[Hidden-tech] * * * Retrieving a photo that I accidentally?? deleted from my phone? * * *

Fred Steinberg fred.steinberg at gmail.com
Sat Nov 11 20:06:40 UTC 2023


It's not at all difficult to delete photos from your Android phone but
leave them in Google Photos in the cloud. While the main "delete" function
will delete both, there's also a "Delete Device Copy" option.

Bard says this, which generally appears correct. (Please verify yourself.)
(For the 2nd part, I found "Free up space" in the Google Photos app under
"Library" --> "Utilities".)


To delete photos from your Android phone but keep them in Google Photos
cloud, you can use the Delete Device Copy option. This will remove the
photos from your phone's storage, but they will still be available in the
Google Photos app and on the web.

Here are the steps on how to delete photos from your Android phone but keep
them in Google Photos cloud:

   1. Open the Google Photos app on your Android phone.
   2. Select the photos that you want to delete from your phone.
   3. Tap the three dots icon in the top right corner of the screen.
   4. Select Delete Device Copy.
   5. Tap Delete to confirm.

The photos will be deleted from your phone's storage, but they will still
be available in the Google Photos app and on the web. You can also use the
Free up space option to delete photos from your phone that have already
been backed up to Google Photos.

Here are the steps on how to use the Free up space option:

   1. Open the Google Photos app on your Android phone.
   2. Tap the Free up space icon at the bottom of the screen.
   3. Tap Free up to confirm.

Google Photos will scan your phone's storage for photos that have already
been backed up and delete them. The photos will still be available in the
Google Photos app and on the web.

On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 2:42 PM Robert Heller via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

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> At Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:22:35 -0500 rich at tnrglobal.com wrote:
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> >
> > yes but - generally deleting an image on the phone deletes it from the
> cloud
>
> True.
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> >
> > I've yet to find a reliable way to delete from the phone without
> > deleting on the cloud,
> > which seems to defeat the purpose of having a cloud backup
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