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I want to delete photos from my library but I don’t want that same photo deleted from my album, how do I do that?

I want to delete photos from my library but I don’t want that same photo deleted from my album, how do I do that?

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 7:05 AM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2022 7:22 AM

You can't.

There are no photos in an Album.

Just references to the original photos in your Library.

So if you delete an original photo from your Library....... it will also be deleted in an Album.

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I want to delete photos from my library but I don’t want that same photo deleted from my album, how do I do that?

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