Can I move photos to an album and not just copy them there?

Can I move photos to an album and not just copy them there?

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Jan 25, 2020 9:30 AM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2020 9:41 AM

You don’t actually copy photos to an album when you create albums on an iOS device. The album just contains a pointer to the actual photo and not a copy of the photo so not only can you not move a copy to an album, if you delete the photos from the recents album or camera roll, you delete the photo from the album as well.

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Jan 25, 2020 9:41 AM in response to IndioRon

You don’t actually copy photos to an album when you create albums on an iOS device. The album just contains a pointer to the actual photo and not a copy of the photo so not only can you not move a copy to an album, if you delete the photos from the recents album or camera roll, you delete the photo from the album as well.

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