https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S22/Why-does-my-samsung-s22-ultra-save-different-things-like-photos/m-p/2518843#M55831 No problem, you're welcome.<BR />To answer your first question, yes you can always restore the photos from the backup in the cloud even if you delete the Google Photos app or something happens to the photos in your phone's gallery. If you have different folders for certain pictures those folders will not count as duplicates unless you have the same exact picture in two different folders. But if you do have the same exact picture in two different folders, you can always rename one of the pictures so that way it tricks the phone into thinking it's a different photo. For example, if you have two folders named "Highschool" and "College" and you have two exact pictures named "my friends" in those two folders, you can always rename one of the pictures in any of the folders as "my friends 2" and that will make the phone think they are two different photos because of the "2" you added to one and it won't count them as duplicates. And yes, your S22 Ultra allows you to create folders as much as you like, just press and hold on a picture in your gallery and select other pictures you would like to move to a folder, then click the three vertical dots on the bottom right corner of the phone and select "move to folder" then select a folder to move them to. If there are no folders then click on create on the top right corner of the screen and give the folder a name and then select "move".<BR /><BR />Second question - No, you don't have to backup your photos, videos, files to the cloud but it is advised that you do in the unforseen event that something goes wrong. And there's a cloud app called "OneDrive" from Microsoft Windows you can download, it allows you to save not only photos and videos but also files such as documents whereas Google photos only allows you to save photos and videos. If you only want specific photos on your new S22 Ultra, then I suggest you also download an app called "Smart Switch" made by Samsung, it allows you to import specific data such as pictures, files, videos, your messages and contacts on your iPhone 7 and even apps that you had on your iPhone too.<BR />You can also delete duplicate apps if they are able to be deleted, if they can't simply tap and hold the app and select "disable" and it will hide the app from your phone like it wasn't there in the first place, that's the only workaround to remove apps that can't be deleted, although they won't freeup much space on your device if any.<BR /><BR />Hope this helps! And if you need further help/explanation from my end just click on "reply" on this post. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:24:40 GMT Ray_Ginald 2023-03-01T19:24:40Z