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How to move photos to an album and not keep copy on recents folder on iphone 11. I dont want 2 copies on phone. want to organize pictures

Been trying to organize my pictures but can’t seem to remove these from recents I can add to an album but not move them. There’s 2 copies of them. One in album and another in recents folder. I want an organized gallery

Posted on Oct 1, 2020 11:10 PM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2020 11:14 PM

You are already doing a good job organizing the pictures. Organization is therefore not a problem.

You also mentioned that the pictures appear in the recent pictures and also in their respective album(s). You stated that you do not want 2 copies on the iPhone.

The fact is that there is only ONE copy of the picture. That picture has 2 labels attached to it. One marking it in the recents folder and the other marking it in its respective designated album. So, ONE Picture and 2 (or multiple) labels. Your pictures are not taking up duplicate space on your iPhone.


Axel F.

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Oct 1, 2020 11:14 PM in response to Ed_Escobar

You are already doing a good job organizing the pictures. Organization is therefore not a problem.

You also mentioned that the pictures appear in the recent pictures and also in their respective album(s). You stated that you do not want 2 copies on the iPhone.

The fact is that there is only ONE copy of the picture. That picture has 2 labels attached to it. One marking it in the recents folder and the other marking it in its respective designated album. So, ONE Picture and 2 (or multiple) labels. Your pictures are not taking up duplicate space on your iPhone.


Axel F.

How to move photos to an album and not keep copy on recents folder on iphone 11. I dont want 2 copies on phone. want to organize pictures

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