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I have noticed that when I try to organize my image collection, and place images in different albums, they do not move out of my Camera Roll, but they are copied to the album selected. I want to move these photos, not copy them, how is this done?

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Nov 28, 2022 12:00 PM

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Posted on Nov 28, 2022 12:06 PM

It’s not. They are not ‘copied’. Only one copy of each photo exists. The albums contain pointers to the actual photos in your camera roll.

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