the Color Filters, leaving color in. Then edit using the slide bars

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Bleached |
Save a copy for later download.
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