How to recover permanently deleted photos from Google Drive
and Google Photos? These two cloud services are safe places to store all the
images in your gallery. However, things could take a wrong turn if you
accidentally choose the wrong option.
Although, even if you delete a photo album or two by mistake,
you can always get it back from the "Trash" folder found within these
two apps.
That said, the real question here is: "Can I recover
permanently deleted photos from Google Photos (or Google Drive, for that
matter)?"
If you have also wondered the same, then you have clicked on
the right article, as today we are going to discuss how to recover permanently
deleted photos from Google Drive and Google Photos, if possible.
1 How to recover permanently deleted photos from Google Drive
and Google Photos
2 Emptying Google Photos
3 How do I delete photos from my phone but not from Google
Photos?
4 conclusion
How torecover permanently deleted photos from Google Drive and Google Photos
Accidentally deleting your photos is one thing, but deleting
them permanently can get you in a world of trouble. Although there is no way to
recover your data directly from the Google Drive or Google Photos app, the
Google Drive specialists can really help.
If you have a GSuite account, all your permanently deleted
photos, videos, and other files can be recovered from your work or school
administrator account within 25 days. However, after that period has elapsed,
your data will likely be completely lost and unrecoverable.
As for regular Google Drive and Google Photos users, they are
even less likely to get their permanently deleted data back, as servers don't
store that data for long.
In addition, there is another condition for the users who make
the recovery request: they must be the owners of the files or folders. In case
you are the owner of your photos and have only permanently deleted them very
recently (we're talking, no more than 24 hours), you can try your luck and
contact a Google Drive specialist here.
Empty
Google Photos
There may also be cases where you have accidentally backed up
all your photos to your Google Photos account. In case you don't really need a
backup, it's a good idea to empty your Google Photos account.
However, if thousands of images have accumulated in there over
the years, it can take hours to delete the photos one by one, which might lead
you to wonder for an easier way. If that's the case, you're in luck, as we'll
tell you how to delete all photos from Google Photos.
Despite the fact that Google has not provided a function to
delete all your photos at once, there are still many solutions that you can
find on the Internet. Having said that, we will tell you which one has worked
best for us:
• To get started, you need to open your Google Photos account
on your computer;
• Then you need to select the first image by clicking on the
check mark on its upper left side;
• Then scroll down as far as you can until you reach the last
photo on your account;
• Now select that photo while holding down the
"Shift" key on your keyboard and click on the "Trash" icon
at the top right of the page.
With this, all your photos and videos should be moved to the
Trash folder, where you can choose to "Empty Trash" to permanently
delete all your files.
How do I
delete photos from my phone but not from Google Photos?
Can you delete photos from the camera roll but keep them in
the album? That is another very frequently asked question. Well, the answer is
simple: you definitely can. There is a special function known as "Free up
space" that you can find in the menu of your Google Photos application.
What this feature does is basically delete all the photos and
videos from your device that have already been backed up to your Google Photos
account. However, this is only a viable option if you plan to delete all the
backed up images from your phone.
On the other hand, if you only want to delete a handful of
images, you will have to take another route.
• First, you must select all the images you want to delete;
• Then, you must open the menu by pressing the 3-dot button
located at the top right;
• In the menu, find the option “Delete copy from device” and
press it.
Once you are done with that, the selected images should be
removed from your local storage, but they will still be available in your
Google Photos account.
