Photos- if add pictures to album, can I copy, drop to an album and delete original from library?

Photos- can I move pictures from my basic l

Photo library to an album (for organization purposes)- can I copy the pic, drop into an album then delete original from library?

I don’t want it in in two places

iPhone 13, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 27, 2023 2:53 PM

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Posted on Nov 27, 2023 3:26 PM

No, Photos in albums are just pointers to the original image. So deleting a photo from the library deletes them from every album or project in the library that they were in.


Albums are like playlists in iTunes. A song can be in many playlists but only one file in the library.


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