![]() ![]() The deletion process can take as little as three seconds or ten minutes-it solely depends on how much is being deleted. Any photo that is local only will be safe where it is. Remember, it will only delete photos that have a copy in the cloud. Once you start the process, Google Photos will take care of the rest. Hit Free up… to delete local copies of photos.In the Google Photos app, head to the Library tab. ![]() Using a tool called “Free up space” in Google Photos, you can let the app automatically remove any local file that has a safely backed-up copy in the cloud. ![]() Over time, that can become tens of GBs of photos and video that are essentially stored in two locations – in the cloud and on your phone. Once a photo is successfully backed up, the original local file can be deleted from your device. Of course, we can’t ignore the security concern with cloud photos, though that risk lives everywhere cloud storage is used. That, in combination with the innate ease of sharing images through the cloud, makes a good case for opting to rely on cloud-store images rather than going the local route. Fortunately, Google lets you back up images in original quality, though that is going to impact your cloud storage.īacked-up photos take very little time to pull up and view, though you’ll need at least some internet connection to do so. ![]() A photo stored on the device simply takes up space, though one could argue that locally stored photos are better quality. Since Google Photos operates as a cloud-first photo library, there’s much less need for users to store photos locally on their devices. Google Photos, for instance, has a couple of dedicated tools that will do the heavy lifting and delete safely backed-up images from local storage, freeing up precious space. Storage as a whole throughout Google’s Android ecosystem flows much better in recent years. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |