How to Delete Photos from Google Photos
Google Photos is a popular platform on Android devices to store photos in the cloud. Almost all Android devices have Google Photos preinstalled as the default gallery app. If you receive scores of pictures from your contacts and want to delete them without wasting any time, Google Photos offers an easy and efficient way to delete them. Here’s how to delete photos on Google Photos.
Delete Photos from Google Photos
Both the web and mobile apps of Google Photos offer the functionality to delete photos. You can check out the steps below to remove them, depending on the device that you’re using.
On Phone
You can delete items from your local and cloud storage when using the Google Photos app on your phone. On Android, deleting items from Google Photos, moves them to the Bin section within the app. Although the steps to delete items remain the same on the iOS version of Google Photos, the removed items are, instead, sent to the Recently Deleted section on the Photos (not Google Photos) app.
On PC
When on a computer, you can delete the pictures and videos you have uploaded to Google Photos. Here’s how you do it.
Restore Deleted Photos from Google Photos
All the deleted pictures are not instantly lost, but are stored in the Bin section. If it’s been less than 60 days since you deleted the photo you’re looking for, chances are, it’s probably in Google Photos’ Trash folder. Here’s how to restore photos from the Bin.
On Phone
The select photos should now appear in the timeline like they previously were. Since the deleted photos appear inside the Recently Deleted section of the Photos app on an iPhone, you can check out our dedicatedRecover Deleted Photos on iPhoneguide to restore them.
On PC
Permanently Delete Photos on Google Photos
The Photos app keeps them stored in the Bin for 60 days before permanently deleting them. Here’s how to permanently delete photos and empty the trash on Google Photos.
On Phone
On PC
And those are some of the ways you can delete photos from Google Photos. Note that once you delete the photos, you cannot restore them back. That said, do check out our article on some of thebest Google Photos alternativesyou try out.
Abubakar Mohammed
Abubakar covers Tech on Beebom. Hailing from a Computer Science background, the start of his love for Tech dates back to 2011, when he was gifted a Dell Inspiron 5100. When he’s not covering Tech, you’ll find him binge-watching anime and Tech content on YouTube, hunting heads in competitive FPS games, or exploring Teyvat in Genshin Impact. He has previously worked for leading publications such as Fossbytes, How-To Geek, and Android Police.
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