@jesomo / anyone

I'm sorry if this is a dumbass question but I need some help with this:

I have to do everything on phone so I'm running low on space

Wanted to delete some pictures to free some space up but not lose them

Backed the photos up (got the little cloud symbol on em now)

But when I try to delete them now I get a warning about them being removed from my Google account entirely

What did I do wrong and/or what do I need to change so I can back these photos up and delete them without losing them?

Go to "Files" to delete your Internal Media instead of "Google Photos"

Find the Files and navigate through DCAM or whatever they may be and select all to delete (tedious if you want to keep some cause you'll have to manually find each and every one)

OR

Plug to computer, navigate the folder and keep the pics in your computer

Never delete from Google Photos unless you're absolutely sure that photo is unneeded

On iOS it's even more complicated, you got it easier

@Vox Find the s*** here so you don't lose your photos forever

Thank you so much for the help:

(Posting this so people can see the symbol on my photos after backing them up that I was talking about)

(This so people can see what message I was getting when I tried to delete straight up)

Went through files like you said

Different messaging so I thought I was good

But when I go to empty my trash I get this and even though the messaging is slightly different, this makes me think the end result is still the same and I'm going to lose my photos

I wish I had my Pixel still so I could show you that it’s safe

But it up and died on me, I don’t got that

Just remove off Files app alone and you’ll be safe but make sure they are backed up first

That being said why do you want to delete ALL?

My bad for taking a bit to get back to you

Tried what you said to do with a photo that I got backed up on imgur and it was still on my Google photos

Shows up on my phone with the cloud still but I think that's just showing that it's on Google photos account

And to answer your question, I just wanted to free up some space on my phone

Why dont u take a couple meaningless screenshots

Back them up on google photos

Then delete off Files only permanently

And then check google photos again

To prove my theory - if I’m wrong then they made some change im unaware of since I don’t have it anymore

I still use it even on iPhone so I believe the principle is the same

Yeah that's a good idea

I'll let you know how that goes soon, thank you

Pixel 8/8 Pro Launch

Both pixel and the new iPhone launch have been meh

Debating if I wanna return my iPhone 15 Pro Max for an 8 Pro Surprisingly kinda enjoying iOS, but I whipped out my 6 Pro to install Android 14 and it just feels so much better to navigate.

whole rollout stinks even waiting for the 14 update sucks so very little incremental changes and improvements unnoticed or even brought up, i contemplated earlier if i really wanted to keep my 7 but since i been a Fi customer for over a year i got the 400 discount off the P8P and went ahead pulled the trigger.

You can use an app called MyPhoneExplorer to wirelessly back them up to a computer every time you run the program. You can have that program delete them off your phone after it backs them up as well.

My setup backs them up to my laptop as well as some some wireless storage I have.

How do you like it? Did you get it yet?

the phone is solid especially w/ all the AI features and s*** i feel like I'm next lvl.

been hearing lots of good things about it, snuck up on people this year

I like my Pixel 7a

@jesomo @Rockman @pimp @neodogged @SonicNirvana

I accidentally backed up a photo last night that I didn't want to

Do you know how to delete the backup?

Even if I try to delete the photo I get a pop up saying that the photo will remain on my Google accounts so there must be a way to go to the backup itself and delete it

Thank you for this

You always break something

That being said idk how you can delete the backup but still keep the photo internally

The next Pixel looks so good

damn that s*** look so fire.

why does everything have to be round