Unable to delete originals from photo filed in albums

I think being unable to delete photos or even screenshots after filing them in an Album is crazy and should be simpler for Apple to fix. One of the first answers I read from them included comparing an album on my phone to using picture album at home!? Hugh? I don’t have to keep a suitcase full of thousands of “Negatives” to keep the pictures! Come on Apple. I’m not the most iPhone savvy person as it is, but should not have to be a rocket scientist either! Are you certain all my pictures that I cannot delete are not just to use more space? I like Apple very much but hard to trust anything on my cell phone these days!

Thanks for the opportunity to V E N T! Donna

iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 13, 2025 6:28 AM

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Posted on Mar 13, 2025 6:54 AM

When you add photo to an album, the photo is not saved in the album and does not need extra storage. There is just a link to the photo in the library. This way we can use a photo in several albums without needing extra storage. For example, a photo of a sea gull on top of a lighthouse can go into my album "Lighthouses" and my album "Birds" without creating a duplicate. All photos are just stored once in the library and the albums are using them.

If you want to get rid of redundant photos, delete them from the library, but not the photos you want to use in your albums.







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Mar 13, 2025 6:54 AM in response to Lemon714

When you add photo to an album, the photo is not saved in the album and does not need extra storage. There is just a link to the photo in the library. This way we can use a photo in several albums without needing extra storage. For example, a photo of a sea gull on top of a lighthouse can go into my album "Lighthouses" and my album "Birds" without creating a duplicate. All photos are just stored once in the library and the albums are using them.

If you want to get rid of redundant photos, delete them from the library, but not the photos you want to use in your albums.







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