Why when I delete photos from my iPhone's Photo Album does it state that it will be deleted from 30 Albums?!
I have security and privacy concerns because of this as I wonder how an image can exist in so many albums when I only have one device and one Apple account.
How can users determine where such photos are located for their own security and privacy confirmation?
iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 26
If you pull up the Info panel for the photo, it should tell you how many Albums contain it. If you click on the number, the names and cover photos of the Albums should be displayed. (There may be a limit on how many can be displayed at one time; if so, I do not know that limit or what happens when you hit it.)
All of the Albums involved would be in your own library, not really security or privacy concerns.
If you pull up the Info panel for the photo, it should tell you how many Albums contain it. If you click on the number, the names and cover photos of the Albums should be displayed. (There may be a limit on how many can be displayed at one time; if so, I do not know that limit or what happens when you hit it.)
All of the Albums involved would be in your own library, not really security or privacy concerns.
The photo only exsists in the primary album, if you put it in other albums, it is not copying the photo to the other albums, it is placing a shortcut to the photo in those albums.
So if you delete the original photo, then naturally it won't bee seen in the other albums.
iPhone states photo will be deleted in 30 Albums when it is not to the best of my knowledge.
