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Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

sebb123 — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:31:09 GMT

Hi I have almost used up all my phones memory but I have two photo apps on my phone with duplicate photos in each. One is called 'photos' and the other is 'gallery' as these are both Samsung apps will I be able to delete one and which is the best app to delete. I do not want to accidentally delete all my photo's. Not sure why I have both apps? thanks

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

KnightRiderRalph — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:51:03 GMT

Gallery is a Samsung app. Photos is a Google app. Those are preinstalled and cannot be removed. Photos can be disabled however by holding down the app icon selecting the little "i" on the top right of the small pop up then in the bottom you can select Disable. The Gallery app is better because from that app you can edit and do other things with your photos and videos that are built into it. Gallery cannot be disabled

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

meself — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:50:02 GMT

The photo album is a Google app

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

sebb123 — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:55:12 GMT

Thank for the information I will disable the 'photos' app and delete all the photos on it hopefully that will give lots of extra memory.

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

sebb123 — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:05:38 GMT

It seems if you delete the photos from Google Photos they also automatically delete from Samsung Gallery so the two apps must be synced so no memory saving.

Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

KnightRiderRalph — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:07:02 GMT

Disable sync when deleting

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Robin621k — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:12:41 GMT

What phone do you have?

When you say memory, do you mean storage or RAM?

You can increase storage by going to each individual app and clear cache in storage.

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Robin621k — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:15:29 GMT

BTW, both Google Photos and Samsung Gallery are just photo viewers that access your DCMI (photos) folders on your phone.

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

sebb123 — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:32:44 GMT

I have a S21 and running out of storage.

Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Robin621k — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:39:15 GMT

It's time to clear out apps you rarely use.

Go to settings, apps, individual go through each app and clear cache in the storage section in each app.

If you have a computer it is also time to move photos off your phone.

Now a days 128gb of storage is no longer enough.

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

sebb123 — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:48:42 GMT

Thanks for all your help guys.

Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Pianodude58 — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:56:43 GMT

Google Photos primarily stores photos and videos in the cloud, not directly on your phone's storage, so it doesn't directly affect your phone's memory.

If you delete photos from Google Photos, they will also be deleted from your Samsung device if you have Backup and Sync turned on in the Google Photos app on your Samsung. Google Photos acts as a backup and sync service, meaning changes made in one place are reflected in others.

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

jcif23 — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:23:26 GMT

buy a external flash drive to free up space, I have one and its been a life saver

Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Iceblu12177 — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:54:46 GMT

Google photos is a backup of the pics from your gallery .if u delete photos from gallery they will remain in photos in the cloud as long as they are backed up

Re: Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Iceblu12177 — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:55:33 GMT

Just download 1 tap cleaner wayy easier ,it's the best cache cleaner for android

Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

pharmerDano — Tue, 27 May 2025 17:15:16 GMT

Cloud storage?

Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

userYU0KVe1Vb5 — Tue, 27 May 2025 21:34:09 GMT

What are actual Camera apps, n best to use? This could explain when I do edits on photos they don't look the same when I save n then either forward to social media or print. - Lisa

Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

userYU0KVe1Vb5 — Tue, 27 May 2025 21:38:16 GMT

So all photos go to the DCMI photos folder on my phone? 1) how to increase that folder size? 2) should I just save all photos directly to that folder? 3) what about saving to clouds from DCMI photos folders? - Lisa

Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Iceblu12177 — Fri, 30 May 2025 02:14:58 GMT

Download 1 tap cleaner from app store google.i swear it is the best cache cleaner .it's really does free up ur cache from apps.not like these other junk apps.

Re: Re: Re: Two photo apps on my phone can I delete 1

Iceblu12177 — Fri, 30 May 2025 02:17:21 GMT

U can't change the size of the folder ? A folder is just a place where the pics go to within the file system the folder size will grow as u add more files.but u can't make the folder bigger