Original topic:

Photos copies itself when moving photos from one album to another

(Topic created: 03-20-2023 09:14 AM)
userooSleRBgv6
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When i try and move my photos from one album to another, it copies them. Sometimes a photo might move but for the most part it just copies it over to the new album. It took me a few times to realize what it was doing. Sooooo now ive got a lot of the same photos now. πŸ€¦β€:male_sign: 

 

 
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LongHiker
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@userooSleRBgv6 First, be sure that you aren't worrying about what is in the Recents album. This seems to show all your photos regardless of the album. But it isn't a duplicate it is just showing the photo which is in your album. 

How are you moving the photos from one album to another?

In the Gallery:

  • if you don't want to duplicate the photo be sure to select "Move to album". 
  • if you select "Copy to album" you will end up with duplicates

To find true duplicates:

  1. Open the Gallery
  2. Click the 3 line menu in bottom right corner
  3. Click on Suggestions
  4. Scroll down and find "Delete duplicate pictures". From here you can easily eliminate duplicate pictures. 

 

userooSleRBgv6
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Yea it was the recent album. I stared to me around with other albums and it works.
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userooSleRBgv6
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and thanks for the tip on deleting dups. Side question. You know when you click that button to add media to a text? How do you keep it from automatically trying to pull from the recents album?
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LongHiker
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@userooSleRBgv6 I don't believe that you can change that behaviour. 

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