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If I place my photos into albums how can I delete them from my photo library?

Posted on Jan 26, 2021 11:02 AM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2021 11:58 AM

You can add photos to an album, but the albums are just referencing the photos I your library. The albums are not holding copies of the photos and you abbot move photos into albums. There is only one copy of a photo in your library, independent of how many albums are using this photo. If you delete a photo from your library, it will be deleted everywhere and vanish from all albums. Why do you want to delete the photos from the library? The photos in the albums do to need ny extra storage.

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Jan 26, 2021 11:58 AM in response to TraceyCliff

You can add photos to an album, but the albums are just referencing the photos I your library. The albums are not holding copies of the photos and you abbot move photos into albums. There is only one copy of a photo in your library, independent of how many albums are using this photo. If you delete a photo from your library, it will be deleted everywhere and vanish from all albums. Why do you want to delete the photos from the library? The photos in the albums do to need ny extra storage.

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